One Hour in An Abandoned Warehouse -- What's On Your Mind?
Imagine a setting where there are no phones, televisions, music, talking, and sounds of machines of all sorts. Close your eyes and imagine each of these noises being eliminated one by one. As the sounds diminish you gain a sense of your breath going in and out. You take notice for the first time how paying attention to your own breath removes all other thoughts. All that remains is the buzz of the florescent lights and the squeaking of your office chair. First the chair goes, then the buzz is silent. You are alone and it is very quiet.
You sit on a box on the 12th floor of a dirty, damp abandoned warehouse. No one is around though you vaguely hear the sounds of life in the city below. Alone for an hour, all you have to do is think. What would you spend that time thinking about?
There are valuable thoughts that present themselves if you would just let them. In the noisy office, crowded house, or loud car you choose to suffocate yourself every day. Much of our day we are audibly numb to the outside world. If our ears are numb, what does that mean about our brain.
A common statistic is that humans use only 10% of their brains. Of that 10% we access, how much of that is poorly used? Only you can answer that question. The world between our ears seems so focused on a few things; the same things day after day after day. When we are hyper-focused on one part of our life, we miss the rest of it. So is work really that important to take up the thoughts that make up most of our day? Do negative thoughts and frustration help? If we truly are our thoughts, what does that say about us?
As you sit in that warehouse for an hour, what will you think about? Here are some challenges:
Why not dream about things that challenge you?
Why not identify things in your life you are truly fearful of?
Why not ask others what they really think of your character?
Why not think of 3 people who are hurting and call them this weekend?
Why not clean up your desk, car, and home?
Why not identify your true passions and find ways to pour time into them?
Why not take a day and turn every thought and situation into a positive one?
Why not listen to classical music on the way to the office for once?
Why not choose five ways to improve your life and make a plan to accomplish them?
Why not think of a great feat or accomplishment and ask, "Why not me?"
Why not meditate on the universe and its designer?
Why not become curious about other people and their lives by asking them?
Why not consider another profession?
Why not make a plan for taking much better care of yourself?
Why not look deeply into the desires of your heart?
Why not ask yourself, "What's my purpose in life?"
Why not answer the previous question and do something positive about it?
Why not?
Why not?
Why not?
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Randy Brown has dedicated his life to the game of basketball. His 18 years in college basketball highlights a successful 23-year career. Coaching positions at Arizona, Iowa State, Marquette, Drake, and Miami of Ohio fill his resume. Mentored by Basketball Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson at Arizona, he learned the game from the best. At 39, Randy became the head coach at Division I Stetson University in Deland, Florida. His efforts have helped develop 12 NBA players including Steve Kerr, Sean Elliott, and Jaamal Tinsley. His passion for mentoring young coaches and developing youth programs is known and respected throughout the country. Over the years he has authored over 50 articles on coaching basketball and has taught over 24,000 young players in summer camps and clinics. He works as a basketball consultant and mentor for coaches. He is also an author and public speaker. For free articles and questions, Randy can be reached at coachrandybrown@yahoo.com
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