The Snowball—Harnessed and Directed

Fortunately, I am familiar with the snowball effect and how it can have me lock into a point of view, get revved up, and take action that may not be in my best interest.  So, I stopped. I reached for my Customized Explorations Journal on Being A Magnet For Happiness.  I reined in my ego and spent five minutes writing down what I liked about the people I had interacted with at the print shop. I took another five minutes to explore, in writing, why I wanted the relationship with that printer to work. (The snowball was shifting course and beginning to head in a direction that served me!)

I calmly called the print shop and asked several questions that ultimately got my job completed and got me clear about how I could avoid similar problems in the future.

Since then my printer and I have hit a few more rough spots, but each time I kept looking for what was working—rather than what wasn’t—in my relationship with them, and stayed centered on what I wanted. Now I actually look forward to my trips to the printer and very much appreciate their work.

We’ve all had some experience with the snowball effect, but we usually think about it in terms of its negative potential.  The momentum the snowball effect produces, though, can work reliably in a positive direction as well.

Next time you find your thoughts snowballing in a way you don’t want, stop for a moment, breathe, and write down what you DO want.  As you write, let yourself get excited and enthusiastic.  You’ve just turned the snowball onto a new course that will gather the people, things and circumstances to attract what you want in life. Congratulations!

Introducing the Magnet Series Journals

I am excited to announce the launch of the new Magnet Series that many of you have heard me talking about.  These unique Journals offer a great structure for creating your journaling practice.  The Journals focus on aspects of life that are important and common to all of us.  Each Journal provides questions--developed based on the best of our journaling research and work with clients--that are designed to stimulate new thinking and new discoveries. The Magnet Series Journals are:

Being A Magnet For Money

Being A Magnet For Love

Being A Magnet For Your Ideal Body

Being A Magnet For Momentum & Productivity

Being A Magnet For Happiness

You can also learn more about the Magnet Series and the Customized Explorations Journal approach and practice on our Customized Explorations web site.                                                                                           

Happy Journaling,

Eve