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10 Lessons, 100 Discoveries – #10 How You Respond
Are you ready for a secret? Promise not to tell anyone? Okay, here goes… don’t tell… I’m naive and still have many life lessons ahead of me, both big and small. In essence, 1 Year, 10 Projects, 100 Discoveries is actually 100 lessons. But, this project of 10 lessons is about ones that hit me over the head, ones that maybe others already know and ones that will impact my life on a semi-daily basis. You can see all 10 Lessons here and the entire project here. Enjoy the learnings, I am!
I’m pretty sure that I already knew this lesson, but it’s also one that doesn’t always come naturally. The Secret focuses on it as do a multitude of other books, philosophers and culture specialists.
About a week ago, I went to a two day seminar for the new gig. Think of it as an orientation into their culture. Yep, it was a total Kool-Aid drinking, Kum Ba Yah-filled two days 
However, there were two great focuses from the meeting. To me, they were things that I had been working on all year but without being able to articulate them properly, I also couldn’t properly zone in. The lessons were:
- Be Here Now
- How Do You Respond?
The second theme was focused around another theme – “Be Curious”. When you’re curious, positive and open, your ideas become better. People feel excited and good about working with you. And, most importantly, when you’re positive and happy, the people around you are more apt to be positive and helpful. In essence, what you give, is what you get.
I’m still not perfect at staying positive all the time or focusing on the positive first, but I’m working towards it!
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