The next time you are in a place of unhappiness or a time when you miss a goal, stop for a moment and review the patterns of the situation. The patterns will give you in depth insight into your systems and habits.
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How many times have you read an article, book or magazine or heard a motivational speaker talk about getting outside of your comfort zone? Their advice usually stems from our unwillingness to do the uncomfortable things in life that are necessary to grow and succeed.
The problem is that this is a very complex area of our psyche. It is comfortable for a reason. This tends to be connected to the alarms inside our heads that tell us when something doesn’t feel right.
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Simplicity is the key for companies to transform from good to great but it also is the key for us to transform from good to great individually. But simplicity isn’t enough to drive us towards our goals. It helps us have a clear understanding of steps and direction but that can easily lead to poor decisions and a misunderstanding of simplicity versus laziness.
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Have you made a great stride towards a goal and reached it but then quickly lost the benefit of reaching that goal? There are many times that I have set a hard Outcome Goal and reached it. But too often it wouldn’t take me long to fall back to my old systems and habits. Once the drive was gone, because I already reached my goal, I just couldn’t get enough motivation to keep going.
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Most people view life as a series of life-changing events or a number of rites of passage. It often seems like everything is stable and these unique experiences are the reasons why we end up where we are in life. It often feels like we cruise along and then these magical moments propel us in a new exciting direction.
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The more I find new books to read, documentaries to watch, or other examples of successful individuals, the more I find that much of the information is incredibly biased.
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The more we train and prepare to reach a goal, the more we rely on the systems and habits in our lives. Many times this involves muscle memory.
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The reality is that ambition is helpful, up to a point. Then it is a combination of patience and ambition which will truly help you succeed. Burning out too quickly is just as common as waiting without knowing what you are waiting for.
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Most people have a hard time taking criticism. Viewed as an attack on our character, we quickly find arguments and points proving the criticism is inaccurate. Being able to learn and grow from feedback is important but this defensiveness can easily get in the way.
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As humans we are preprogrammed to avoid pain and attract pleasure. It is hardwired into us and helped us survive and evolve over the years. But avoidance of pleasure isn’t always the best. Character is built through difficulty. Mistakes teach us important lessons. Our failure may be painful but we can come away a better, wiser person.
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Don't get too blinded by what is possible. Anything is possible but to become probable you must work on developing the systems and habits to reach your goal.
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There is a famous quote by Andy Warhol where he says “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” I think this is a powerful quote that empowers us to take charge of our lives.
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There are pros and cons to every decision yet too often advance confidently in one specific direction. Learn to relax and understand yourself before making the choice of action because there is always something positive and something negative in that choice.
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In our lives we tend to do the same thing that the media does. We disregard the years and years of habit, the months of specific training and try to understand things from the event or performance perspective. But the reality is that long before the action, mission, game, meeting, presentation etc. our paths were being developed and our skills honed.
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Steve Jobs once commented on simplicity and said “that’s been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”
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This years NCAA March Madness is shaping up to be a great tournament. But to be successful, you have to focus on the preparation as much as the porformance.
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Success is based off of our actions and behaviors. More importantly, success reflects our repeated response to various situations. What do you repeatedly do?
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