Stepping Back

How often do you step back from something you are pondering, from a practical problem that needs to be solved, from an argument? Stepping back is a way, a method, a technique that invites you to access your creative self - your true self - to learn what you need for the situation at hand.

Stepping back takes practice. For many of us, stepping back does not come naturally - or even easily! - but when we practice stepping back, we will be amazed at the results.

Sometimes we do step back, without meaning to do so. For example, we may fuss and fuss over a problem at work all day, go home tired and crabby, and then not be able to sleep. Maybe we doze for a few minutes at about 2 A.M. Then! The next step, or the resolution pops into our mind, and we put our head back on the pillow and sleep peacefully for the rest of the night! You get it! The story line might not be the same, but most of us have experienced those moments of "enlightenment."

Einstein wrote that he got his best ideas while shaving! Now, that's stepping back, because when he was shaving, he had to be focused on what he was doing!!!

Practice stepping back in the simplest of ways. When someone moves in front of you in a crowded grocery line - step back.
When you're quickly walking on a busy street and someone darts right in front of you - step back. When you begin an argument - again - with that difficult co-worker, step back.

Try it! Let me know what happens!
Warmly,
meb