Posts Tagged ‘discipline’
Appropriately-timed gratification
One of the challenges when getting healthy is that it can feel like we are successful as soon as we buy the healthy cookbook. As soon as we buy the mindfulness training course. When we pay the gym membership fee. As we press play on the “101 Tips for a Healthier You” podcast. We get…
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Scared that it won’t or scared that it will?
Some people say no to doing something new because they’re scared that it won’t work. More often we deny because of the fear that it will. And because if it does work we’ll have to face ourselves in that new reality. In light of information that shifts our perspective, we either change our status quo…
Read MorePain vs Gratitude
Consider the implications of the following choice. Option 1: We begin the day assuming that nothing is going to interfere with our plan. We then experiencing pain when it does. Option 2: We begin the day assuming that something unexpected is going to interfere with our plan. We then experience gratitude in the rare occurrence…
Read More3-6-6 Method of Change
We often overestimate what we can change in one day and underestimate what we can change in six months. Every 3 weeks your brain goes through significant neuroplastic change. You would have heard about 21 day challenges or 3 week summer classes. If you want to learn a new skill, focus hard for 3 weeks…
Read MoreInk in the pen.
Don’t wait until you’re hungry to go shopping. Your choices will be irrational and will often cost you more. Don’t choose what time you will wake up when you’re exhausted and about to go to bed. You may confuse what your priorities are. If you want to start trusting yourself and accomplishing higher levels of…
Read MoreTired reps
Stop practicing being tired before you get good at it. Start practicing the early recognition of tired so you know when your productivity, sound decision-making, and therefore efficiency begin to drop. Over time, the repetition of intentional action at the edge of your potential followed by recuperation from the microtrauma this induces fortifies skillsets with…
Read MoreMixed messages
If someone is looking you in the eye with a furrowed brow and a snarled lip and says, “Everything’s gonna be fine, trust me.” When a car in front of you has a Jesus fish on the bumper and a punisher symbol dripping blood stuck on the back window. When you ask someone how they…
Read MoreHow to get better at something
Immersion Get feedback from those who matter Avoid feedback from those who don’t Filter the fluff and the futile Do the work Celebrate small wins Avoid shortcuts Repeat Immerse yourself. Immersion is how to learn a language, acquire a skill, or make rapid change of any kind. Getting better requires changing your brain. Full immersion…
Read MoreLicense and responsibility
What does one receive when they are given a license? Permission. Once permission is granted, what is often lost? Sadly, the need to earn permission. After getting a marriage license, how hard does the typical couple try to continue impressing one another compared to before they got married? After getting a license to practice, how…
Read MoreThe opposition
When we make change, we are bound to experience resistance. This is a sign that we doing something right. Opposing forces in nature are often described as such, as if they are in opposition. In reality, the tension created by resistance holds the potential energy that has caused any significant change throughout history. Gravity is…
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