In my ongoing look into mindfulness and its approach to recovery, I have found some very interesting things. I find it intriguing that’s there are many ways to approach this concept. One of the ways I found interesting is to consider it a part of disaster relief. With anything valuable, it is a good idea to have a plan in place as to how to best safeguard it. I think this is especially true when it comes to us as individuals. Once we entered this life of recovery the next step is learning how to protect it and shield me from relapse, while still enjoying this life of liberty and freedom. I looked at Disaster Relief. There is a book entitled “The Disaster Recovery” it is a book to “ensure business continuity and protect vital operations, facilities and assets”.
I thought this was very much true of what we do in mindfulness recovery. We escaped disaster and we are hoping to shield ourselves from a future disaster. Why not look at ourselves from a more practical business approach? This is an approach any corporation would take to protect their most vital assets. How do we go about this? How do we take something as interpersonal as our life and relate it to a business mindset?
I think this is at the heart and soul of what mindset recovery is all about. We need, to the best of our ability, to remove and separate the emotion so we can make the best objective decisions in the forward movement of our lives. Because we are human beings that live, breathe and move in an emotional and spiritual space we cannot negate the emotion and how we conduct our personal life. That is not recommended nor desired, but it should not preclude us from having a rational response to that.
This is true of the things that happened in our life on a day-to-day basis. It is even true of the unforeseen things that may be at the core. So, what does a business do to help ensure that in cases of disaster they will experience minimal loss and can recover what they do lose? Below is a starter list of the 5 things that I will suggest in Minding Your Business.
- Understand what our strengths and weaknesses are
- Look to strengthen the foundation of our strengths and set aside weaknesses. (unless we can turn that weakness into a strength)
- Become accountable to someone who will help us sort out the strengths and any weaknesses we decide to keep while turning them into strengths.
- Try to understand the various scenarios where the strengths would help us during our day.
- Stay balanced and aligned in our approach to our daily living while avoiding self-sabotage.
I think if we do these five things daily, we can have the victory that had previously eluded us while we strengthen the foundational core of who we are. I wish you great success or minding your business.
Robert Pardon
Robert is the Recovery Guy. Getting clean and sober on April 25, 1986 has given me the insight and practical skill set to not only stay sober, but to also re-invent myself to the person I always wanted to become. Showing others how to do this is my life goal.
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