If you want to achieve more, have a written plan. A plan of activities for each day at set times and a plan for each day of the week.
Review this plan every hour and every day to make sure you are sticking to it. Get a few things off your list every day. Build momentum.
“A sky scraper went into space, returned to earth, and parallel parked” – Sylvia Smith
A seven story tall, 10 meter wide, 250 ton object was guided safely onto landing arms after rapidly returning from space. Incredible!
If this doesn’t inspire you to achieve anything you can dream of, I don’t know what will.
SpaceX, Elon Musk.
Surgery. Not something you want to have to go through. Ever.
Yet, how brilliant is it that somebody figured out how to fix internal organs and other bits. So now rather than live with a life altering condition, you can be all sorted in a few hours as a day case.
We live incredible times.
What are you willing to forgo, or sacrifice, to reach your desired goal?
There is no free lunch.
If you use words to fight daily battles or demonstrate your worth (lawyers, professors, journalists, etc), you may sometimes, but not always, be over confident in your ability to solve problems and find sustainable solutions.
Because you can battle and defend your position, or even change your opinion and take the opposite stance, by using words, you may not realise real things can’t so easily be fixed.
You want to engage with people, or hire or elect people, that have a practical streak and aren’t just theoretical focused.
Step up and say hello. Shake hands, make eye contact, remember names and smile. It’s all rather simple. This is an open door to your future.
It costs nothing to say hello, be pleasant and be curious about someone’s life. Listen, learn and maybe make a new friend. Or simply enjoy that moment together.
These are your core thrusters. If you get these right, efficient and consistent, you can launch anything with great success.
Focus on getting these details right.
You probably already have an idea of what it might be.
So now think about how you can achieve it.
What is the first step? What is the second step?
Go do those now…. I’ll wait.
People can bring fun, shortcuts and opportunities. Of course they can bring hardship, drama and chaos too. But we like to look on the bright side. Besides, if the new person brings anything but great things to our life, then we exit them immediately, Stage left.
Great people, we keep. Then we involve them more in our life in various ways.
Build your life team. Make it a dream team.
So you think you want to change. Great!! This could be a great adventure and get you to the life you dream of.
However, wanting to change, to have a different outcome, doesn’t mean you’re willing to change.
You have to be willing to change, and not just willing if someone else encourages you, sets it out for you or forces you. You have to say goodbye to the old you, burn the boats, and dive in to this new you. You have to be completely committed to this new you and don’t look back with fear or longing.
When you willingly make a change, you will find success. You will commit to the process and the new outcome. Wave goodbye to the old you. You’re never going back.
