Transform Your Professional Approach with These Six Principles
ABSTRACT
Discover how to achieve success and satisfaction in your career by adopting six key principles that can redefine your business mindset. Learn to take action, solve interesting problems, balance persistence with the need to abandon, embrace less competitiveness, trust your gut feelings, and practice your values. Implement these strategies today for a more fulfilling professional life.
KEYWORDS
Professional success
Career satisfaction
Business mindset
Personal trainer wisdom
Solve problems
Balance persistence
Trust gut feelings
Professional approach
Sometimes, we need to look outside of ourselves for professional advice. / Photo: Samson Katt
Introduction
While you can easily blame your job or manager for your stressful days, the answer to your success and satisfaction may lie in your professional approach. Incorporate these six principles and redefine your business mindset today.
DON'T SHOULD ALL OVER YOURSELF
Personal Trainer Wisdom: Take action instead. While you SHOULD reflect and carefully assess most situations, you SHOULD only sometimes tell everyone what you SHOULD be doing. Do the statements "I SHOULD go to the gym" or "I SHOULD eat better” show commitment? If you know you SHOULD do it, why don't you do it? Be mindful of the excuses you make for yourself. If you don't start moving forward, you may sink into your mental quicksand.
SOLVE INTERESTING PROBLEMS
Personal Trainer Wisdom: No matter your age, nothing stimulates the mind more than solving an interesting problem. It forces you to examine what you've learned and assess what you didn't. These lessons give you the blueprint to approach the same future problem and help you develop generalizable problem-solving skills to handle unrelated situations. It expands your adaptability and knowledge beyond what you already know and reinforces what you’ve learned.
KNOW WHEN TO PERSIST, KNOW WHEN TO ABANDON
Personal Trainer Wisdom: While I value the ambition to complete a task, I don’t think it should be at any cost. We carry on far too often due to our ego and unwillingness to give up. What if abandoning a project could save you time, effort, and money? While you may have already invested in the effort, it may not be worth the additional loss (especially if it could be better spent elsewhere). On the other hand, there are times when you should persist. No path is perfect, and you will face obstacles. Some challenges require an accessible solution rather than a termination. Fairly evaluate the situation and weigh all your options. Don't forget to ask for educated opinions to expand your perspective.
BECOME LESS COMPETITIVE TO BECOME MORE SUCCESSFUL
Personal Trainer Wisdom: Although competitiveness may drive you to great heights, it may also blind you from pursuing the most appropriate path. Not only can it consume your well-being, but it can also distract you from other important parts of your life worth spending time on. While mastery or being the best can be essential, always be mindful of all your needs at a given moment and fairly value what's truly most significant (no matter what anyone else is doing).
BE AWARE OF YOUR GUT FEELING
Personal Trainer Wisdom: Sometimes, your gut may bark at you when it senses danger or a compromising position. At the same time, it may be signaling something different. Have you ever thought you might be on to something when you're a little afraid...especially in business? It might be an exciting unknown you don't know how to handle but should be willing to learn about. On the other hand, it could be your good sense to switch directions even though you're emotionally invested. Even if you don't know the root of this feeling immediately, it's worth examining.
PRACTICE YOUR VALUES INSTEAD OF JUST PROFESSING THEM
Personal Trainer Wisdom: Modern translation: Lead by example instead of just expressing endless opinions on social media or to your colleagues. Practice what you preach.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: MICHAEL MOODY, PERSONAL TRAINER
As an author, a personal trainer in Denver, and podcast host, Michael Moody has helped personal training clients achieve new fitness heights and incredible weight loss transformations since 2005. He also produces the wellness podcast "The Elements of Being" and has been featured on NBC, WGN Radio, and PBS.
Michael offers personal training to Denver residents who want to meet at the 2460 W 26th Ave studio….or in their homes throughout LoHi (80206), LoDo (80202), RiNo (80216), Washington Park (80209), Cherry Creek (80206, 80209, 80243, 80246, 80231), and Highlands (80202, 80211, 80212). Michael also offers experiences with a personal trainer in Jefferson Park (80211) and Sloan's Lake (80204, 80212).
If you’re looking for a personal trainer who can curate a sustainable (and adaptable) routine based on your needs and wants, Michael is the experienced practitioner you’ve been looking for. Try personal training for a month…your body will thank you!
EPISODE #10 - EAT FOR LIFE, WEIGHT LOSS, AND AN OPTIMAL IMMUNE SYSTEM WITH BEST SELLING AUTHOR DR. FUHRMAN
On “The Elements of Being” podcast, Michael dissects and explores the minds and habits of psychologists, filmmakers, writers, and industry icons. Essentially, you learn what makes them flip the switch to achieve incredible feats, goals, and milestones…and a chance to geek out over the psychology behind human behavior. In this episode, Michael interviews Dr. Joel Fuhrman, an internationally recognized nutrition and natural healing expert and author of seven New York Times bestsellers, including his most recent book, Eat for Life. His other bestsellers include Eat to Live and The End of Dieting (which I give to all my clients).
Read more and listen here…..You can also listen to all episodes on Apple, Spotify, Overcast, Castbox, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast platform!
