Find the Fire by Scott Mautz

Author:Scott Mautz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AMACOM
Published: 2017-04-06T04:00:00+00:00

BEING PRESENT IN THE MOMENT

We’ve all been there—when you’re there but you’re not really there. You may be physically present but your mind and energy are elsewhere.

Believe me, people all around you notice.

And it happens far too often.

A Harvard study showed that our minds are not focused on what’s in front of us a whopping 47 percent of the time, and in these times, our happiness level is at its lowest.

A wandering mind is not a happy mind.32

Babies have it figured out. Ever notice how charismatic babies are, how they seem to capture the room with their presence, without uttering a word? Psychologists will tell you it’s not because of their magnetic personality, which isn’t even fully formed yet. And set aside their cuteness, which is only part of it. It’s because of how present they are in the moment, wide-eyed and fully engaged in everything that’s right in front of them. There is something undeniably magnetic about someone who is giving 100 percent attention to what’s in front of them in the here and now.33

It’s no different for you—you too can be just as present.

Having a magnetic presence has an impact on others, the kind that will strengthen your belief that you’re a conduit of positive influence.

When you’re magnetically present you carry light with you everywhere you go. People are drawn to you, but, more important, their own unique energy is drawn out of them. You become a conduit for the pent-up expression of creativity, ideas, and thoughts that so many have buried inside them as they live days of transaction versus transcendence. The power of human connection kicks in and words, gestures, and facial expressions become emotional glue, not mere by-products of going through the motions.

Each encounter offers the opportunity to unlock greatness—and inspiration.

But, as with prizes at a raffle drawing, to win you must be present.

Now, admittedly, it’s actually much easier to not be present. And there are plenty of understandable distractions. Like kitten memes.

Anyway, with a little effort and intentionality, you can make your presence a present to those you interact with and help enable inspiration for all. Here’s how.

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