For those not in the know GPS stands for Global Positioning System, and it is what we use in our Sat Nav to help get us from A to B. However at a recent conference I was surprised to learn that you need three co-ordinates in order to establish your GPS. Well this got me thinking. I know the GPS of my home but I wondered what three co-ordinates would inform me of how I was doing in my business.
Then I remembered a very powerful exercise that I often do with my clients during my Jump Start Your Business Days. It’s called positions of empowerment. During the positions of empowerment exercise my clients get to review their situation from three different perspectives. These are:
- From self
- From other
- From observer
It is amazing what happens when you step back from a situation and see things through different eyes. So often we are stuck in the position of self that we forget to see what impact our actions have on others (eg our clients) and also our wider community.
What I realized whilst I was on vacation was that I had been so stuck in my business, in the position of self, that I had failed to use the other perspectives to look at how things were progressing. Now clearly you don’t need to go on vacation to do this but I have to say being unplugged from the office for two weeks really enabled me to see things differently.
OMG, it was so insightful and happened at the perfect time as part of my vacation was based on planning for 2014. Getting out of trenches enabled me to come up with loads of new ideas for the business, things that I could never I envisioned last week. So look for some significant changes happening in the New Year. I really hope you will love them as you have inspired them.
So what new perspective could you take on any situation in your business or life. Look at it through a different lens, from a different perspective, and you will get answers that you had never thought of.
Mastermind groups are powerful groups that can help you to grow your business by enabling you to see challenges from another perspective. Faced with a challenge the other members provide a different viewpoint and help you come up with solutions that you could never had thought of on your own. You see each person has their own frame of reference and experiences which is why they see your challenge in a different way. The other members help you see the other and observer points of view.
So what new perspective could you take on any situation in your business or life. Look at it through a different lens, from a different perspective, and you will get answers that you had never thought of.
Julia Felton (aka The Business Wrangler) is the founder of Business HorsePower. Business leaders, entrepreneurs and executives hire her to accelerate their business performance by harnessing the energy of their people to work more collaboratively together. By aligning purpose with actions the team achieves exponential results as everyone starts pulling in the same direction.
Julia believes that business is a force for good and through designing purpose-driven businesses that leverage the laws of nature, and the herd, you can create businesses founded on the principles of connection, collaboration and community that make a significant impact in the world.
