The Lin Life Universe

Today I want to talk about Envy. You can turn that feeling into an aspiration. Envy is the emotion of coveting what someone else has. How do you go about turning this seemingly negative quality into something positive? For example, if you envy someone's success, news of a colleague’s promotion or someone's financial windfall. Ask yourself what’s behind the feeling? Notice perhaps your ambition and take a moment to admire that. If you envy someone's image or looks, perhaps it's the discipline behind the body, or the radiance. or confidence that you see. Find what you can emulate. That's how you turn your feelings into aspirations.

Today I want to talk about stress mastery. At some point as human beings we’re all going to encounter stress. One important step is to assess whether the stress is due to expectations, comparisons, capacity, relationships or ability. If it's due to expectations, then there's some mindset work that needs to happen to adjust those expectations. If it’s due to comparisons, find a lower bar to compare to so you feel better about yourself. If it's due to capacity, this will involve you learning a new skill or bringing some additional help in to expand that capacity. If the stress is due to relationships then perhaps those relationships need to be re-defined or conversations need to be had. If the stress is due to sheer ability, sometimes it’s best just to remove yourself from the situation.

Today I want to talk about one of the side effects of upleveling. That way you're not caught off guard when it happens to you as you try to make improvements in your life and strive for more within yourself and beyond yourself. This is the feeling that you'll be lonely. Imagine that you're getting into an elevator and you can't take everybody with you. Not everybody's going to come up at the same time as you. Anticipate it, be prepared for it and do not be dismayed. It's part of the ride. Fear not, there will be another group waiting at your destination floor. You’ll find and make new friends that resonate at your new bandwidth and find that the lonely ride was worth it.