(Building YOU to BUILD your BUSINESS!) Thriving in the New Normal - Ravin S. Papiah

SHOW NOTES
22nd  JULY 2021
Season 6 – Show 3


Building YOU to BUILD your BUSINESS!

Season 6 – Thriving in the New Normal

Show  – Is COVID19 a Curse or a Blessing?
Theme – A MindSet Story
Talking Points – Are we Using Our Brain right?

Welcome to the THIRD show of Season 6 Building YOU to BUILD your BUSINESS with Ravin Papiah!

Introduction
WELCOME to the THIRD Show of Season 6!
If you are not Aware, You Are Nowhere!
Leadership Is Influence, Nothing More, Nothing Less! John C. Maxwell

If Leadership is Influence, then Leadership starts by SELF-LEADERSHIP!

AS USUAL, I am really excited for today’s show – Why? Because today I will AGAIN be talking about YOU! Yes, YOU! The Good YOU, The Amazing YOU, the Incredible YOU, and a bit of the BAD YOU!

The Corona Virus, has manifested itself some two years ago, bringing the world to a standstill, and causing damages in the economy and in loss of millions of lives from around the globe. It has forced us into a new way of living – what people are calling now the “New Normal”


What is the New Normal?

IN TODAY’S SHOW, I am going to share with you some insights into this new normal we are all living in due to the Pandemic, and look at our mindset, our worries and stress, our new problems and how to deal with them using our brain rightly

• It is a CRISIS, so what’s NEXT?
• Can we keep our SANITY during this crisis?
• What can we DO to stay SAFE and SANE?
• What opportunities a Crisis brings with it?

THRIVING IN THE NEW NORMAL

SEGMENT ONE – It’s a CRISIS, so what’s NEXT?

As I talk to you, the situation of the Global Pandemic looks like this:

Corona Virus Cases: 192, 884, 481

Deaths: 4,143,611

Recovered: 175, 392, 870

It’s a real crisis!

So, what’s NEXT?

1. We don’t know how long this is going to be going on
2. But we can CONTRIBUTE to eradicating the VIRUS
3. For that, we need DISCIPLINE, and more so, SELF-DISCIPLINE!

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.
John F. Kennedy


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SEGMENT TWO – Can we keep our Sanity During this Crisis?

This question has only ONE answer for ME – We should!  

Even in the midst of a global crisis, WE must remember that perspective determines actions which determines influence. If WE want to lead well, WE must guard OUR perspective!

We know what the virus is, we have a test for detecting it, the virus can be wiped clean, and all of the global scientific community is throwing their weight behind efforts to contain and cure.

What is our ROLE in all this?

We have to remain DISCIPLINED!

What does that MEAN?

Simple, we can contribute to eradicate this virus, we just need to self-discipline ourselves:

1. Wear our MASK
2. Clean our hands regularly
3. Keep social distancing
4. Take care of our health
5. Be a RESPONSIBLE citizen!

What can we do during a time of crisis?

• Know that ADVERSITY and CRISIS brings a kind of ADVANTAGE to us!
• Without this adversity, we would not have those advantages and opportunities
• We can turn ADVERSITY into ADVANTAGE, for us and for our race
• If we think, What’s BEST for our people, we will come out with creative and innovative solutions for the human race in this time of crisis
• Every crisis or adversity in the world has turned into terrific advantage for society
• If you have the right perspective, good things comes out of bad things – Look at the vaccine against covid19, it has been a hard and speedy battle to come out with a vaccine in so little a time, that shows the advancement of technology and medicine science AND it can only be BETTER! That’s how the vaccines for so many so called incurable diseases were invented UNDER THE THREAT OF a CRISIS, many a times, a GLOBAL CRISIS! Which led to URGENT work on the part of the concerned authorities, governments, organisations etc…
• A crisis makes it VERY urgent? 
• Same adversity, same situation – we can have TWO ways at looking at it – How can I take advantage and build something better out of it OR how can I take this and show how I am at a disadvantage and I’m a VICTIM, thus instead of getting better, I get worse! Same adversity, same situation, TWO different responses – RESPONSES are based on a person’s perspective – What yours?

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SEGMENT THREE – What can we do to remain SAFE & SANE?

In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity – Albert Einstein
A crisis is a distraction for the majority of people. It pulls you away from your life focus and towards something else. Whether it’s the breaking news alerts on the evening news, or a panicked report from the Stock Market, there are plenty of things seeking to pull all your attention away from the issue at hand. 

Let’s look BEYOND FEAR to HOPE!

My mentor, Dr John C. Maxwell, shares that there are three advantages of a crisis: 

1. Changes the Balance of Risk/Reward (when the status quo is broken, there is almost no downside to taking a chance on something new) 
2. Increases Focus (crisis enables people to eliminate distraction and push toward a common goal) 
3. Identifies Leaders (new leaders are able to step up and lead when others are too afraid to act) 

John highlighted one area where the opportunity for innovation is unlimited—higher education. With the sudden shift to entire universities learning online, there will be more progress and advancement over the next six months than over the last ten years, simply because the constraints, distractions, and nay-sayers have been sidelined out of necessity. 

When it comes to innovation, leaders never let a good crisis go to waste! 

Why do you think it is so easy for people to get distracted during a crisis?

• Watching the TV, the news… and its all so negative
• Mind wandering
• Fear, lack of faith, lack of belief, leading to lack of actions

What are some good ways you can maintain focus during these times of distraction? 

• You cant control what you cant control, so why put your energy in trying that?
• What you can control is YOU, your thoughts, your actions, your lemonade…
• Do the things you’ve always wanted to do but you didn’t have time to: reading, writing a book, cultivating your garden, take that course, refine your public speaking skills, launch a Show…BE IN ACTION…POSITIVELY
• The Pandemic is giving us that time, WHICH WE DIDN'T HAVE, to PAUSE and REFLECT! Where are we going, what are we doing, is this where we want to head?

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SEGMENT FOUR – What opportunities a Crisis brings with it?
While there are opportunities within a crisis that can be seized, there are still people living through the crisis that must be valued and led well

1. Everyone has bad experiences—but it’s what we do with those experiences that defines who we become. 
2. No one likes bad experiences—but they are part of everyone’s journey. As John said, you’re either up, or getting up! 
3. Few people make bad experiences positive experiences—but those who do understand that there are options, and that means there is hope. 

Having a positive perspective doesn’t mean you deny reality, it just means you acknowledge even the toughest circumstances have a way through them. 

John Maxwell shares the words of the Apostle Paul to remind us that, “you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.” (Philippians 4:8, MSG) 

John C. Maxwell’s 11 Perspective Principles About Crisis: 

1. Everything Worthwhile Is Uphill. 
2. There is Always an Answer. 
3. Allow Adversity to Help You Discover Who You Really Are. 
4. Develop A Positive Life-Stance. 
5. Feed Your Faith, Starve Your Fears. 
6. Realize That Your Motions Influence Your Emotions. 
7. Today Matters. 
8. Reflect, Instead of React to Adversity. 
9. Adversity Makes You Relatable to Others. 
10. Always Look for the Big Picture. 
11. Adversity Makes a Person Grow Strong (Mature). 

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Name of Host : Ravin Souvendra Papiah
E-mail : plcjmleadership@gmail.com

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See you Next Thursday (1300 GMT – 1700 Mauritius) for our Season 6 SHOW 4, where we look at ‘When “YOU” makes all the difference you BECOME’ in the ‘A YOU QUESTION” lesson!
 Until then, Keep tight! See you NEXT THURSDAY!