The path of least resistance is found in Horizontal thinking. This kind of thinking is constantly seeing approval and acceptance of others. Horizontal thinking values others’ opinions more than our own. Horizontal thinking accepts mediocrity as the standard. The fear of being alone or not noticed drives this kind of thinking.
The alternative to horizontal thinking is vertical thinking … working toward excellence in your life. Did you notice the word ‘working’? It is not working extra hard on what someone else wants or has told you to do. It is taking initiative to do the work you have decided that is worth doing. Avoidance is the watchword of horizontal thinking. By avoiding that idea or action that strikes fear in your heart you become boring, mediocre and invisible.
Rather than allowing fear to dominate your actions, allow fear to be that indicator of the importance of the work that you have chosen. In truth the work that really matters is scary! Excellence is a pattern more than a destination. Each moment, each hour and each day we decide to follow mass mindedness (Horizontal thinking) or trust our own internal guidance system (Vertical thinking). I challenge you to Go Vertical!
~ Russ
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