TWE: Finding Intention

The Intentional Advantage

Tanya Dalton

Productivity, 790708, Tanyadalton, Inkwellpress, Management, Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.6 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2018

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Intentional thoughts can easily be forgotten in the hecticness of our days. Because of this, it’s often important that we find a way to remind ourselves to be intentional with our time and focus. How? I’ll let my husband, John, be the example for this one. I’m sharing a quick story of the small Jade Dragon he brought home with him from a Chinese market years ago and how you can find your own personal talisman, too.

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, everyone. This is Tanya Dalton, owner of Inquell Press, and I'm here to give you another episode of The Weekender, a mini episode to help you end your week on the right note.
0:18.1	A little jade dragon sits on our dresser each evening. My husband John picked it up years ago
0:23.3	on one of his marathon business trips that carried him around the world. He found it in a small
0:28.7	Chinese market one day during one of his breaks between meetings. What I love about this little
0:33.8	dragon is that during the day it doesn't live on our dresser. He carries it around in his pocket. And while this little dragon is that during the day it doesn't live on our dresser. He carries it around
0:38.9	in his pocket. And while this little dragon doesn't mean anything to anyone else, it's turned into his
0:45.0	own little talisman. When John feels like he needs to work on being intentional, he gives the dragon
0:51.4	the power to remind him. He looks at it in the morning and he makes an intentional
0:56.2	thought. It might be an affirmation or an intentional moment of gratitude. But he takes a minute to
1:03.6	think through what he wants to focus on for the day. And then he places that little dragon in his
1:08.7	pocket and moves forward on into his day.
1:11.9	That's the thing with intentional thoughts.
1:14.4	They can be easily forgotten in the hecticness of our days.
1:18.3	But each time John reaches into his pocket for his phone or for some change,
1:22.7	he feels that little dragon sitting there, reminding him.
1:26.7	And in that moment, the intentional thought returns.
1:30.0	And he takes a minute to pause and focus on the intention. Just a few seconds is really all it takes.
1:36.1	But throughout his day, he's reminded of what he wants to have for his focus. I love this little
1:42.5	ritual he has for himself. So I want to encourage you to do
1:45.7	something to remind you of where you want your focus to be right now. You don't have to have a little
1:51.3	dragon. It could be a rock or a picture or even the inkling you received with your planner that you've
1:56.8	hung on your mirror. But see how it feels to let your intentional thoughts guide your day.
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