What is Your Perspective?

 

 

January is always a great month – it signifies new beginnings, a fresh start and excitement about possibilities of the New Year! Yes, this is an exciting year, even if the media and the stock market continue to indicate differently. Turbulent times provide tremendous opportunities depending on your perspective!

 

Perspective is a powerful force in how we manage our business and our lives. Do you see the glass half empty or half full? Based upon how you see the glass, you are either an optimist or a pessimist. Today, our perspectives are being bombarded continually by 24/7 information. However, in that fevered pitch, ask yourself about your perspective. Do you have an RE perspective or EX perspective?

 

RE is a Latin prefix meaning “again, back”.

 

EX is a Latin prefix meaning “out, beyond, forth”.

 

Here is a simple test to see if your perspective is more RE dominate or EX dominate.

 

When you think about your business or your life, which column best describes your perspective?

 

RE                EX

Review                Explore

Reevaluate            Expand

Reengineer            Extend

Recommit            Excite

Rework                Experience

Recover            Express

Resolve                Explain

Retain                Exercise

Refocus                Execution

Rebound            Excellence

 

Did you lean more toward the RE dominate or the EX dominate?

 

Just like the glass, you can continue to rework your business looking backwards with an RE perspective or you can expand your business with an EX perspective.

 

The opportunity for expansion occurs when we abandon our RE mindset and move forward into powerful EX thinking. Now is the time for innovative exercise, creative expression and expansion of thought. History has shown that great expansion occurs in great challenges.

 

Here is a great opportunity for you to begin your New Year embracing a new EX. An EX that hits the spot! An EX that guides your business to new levels of excitement, expression, execution and expansion! Have an excellent January!