INPowering Thoughts

Looking into what went wrong gives us the opportunity to improve both systems and personal performance and competence.

An assertive listener focuses on making sure the other speakers get to say what is on their mind with the clarity they intend. The post Be an assertive listener appeared first on Garland McWatters.

This intentional exploration of valleys and peaks, of streams and oceans, will help us find diverse limits and boundaries as well as possibilities and opportunities. The post Explore and relish your inner-diversity appeared first on Garland McWatters.

We set boundaries for what we will do, and we set boundaries for what we will allow others to do to us. I believe in red lines, and I’m willing to take a stand against those who threaten to cross mine. The post Be thankful for boundaries appeared first on Garland McWatters.

I learned to savor moments regardless of what I was doing — even mundane chores and hard work. I attended to each activity, being more mindful of the experience and my surroundings. The post Savor the moment appeared first on Garland McWatters.

Some changes seem like sudden changes, but they have been quietly in the making for a long time. We can thrive by learning to adapt. The post A new normal appears appeared first on Garland McWatters.

We live in partnerships, families, work teams, communities, cultures, and countries — one mankind populating the earth, children of common origin and parents of infinite human potential. Out of many, one. The post Out of Many . . . ONE appeared first on Garland McWatters.

We have all been stuck in place with indecision, wondering which path to choose. We have evidence to inform us if only we will take time to consider it honestly. The post Know what you want, and why appeared first on Garland McWatters.

We say we want to matter. Our anxiety comes from trying so hard to be noticed. We insist on looking in all the wrong places. The post You are, and that is enough. appeared first on Garland McWatters.

We all know we have an internal voice either encouraging us or tormenting us as it informs us regarding our decisions and actions. The post Be true to your conscience appeared first on Garland McWatters.

Continual practice results in habitual behavior. Behavior that becomes so second nature to us that we might not be self-aware of who we have become, or when. The post Practice living appeared first on Garland McWatters.

When we are interested in others, we want to know how anyone different from us is perceiving their world according to their life experiences.

When I thought I was treated unfairly, I simply did not think I deserved it, and the consequences could never be adequately remedied. The post Fairness builds trust appeared first on Garland McWatters.

The concept of out of many, one is universal and timeless and enthusiastically adopted, except where disunity and disharmony is used to weaponize bigotry and hatred in the service of greed and power. The post Co-creation is a choice appeared first on Garland McWatters.

When we get past skin-deep cosmetics, all people are the same specie expressing minor genetic variations. We are the same race in body, mind, and spirit. The post Life is learning to thrive in a world of differences appeared first on Garland McWatters.

Each of us has a personal boundary of faith where we stand on a frontier of daring and ponder whether to take the next step into the unknown. The post Dare to take one step beyond faith appeared first on Garland McWatters.

We need people who look into all the places most of us overlook to tease out their secrets and to give us mysteries to ponder and solve. The post Seek, and you shall find appeared first on Garland McWatters.

As we live our life, we are in a continuous iteration process. Begin and end each day with the attitude of, "new and improved." The post If you want to be great … Iterate appeared first on Garland McWatters.

Conflict often grows from a faint ripple—that something is different from what is expected, or usual. The perceived ripple can be either conscious or intuitive, or both. The post Conflict can be a doorway to INLightenment appeared first on Garland McWatters.

The best any of us can do is to own our past life and engage our present life so we can influence our future toward the quality of life we desire. The post We live the life we choose appeared first on Garland McWatters.

We rationalize our reaction, and that causes us to either cower and slink away or to over-compensate by exaggerating or over-reaching. The post Give yourself a break. Practice self-compassion appeared first on Garland McWatters.

People mostly want to feel comfortable, successful, happy, and proud. Everyone hopes to flourish in a sense of well=being. The post INPowered change is people-oriented, clear-minded, and performance-driven appeared first on Garland McWatters.

As a human being we deserve to be love and to love our humanity. We also deserve the right to earn our way and create value for ourselves and others. The post The greatest love of all appeared first on Garland McWatters.

Gratitude is INPowering simply because it reminds us of how connected we all are in ways we scarcely give a second thought. The post Watch the movie credits appeared first on Garland McWatters.

There are situations when thinking out loud is exactly what needs to happen, such as in idea generating discussions, and conversations about the what if possibilities.

