Are You “Playing” Your Daily Roles?

Many of us go through life making life tougher than it has to be. Without realizing it, many of us have programmed ourselves not to enjoy our present moment. We bombard our brain with negative, self-defeating messages like, I hate this job, I wish I didn’t have to do this, I’m not good at this.

What’s the point? You’re only programming your brain to not do a good job or to put off even getting started! It’s hard to feel motivated toward new projects when you’ve pre-framed your mind to think they’re going to be difficult. I suggest that you stop programming yourself to have a hard life. Instead, why not have fun? Why not enjoy the moment? The point is to give your subconscious a new, empowering message!

I learned this from one of my mentors, Dini Petty, who is a great inspiration to me. She hosted her own television show (which was the number-one-rated talk show in Canada) whose theme was Live, Love and Laugh. I believe her show was so highly rated because she was enthusiastic, funny, and always left people feeling uplifted and good. Dini and her staff of producers decided there was already too much negative television and they wanted to add value to the lives of their viewers with positive subjects.

One thing that I realized that helped make Dini such a tremendous success, is that she deliberately programmed her mood before being introduced to her live audience. She would turn to the staff and producers and announce, “Let’s have fun! Let’s go PLAY TV!”

Observing her, I saw what a wonderful strategy it is to program your brain to have fun before you do something. Since we are self-fulfilling prophecies, why not honor yourself and set out to enjoy your life? Think about it; when you play, you’re having fun, when you’re having fun, you’re lighthearted, creative, and relaxed. When you allow yourself to have fun, your performance usually improves. It’s a Win-Win situation.

After watching Dini Petty consistently do a great job, I decided to check out her strategy and try playing at certain tasks that I have in the past considered difficult or unpleasant. The week after I observed Dini’s strategy, I had three speaking engagements back-to-back in different cities. This type of trip was usually grueling, but this time I decided to take a new approach. I told myself before I left for the airport that I was going to PLAY vacation traveler, that I was going to enjoy the trip.

I realized that in the past I had created the feeling of dread because of my attitude of just getting the trip over with. On that occasion, instead of feeling stressed out, anxious to hurry and get to my destination, I simply kept saying to myself. I’m a vacation traveler and I have all the time I need. I can honestly say I was faced with as many obstacles as I normally encounter when traveling, but this trip felt less stressful.

So I decided to try this new strategy out on something I had really avoided; I have tons of research, and much of it gets stacked up around my personal office. I decided to PLAY professional files organizer for just one hour. I tackled the job with the mindset that it was my most important task at the moment and I was going to enjoy doing it fast and efficiently.

As I began organizing my research and filing it away, instead of my usual muttering under my breath, I kept my focus on the fact that I was good at this and the benefits I would enjoy after it was done. To my surprise, I finished faster than I ever had before. Now that I have this new strategy, I don’t dread this task any longer. It brings to mind the old saying, “Act the part and you shall become it!”

Food for thought, go “play” whatever role you have to be at the moment. If you are playing golf, be a pro; if you’re gardening, be a professional landscaper! Try it; time passes more quickly and you might even have fun! Most importantly, you’ll feel better about what you’re doing.

Love, Light, and FUN!!
Lee Milteer

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Lee Milteer is an internationally known Performance & Productivity Coach, TV Personality, and Speaker who has counseled and trained over a million people throughout her career. Lee is the founder of the Millionaire Smarts® Coaching Program and is also a best-selling author of educational resources like Success is An Inside Job and Overcoming Unproductive Behaviors. Find out more and sign up for no-cost success resources at www.milteer.com.