“Superthinking…”

-


 

Shared by Kristina Smedley

“Superthinking…”

I added this into my “routine” – if you can call it that right now – today!

As Breanne and I are getting ready to launch our next ConfidenceFactor™ Challenge, there are so many things that we’re figuring out.

What platform do we host it on?
Should we include individual coaching again?
What do we want to change from last time?

And on and on.

So many questions and three times more answers!

And I’m finding them all.
Nurse Kaden. Google all my questions.
Find all the answers.

Repeat every 3 hours!

Every answer I could ever want.
Many of them conflicting with one another.
Different from what we are learning from mentors.

How do we ever know what way to go!

Enter Brooke Castillo… master coach!

And Superthinking.
With the basic idea to – use our brains!

So often, we don’t use our own wisdom and the access we already have to our own answers.

Instead, we ask people outside of ourselves all of our questions. Believing their brains will have all of the answers and ours won’t.

With Superthinking, you clean out your brain… writing down all of your ideas, thoughts, troubles, etc.

Then, with a fresh perspective, you ask yourself all the questions that you are seeking answers for. And you listen to your answers.

Write them down.
Capture your questions.
Gather your insights.

This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t research, seek out mentors, ask for information.

But, we don’t need all of these others to give us answers. They share the information and we tap into our insights and intuitions to find the answers that are right for us.

I love this practice!

It sounds like what I’m learning about being a mom – my motherly intuition knows what to do, if I can learn to listen to it.

And it also points out what I love about coaching and our ConfidenceFactor™ Challenge… we don’t know or have the answers, but can help guide clients through the process of discovering them for themselves.

I guess it really hit home today that I should be taking my own advice to seek internally for answers to our questions.

So, starting today, I’m dedicating some Superthinking time to my day… that is, when it works with Kaden’s eat/sleep/poop schedule! 😉

#MindfullyEvolving

 Check out what we're up to now!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

“Choosing Happiness…”

-
  Shared by Kristina Smedley “Choosing Happiness…” Early in my career, I had dreams of one day working in a prestigious high rise building, in the middle of a bustling city. Of wearing fancy clothes to work every day. Of having an authority position, making good money, and being seen as a success. I would go out to small local restaurants for lunch and attend networking events and professional happy hours after work. This was my idea of a fulfilling career… of one where I would be happy every day. Now, 14 years after graduating from college, I’m not leaving this career. Not at all! And I have to admit… I’m so thankful. So far, I’ve done some pretty cool things in my career… traveled to many different countries to meet with customers, mentored, and coached others, setup organizational operating models, and (the best part) had the opportunity to build cultures and environments where our teammates thrive!  I’ve learned over time that the fame and glory, the fancy office buildings...
Read more

"Just GET STARTED..."

-
Image
  Shared by Kristina Smedley When  Breanne Smedley  and I first stepped out on this Mindfluent® Leadership journey (2 years ago!), I was envisioning that we would create a philosophy, become certified coaches, and go out and find 1:1 coaching clients.   We would (hopefully) positively impact their lives and that impact would create positive ripples through their families, teams, and communities.   I wasn’t really sure how to do any of that, but it’s the model we had been exposed to. So, it’s the model we started building from.   Leadership Philosophy ✅ Professional Coaching Training ✅ Practice 1:1 Coaching ✅ Then came the part of getting 1:1 clients.   And we quickly realized that we didn’t want to spend hours upon hours going to networking events, reaching out to our network for coffee dates, asking for referrals, and more to secure one single client. Then, spending hours with just one client.   I’m not looking down on this model, ...
Read more

“Does your face light up…?”

-
Image
  Shared by Breanne Smedley One of my greatest fears as a parent is that I will somehow ruin my future relationship with my daughter. That what I intentionally or unintentionally do now will cause long-term resentment or a broken relationship. That if I only knew now, that I could change something. It causes me to second guess myself. “Am I doing it right?” “Should I have responded to her that way when she threw her broccoli on the floor?” “Put your phone away, she shouldn’t see you on your phone.” “Or maybe she should, so she can see how to have a healthy relationship with a phone.” “Am I telling her ‘no’ too often? I should start saying ‘yes’ every once in a while.” It can feel exhausting. Charlee is only one, yet I’m already looking towards the teenage years with fear. I want to raise her to know she is strong, capable, brave, and loved. I want to develop curiosity and empathy in her. I want her to feel empowered to use her voice and influence to do what brings her joy and creat...
Read more