The INPowered learn to focus on their central calling and shut out the other distractions so they can devote their creative energy to their calling. The post A calling is falling in love with your life appeared first on Garland McWatters.

Even though the seeds of goodwill might fall on seemingly impenetrable ground, I am optimistic that in time goodwill will take root. We reap what we sew. The post Sow the seeds of goodwill appeared first on Garland McWatters.

Promise only what you can and are willing to deliver, then do it. That makes you trust-worthy. The post The leap of faith is an act of trust appeared first on Garland McWatters.

Life unfolds, evolves. Every moment is shaped by what came before and will affect what comes next. The post Look over your shoulder into the future appeared first on Garland McWatters.

What is it that you cannot NOT DO? Whatever it is, that is the core value of your life purpose—the guiding centerline of your INPowered Way. The post Know what you cannot NOT do appeared first on Garland McWatters.

We owe it to ourselves to find two or three minutes of stillness several times a day. Even in crowed, noisy places, you can calm yourself with measured deep breaths. The post Peace . . . Be still appeared first on Garland McWatters.

The mind and body are not two separate selves; they are two aspects of the same self. They are inseparable and partner in decision-making. The post Wise decisions use both head and heart appeared first on Garland McWatters.

The selfish stir things up to create an advantage for themselves in their manufactured urgency. The selfish want you to give them what they want now, The post Peace disturbs a selfish heart appeared first on Garland McWatters.

An adventure is a trip outside the comfort zone where there are wonders to behold that will add depth and breadth to your life.

I find it more INLightening when I take the time to listen to ideas in as much detail as possible from the original source of those ideas rather than listening to others’ interpretation or spin on those ideas. The post Explore uncomfortable places and ideas appeared first on Garland McWatters.

It’s when you commit to doing something for someone else when you have nothing to gain directly, that you are on the verge of finding your life purpose. The post Choose to matter appeared first on Garland McWatters.

I’ve learned to start a conversation with an attitude that I just want to learn something about someone else for the sake of knowing them, not because I want something from them. The post Talk to strangers appeared first on Garland McWatters.

Tomorrow is the next opportunity to be in the present, fully engaged in the process of creating something that springs from your creative energy. The post Courage is trying again tomorrow appeared first on Garland McWatters.

I am an improvisational co-creator expressing the creative energy of the universe in the moment to moment unfolding of my life. The post Life is Improv appeared first on Garland McWatters.

We need to press ourselves incrementally against intellectual sharpening stones. We must engage more and more precise and accurate information and test our knowledge and our ability to make sense of it by understanding the why behind the what.

We recognize acts of love and the good works that result and celebrate them, herald them, and seek our own way to demonstrate our individual works of love. The post Stir each other up to love and good works appeared first on Garland McWatters.

Learning is multi-faceted. Often the issue is not our direction, but our speed and how much risk we are willing to take at any one time. The post We all want progress-just at different speeds. appeared first on Garland McWatters.

simplifying our lives make the clutter more obvious and easier to discard without remorse. The post Simplify to clarify appeared first on Garland McWatters.

We all should respect people for the content of their character. Yet, we are more likely to connect with those whose soulful essence resonates with ours.

We learn to live in harmony with the changes, especially if they bring value to our quality of life. The dis-harmony comes when we decide we do not want to change with the times. The post Find the harmony in change appeared first on Garland McWatters.

There is something going on inside our fleshly boundary that projects itself outward in all directions. Our energy ripples from our center. There is something that makes us tick. But what? And why? The post Get better acquainted with yourself appeared first on Garland McWatters.

Everyone wants to live forever without looking or acting like they are aging. There are aspects of growing older that are universal and inescapable. The post Let growing older grow in you appeared first on Garland McWatters.

A priority is what I must do now, no matter how inconsequential it seems, in a series of linked tasks so I can do the next thing.

Creatives will tell you that their standout achievements are surrounded by the hundreds or thousands of preliminary ideas and attempts they had to go through. The post Great ideas come from many ideas appeared first on Garland McWatters.

Dwelling on grievance does not solve the problem. It only points it out. Because, not getting what you DO NOT WANT will never guarantee that you will get what you do want. The post Grievance is not a vision appeared first on Garland McWatters.