Think Like McGyver - Unleash your own super genius!Written by Frank F. Lunn
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I also apply another technique adapted from a joke with my children. It started innocently enough. When one of them would ask how I knew something, I would reply that I was not only a genius, but rather a Super Genius! When faced with problems or need for creativity, I would use my super genius affirmation to help me. “How hard can this be, after all I am a super genius?” Many challenges were not insurmountable to begin with, they only needed a little creativity or fortitude and a gentle nudge from my super genius alter ego. The joke finally caught up with me. One day my son’s teacher mentioned that she and class had been informed by my son that I was indeed a super genius. I still privately hold on to my super genius status – it helps me get job done. Allowing yourself to have positive and affirming outlook sometimes seems contrary to what is expected of us today. We are taught to belittle ourselves to seem normal lest we seem too full of ourselves. Modesty gets in way and we are expected to play down our strengths and play up our weaknesses to help us fit in. I say, •Summon super genius in you. •Maintain attitude and mindset of a creative problem solver. •Learn to develop opportunity awareness. Think about possible benefits and opportunities hidden even in adversity or hardship. •Learn to visualize any negative situation as an opportunity for metamorphosis like a caterpillar changing into a butterfly. Sometimes creativity calls for looking at a combination of things that you had not thought of previously. When you get into a pinch requiring a healthy dose of creativity, step out of yourself and your normal patterns to ask yourself, “What would MacGyver do?” With help of inspiration from McDonalds, Disney and MacGyver, allow yourself to find opportunity awareness even in midst of challenges or tragedy. This is an excerpt from Frank F. Lunn’s book Stack The Logs! Building a Success Framework to Reach Your Dreams. To learn more about STACK Strategy or to take control of your life…purchase Stack Logs! visit www.stackthelogs.com or email tim@stackthelogs.com.
Frank F. Lunn is an expert in leadership, marketing, and small business entrepreneurship. A former military officer and Gulf War veteran, Lunn is the founder of the Kahuna Business Group, a $20 million annual company. Lunn is the author of STACK THE LOGS!: Building a Success Framework to Reach Your Dreams, pledging to donate 10 percent of all sales to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where his son’s life was saved.
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Matthew 19:29 Would you suffer persecution from those you love, if necessary, in order to follow God? Micah 7:6 God never promised it would be easy. Though, consider price of such gods ... "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it." Matthew 16:25 Rewards for choosing God ... "But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in world to come eternal life." Mark 10:30 Wouldn't you enjoy discovering joys, blessings, and rewards in completing your race? It isn't too late. © by Joyce C. Lock http://my.homewithgod.com/blessingsandlessons/ This writing may be used in its entirety, with credits in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.
Joyce C. Lock is a published author, poet, and columnist. In addition, she founded and maintains the email ministries "Heavenly Inspirations" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeavenlyInspirations/ and "Share a Smile" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smilesharing/ . Joyce's writings encourage us in our relationship with God and each other.
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