When we are fully present, we experience LIFE. We can see more clearly what has to happen. We can see the truth about the moment. We can see the truth about our impact. We can fully feel our feelings: joy, anger, sadness or excitement. It is in this place that we can better identify, as leaders in our own lives, what needs to happen next.

As a business coach, I ask my clients, “Have you ever had any of these experiences?”

~ You drive home from work and then don’t remember how you got there.

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Human speech is a special kind of music. Just as in singing, the instrument we use to play it is the voice. Instead of a song, we project a verbal message. Even though perhaps you can’t carry a tune at all, the way you speak can make all the difference to how any particular message is received. In human speech, the ‘way that we say it’ - your very distinctive individual qualities of voice - can and do greatly influence the person to whom you are speaking. It could be that the tone of your voice is out of kilter. People are intuitive, and you can be sure that negative emotions will always affect your voice tone and will be picked up by whoever’s listening. Any mismatch between what you’re saying and how you say it will instinctively be recognised by the hearer. Imagine a witch on a broomstick cackling ‘I love you’ and you’ll get the general picture. Or, more to the point - how often have you been told to ‘have a nice day’ by someone in a tone of voice that unmistakably says ‘I couldn’t care less’? Ideally, the voice tone provides a flow of heartfelt feeling that floats the message down the channel of authentic communication. Even without words, your tone of voice - the sound alone - can carry with it the universally recognised qualities of caring compassion and human service.

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Feeling happy is all about your thoughts. You can’t have a feeling without first having a thought. Therefore, if you’re feeling happy, it’s because you’re thinking happy thoughts.

Same is true for sad. If you’re sad, it’s because you’re thinking sad thoughts.

So the secret to happiness is to pay attention to your feelings. They’ll keep you on track. They’re the feedback to tell you what you’re thinking.

Yeah. I know. We’re the ones doing the thinking, so we should know what we’re thinking. Right?

Not if we’re not paying attention.

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