Stress Busters for Environmental Leaders
BAM! How to Unlock the Power of Intention
When was the last time you said to yourself or others, “Well, I had good intentions…” but it didn’t quite work out the way you planned?
Marci Shimoff, an internationally known expert in the personal development field suggests a 3-pronged approach to making sure your intentions come to fruition: Intention, Attention and No Tension.
Intention
The key to making an intention work is by really being specific on what you want and thinking about it as “I am.” For instance, if you want to do a great job at a presentation, you visual what you want and say, “I am very organized in planning my presentation, I am following my notes well, I am making eye contact with my audience,” etc. Intention, from a scientific perspective, is a “conscious mental state that focuses our thoughts, emotions and actions towards achieving a specific goal of outcome. Neuroscience suggests that intentions originate from complex neural processes in the brain, involving higher-order cognitive functions, such as the prefrontal cortex.
Attention
Use your thoughts, words and feelings to give you action that is aligned with your intentions.
No Tension
Let go of the outcome. If you did a good job with the first 2, you will get the result you want.
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