Whether you know you can push harder and further, or not, you can! Go do it!
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Take A Sense Check
A few times a year it is good to take a sense check and see if you are being the best you can be in your different relationships.
Are you being patient enough? Are you giving anyone too much leeway? Have you got the right boundaries in place to protect your values and precious time?
Could you be more grateful for the people in your life and what they do for you? How could you show your appreciation more?
Sometimes it is just a little adjustment in your tone, temper or tempo. It can make a world of difference and set you on a whole new course for your relationship.
It may not be that easy but, with practice and review, you will get better and your life will benefit greatly from this pit stop.
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Keeping Your Mind Relaxed
Here are a few ways:
- Focus on things you have control over
- Focus on making those things better each day
- Spend a few minutes each day with your mind in neutral or meditating
- Ensure your ER Gap is small or shrinking
- Surround yourself with pleasant, respectful and grateful people
PS: Look below here for Sunday’s blog if you didn’t get it in the email yesterday.
PPS: ER Gap is covered in my book, Achieve Anything
PPPS: My book was #1 in Self-Help last week ??
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Keep Your Eyes Open To Opportunity
Train your mind and senses to see opportunities everywhere. Act on the best and quickest ones.
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Be Brilliant
Why would you be anything else?
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Pay Attention
Focus on the now. Mind your distractions
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Let People Know What You Are Looking For
Be open and honest and let people know what you would like. That saves them from trying to guess. The more specific you can be, the more likely someone will know whether they can help or not. And even if they say they can’t help you, that is still a win. At least you know they are off your list for this. That way you can focus on the other people who may be able to help you.
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Rage Against Your Demons
Many people have told how childhood comments about the unlikelihood of their success, ultimately helped propel them to success.
Remember the teacher that said you’ll end up in jail or the friends that said you’ll never make it. Even your parents can influence your decisions by the comments they make. Such things as, “Oh David doesn’t like to play the piano”, or, “Darla just isn’t that sporty”, can shape a child’s view of their options whether you thought it did or not.
Some give up at this point but others see it as their mission to prove those naysayers wrong. The, “I’ll show them” attitude comes out and may be out forever now.
But once you see some success, you can invest in some self awareness and make this raging a part of your past, or part of your early days. Now is the time to want the outcome because that’s your dream, not because someone else fired you up
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New School
Starting fresh can be filled with excitement, concern, uncertainty and delight. When you start at a new school, it can feel pretty full on.
There are all the new ideas to hear and assess, new rooms to explore, teachers to get to know and friendships to develop, and these all take energy and time. Though it’s well invested time.
Throw yourself wholeheartedly into the new situation and run with it. It may be a little uncomfortable at first, but soon you will be feeling confident and well into they flow. Some might even say unstoppable.
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The Jump In Thinking
Media, influencers, politicians and even your friends and family use the jump in thinking to bring you to a conclusion of their choice.
They’ll state something most people can broadly agree with so you’re nodding your head in agreement. Then they add in words like, “that means”, “what will happen next is” or “obviously…”, to name a few.
They then jump to their point and how they think, or want you to think, things will play out next. If they say it with confidence and certainty, you are more likely to make the jump with them and adopt their point of view.
Harmless enough over minor things like who the best drummer in the world is but less so when discussing more impactful issues.
Some people are very good at bringing you along with them without you stopping to think. However, with all “this then that” commentary and any future guessing, you certainly should stop and think about the statement. Ask questions like, “Is that the only possible outcome?”, “Has this person been right on all of their other guesses about how the future will unfold or why a person is like that?” or, “has this happened frequently or rarely in history?”.
It’s easy to simply go with the thought on offer. However, once you let others influence how you think, they have more control over your life than you’d imagine. If you think the Russian media might be overly biased or misleading in their coverage, have you considered that the media you consume could be similar?
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