Your mind is all you have to offer to the world. We ought to take control of it. At the same time, reframing is just a hop away from insanity and delusion.

Therefore reframing is about our ability to consider perspectives. We need to be open to alternative views. We need to be calm and not rattled by emotions and biases.

It’s a skill. It takes a lot of deliberate practice.

In the next few posts, we will explore ways to master this skill.

Let’s start with a fun one.

“I fell in love.”

Reframing:
“Wtf I fell in love and now I gotta share a bedroom for the rest of my life?”

The next one will be less serious. I promise.

#bossbetter

Let’s approach today’s dysfunctional thought a little differently.

In addition to rational alternative perspectives, we can always tap into the feeling side of our brain’s sense-making mechanism. In fact, often times, this permission to allow ourselves to “let it (our thinking mind) go” is precisely what we need, when we spiral into our own thoughts:

“I’m stuck.”

RFFRAME:
I am meant to get stuck. This is a pause. It’s telling me something ain’t right.

Being stuck = extra room to listen differently.
Being stuck = extra time to look differently.
Being stuck = extra space to gather perspectives.

It’s an invitation to innovate, to tap into our creativity.
To unleash our curiosity, to be excited, to be delighted, to be in awe.

“I’m stuck. Alrighty, time to #bossbetter !”