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Tough meeting? Expect good results |
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By Chris Raymond
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 How to prepare for a productive meeting, regardless of differing opinions.
How many times have you gone to a meeting or social event with a preconceived notion of how it is going to turn out? And whatever your expectations are, good or bad, the meeting or event usually follows your expectation. Unfortunately, too often I have negative expectations.
But the ironic thing is, I would prefer to have a good result — a good meeting, a fun social event. Who wouldn’t? So the real question is, Why don’t I have a positive expectation going in to the event?
There could be valid reasons, like there are big issues at the meetings with lots of differing opinions…or I don’t know anyone at the social event and it might be uncomfortable, etc.
Whatever the reasons are, they set you up for a negative experience. And that’s not a great way to go in to a meeting or event!
I am thinking about this today particularly because I have one of “those” meetings coming up…lots of big issues to discuss, many different opinions, emotional reactions. And I am thinking I don’t want to go in with this bad expectation. How can I change my thinking? How can I expect good to be present in the meeting?
A good place to start is with the divine Mind, the super intelligence that guides the entire consciousness of the universe. In my spiritual study, based on the Bible commentary Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, there is only one Mind, one Love, one Creator. Since there is only One then there must be only one super-power controlling Its creation.
And since this Creator is Love, then the creation and every effect of this creation must be good. Where, then, is room for bad effects or results?
In contentious meetings it always seems to come down to lots of opinions and personal agendas…lots of egos. Then it escalates with emotional reactions. And hey, I am not exempt from getting caught up in this. I have gone into meetings with my arguments all set for defending my own point of view — vigorously.
But I have also seen how the atmosphere can change from electric to calm when I stop defending and start listening…when I listen to the other points of view I get a fuller perspective. And usually a middle-ground that is acceptable to most becomes obvious.
I think I know how to approach my upcoming meeting. I need to drop my personal view of “ego”: my own and what I perceive is other people’s egos. In other words, there can’t be a bunch of little egos running amok in the Divine consciousness. I really need to have present in my thinking that there is only ONE Ego, the divine Mind who controls all consciousness. Here’s a definition of this Ego from Science and Health:
I, or Ego. Divine Principle; Spirit; Soul; incorporeal, unerring, immortal, and eternal Mind.
By affirming that THIS Ego is the only power in control, then I am not focusing on all the supposed other egos or reacting to them. My responsibility is to reflect and respond to the qualities of the divine Ego. In this Ego there is no negativity or hurt, only harmony and good. There is only blessing for all. What is this Ego communicating to me right there in the meeting? How can I be an instrument for good, instead of adding my personal “two cents”?
Even IF there were little egos running around, not one of them has the power to challenge the power of the divine Ego. This yielding of a personal ego to the Divine begins with me. I must affirm the ever presence and omnipotence of right thinking that only blesses, never harms. By affirming, I am aligning with the Divine…I am on the side of good.
When I know there is only Mind who creates and causes good, then there can only be good results.
This is a much better expectation going in to my meeting!
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