If you’ve been following me for a while you know that I am firmly in the camp that our thoughts create our reality. And Einstein believed the same thing.

Yep. Me and Einstein.

What Einstein Said

Einstein has been quoted as saying, “We cannot solve problems at the same level of thinking that we were at when we created those problems.”

This led me to an epiphany.

In the Mindset Method™ that I use in my coaching, I teach that under (almost) every feeling there is a thought. And from the thought and corresponding feeling we take actions that create certain results.

If you are happy with your results and how your career is going then great. Keep thinking those thoughts, feeling those feelings, and taking those actions. But, if you are not happy with how things are going, Einstein suggests that you need to change your thoughts (which will naturally change your feelings) about the problem BEFORE you take action on possible solutions.

This is not what normally happens.

When we think something is a problem, we will often feel a level of anxiety. Then we take action from this anxiety. No surprise that the results are often less than ideal. The solutions were conceived from a place of anxiety, fear, worry, self-doubt … you name it.

Instead, lean into your Einstein genius. You take no action from a place of fear or worry. Relax and first change your thoughts (and the corresponding feeling) then ask yourself what actions you feel compelled to take.

And … another bonus of leaning into your Einstein genius is that rather than be in the narrow focus of fear you have opened yourself up to even more and better ideas, alternative solutions, and expanded possibilities!

Creating better career outcomes from a relaxed state

If you have reached a plateau in your career or are struggling on your job search become like Einstein and refuse to solve the problem from the level of thinking that created it. Try this instead:

1. Write down the thoughts you are having about your problem

2. Find new thoughts that create a better feeling in your body

3. Then decide what actions you want to take to solve the problem

Watch out you freaky genius. People will be asking how you got to be so smart!

Stay inspiHER’d,

P.S. Career Alchemy Academy has two foundational principles that bookend all we do inside the Academy.

1) mindset – recognizing and getting good at noticing how our thoughts and feelings are creating our current circumstances and that we have the agency to change our circumstances by changing our thoughts and

2) Being in a community of supportive and generous women opens up doors, offers new perspectives, and shortens the distance between where we are and where we want to be.

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