Todays decisions are tomorrows consequences. What actions are you taking today that make tomorrow easier, harder, helpful or harmful, more fulfilling or more painful?
Take a moment and reflect today – on the consequences of your actions. And maybe let that drive better decisions going forward.
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well hello there thank you for joining
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with me I’m Janine and I host this
Monday through Friday podcasts with a
ton of episodes now already in the queue
for you to well not have an excuse
anymore to not bring change into your
life that’s what I’m here for
that’s my quests and I invite you to
find your quest to find and discover
what it is that you want to bring out in
your life more what changes you want to
make to live more deliberate and
purposeful and more meaningful and to
have an impact the quest for you that’s
my mission and this is episode 155 life
is full of consequences our actions our
decisions and our thoughts all have
consequences many are minor so we don’t
necessarily notice them the ones that
get our attention are those that have a
bigger impact on our life maybe even a
huge blow into our face or consistent
nagging in the background or it’s simply
minor nuisance but that always is on our
mind every day we live the life that we
created through the actions we took
yesterday last week the months prior and
years ago consequences are where our
thoughts and actions meet reality it’s
impossible to foresee all the results of
our actions attempting to do so every
time before we do something would lead
to anxiety and indecisiveness however we
can become more aware of the outcomes we
are experiencing consequences are not
good or bad black or white positive or
negative consequences
feedback they let us know how we did
they are for most of us the first step
that triggers a change a new approach or
confirms that we are on the right track
too often we don’t take time to review
the feedback we’re receiving
especially the critical feedback we all
love compliments and a pat on the back
but the areas we messed up in often we
just brush over them and we think it’ll
be okay tomorrow’s another day and yet
it’s another day full of thoughts
actions and decisions and another day of
consequences so today’s episode is a
reflection and call it a meditation on
some of the consequences that we all are
living what was your one action that led
to dis consequence what were the
decisions you made day in and day out
that brought you here what are the
thoughts you think surrounding this
result the purpose as of all of my
episodes is system you laid your
thinking today invite you to take a few
minutes and see which of these resonate
with you these are not meant to make you
feel bad or guilty or hopeless
they’re simply meant to help you become
aware and then let this awareness of the
consequences become your first step
towards a change in course years of
saying oh it will be fine
months of ignoring the issue days and
days of forgetting to address the
situation we all know how it is we all
live in this reality daily it doesn’t
mean it always has to be this way so
start with awareness today and maybe
tomorrow you do something slightly
different and by next week you’re
already making major changes and keep
this in mind the consequences of your
actions are often more painful
longer-lasting and much harder to
reverse than the small things that you
did daily but got you there so why not
stop some of the pain and reverse some
of the long-term damage by making a few
changes that are just a little bit
harder in the moment
but pay off in the long term what are
the consequences of your actions
when you criticize others think
negatively about them bash them on
social media make snarky comments –
people are unwilling to help out and
ignore the work that needs to be done we
often don’t see the consequences of many
our actions because we passed them on to
someone else or we think they were just
thinking them so there’s no harm done
but we can become more sensitive to
these feelings that these actions are
fights bring us is their joy and genuine
happiness in these examples I just
listed our feelings can be a good
indicator for the ripples our actions
are creating what are the consequences
of your actions when others criticize
you speak negatively about you attack
you in social media make sarcastic
comments about others while you are
there
unwilling to help out and ignore the
work that needs to be done we often
don’t see the consequence of many our
actions because we think they have
nothing to do with us others did it or
didn’t do anything about it why is this
my concern your inaction is still an
action it’s a decision not to act and
how does it feel to be the receiver of
the words of others often painful right
and often they trigger us to behave and
similar or even worse ways so when you
find yourself helpless or don’t think
you have a part to play think of a
positive counter action you can take I
will balance out the damage done by
others what are the consequences of your
actions when you are unwilling to
forgive someone important in your life
watch TV for hours every day work at a
job that makes you miserable consume
food that makes you feel and look
unhealthy disregard your body’s needs
for healthy amounts of movement and rest
consistently run late to every meeting
and appointment and work endless hours
what is the ripple effect of these
activities
what other areas of your life do these
influence and impact what are the
results aside from the immediate
outcomes think long term one small
action beneficial or harmful performed
consistently over long periods of time
will add up to larger consequences
benefit or harmful what smaller thoughts
words or actions can you change that
would make the long-term outcome
beneficial instead of harmful what could
be the consequences of your actions if
you stopped ignoring and paid attention
address the issue the concern the
situation stopped worrying and start
moving change the tone of your voice the
choice of your words and the expression
on your face listen better focused and
closer and spoke less paid more
attention to others the information
presented your own body and look people
in the eyes acknowledge them and be kind
to them what could be the consequences
of your actions
if you changed one small thing today and
kept it up for the rest of your life
where could this take you a problem will
remain a problem as long as you choose
to see it as such but a problem will go
away when you begin to shift your focus
towards action so go into your day today
and observe a little closer the things
you think about the words you speak and
the actions you take worry less where
they came from and focus more on how to
change them if they are not getting you
the results you hope for think a little
bit closer today about the consequences
of your actions
much love until next time
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