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Using systems and habits to improve your life is a proven method to succeed. It requires seeing the work as a system and then adjusting your thoughts and behaviors to be able to take advantage of your opportunities in life.
For some reason our society views letting go the same as giving up. If we let go of some control people mistakenly believe that we gave up. But I have found that there is a great need in all of our lives to let go but not to give up.
Read MoreOur lives are becoming increasingly complex. As we get older and start to add responsibilities we start to get overwhelmed. We add family, career, hobbies, vacations, investments, etc. All of these things add to the complexities in life.
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Read MoreI love college football. Something that happens every year is that good teams will struggle and bad teams will rise up and get a surprising victory. Because of the variations from week to week, it is very difficult to truly evaluate the college football landscape. Yet the college football analysts insist they know the answers and can see the future for each of these teams.
Alabama has been a powerhouse over the last 5-10 years. They have dominated in many years and have been near the top other years. Yet a few big losses have the experts ruling them out. They criticize the team and expect them to fail.
This week they came back and had a big win. After the game the Alabama coach Nick Saban addressed this premature judgment of his team when he said “We are what we are as an identity only if it happens on a continuum. You always have the next challenge.”
Read MoreYears ago I read an article about a Navy SEAL who was reflecting on some of the insight he gained through the Navy’s extreme training program to become a SEAL. When we think of Navy SEALs we tend to think of warrior cowboys who always take control and would fight first and evaluate second.
But I have read a lot of books on the Navy SEALs and I am always surprised at the incredible wisdom of these individuals. They don’t act without thinking. They train to the point where decisions can be made quickly and their natural instinct is to be quick and effective because they have reinforced the best possible habits prior to their actual mission.
Read MoreStress is something that is prevalent in our society. Our culture today reflects the emphasis that we have put on success. We have been conditioned to always want more. We want more money, more fame, more awards, more friends, more likes on Facebook, more alcohol, more clothes etc. But the often-overlooked aspect of wanting more is that we are not content. This discontentment leads to unhappiness and stress.
Read MoreThis means that the argument over punishment or reward is often the wrong argument all together. What we should be looking at is how can we improve over time. In other words, how do we take our mean (average) performance and improve that over time. Not simply focus on the times we fall far outside of the mean and apply praise or correction then.
Read MoreOur society relies heavily on storytelling. Watch the evening news and you will see some statistics but mostly you will see stories. Stories and eye witness reports with data to back up their point of view for the article. What you typically don’t see is an unbiased look at an event or situation.
Read MoreIf you are improving and moving forward understand that you are trending in the right direction. Embrace it and continue to take steps towards your goal.
However if you are consistently making bad decisions and following bad habits and routines then that trend will also likely continue. The best way to change it is to realize that you have to attack the trend. Do this by making small strides in the right direction and doing them consistently.
Read MoreIn the last article, I discussed the subconscious mind and explained that there is enormous opportunity for improvement. The best way to access this unaware part of our minds is by focusing on improving the systems and habits in our lives. But the reality is that this is just one small part of it. There are actually several keys to improving the unaware part of our mind.
Read MoreIn psychology, distinction is made between our “aware” mind and our “unaware” mind. Sometimes it is called our conscious thoughts and subconscious thoughts. Sometimes it is called System 1 and System 2. One system is apparent when we can immediately sense an emotion when we see an angry face while the other system is used when we have to think about a complex math equation.
Read MoreMost of the people that have had a major impact on my life were people that I have had direct contact with. Parents, brothers, cousins, aunts, uncles etc. shape who we are and help us define the world around us.
But one person that has made a major impact on my life is Dr. Wayne Dyer. Though I have never met Dr. Dyer, his messages through books, videos, TV shows, etc. impacted my life in an incredible way. I was very heartbroken last week when I had learned that Dr. Dyer has passed away.
Read MoreThe Wikipedia definition of accident is “an incidental and unplanned event that could have been prevented had circumstances leading up to the accident been recognized, and acted upon, prior to its occurrence.”
Read MoreWhen I was in college at Kent State studying psychology I took a course that covered the basics of psychology. Almost every basic psychology course will, at some point, discuss Abraham Maslow and the incredible contributions he made to help us better understand human thinking.
Read MoreIn a world that is constantly changing, most of us realize the need to adapt. We may be slow to take on new technology but over time we find our own way to change.
But change isn’t always beneficial. In order to benefit you have to change things for the better. This can be very difficult and many people struggle with determining whether or not a change is for the better or not.
Read MoreLife is subtle. We find variations of happiness and sadness throughout our day. We feel disappointment, pride and everything in between. But life isn’t really about living on the extremes.
Read MoreThere is an old saying that “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” While I’m sure we have all heard that saying, most of us still get caught up in the new theory or gimmick that provides an easy explanation for success.
Read MoreI have done a lot of research into goal setting and the reasons we get stuck and miss our goals. Despite the massive amounts of research that has gone into this field I still believe it comes down to a relatively simple explanation.
Read MoreFor most of my life I felt that there were horrible things in the world that we should work to control and change. I spent all of my time forming an opinion and arguing, assured that I was right and there were, obviously, bad things about the world.
But then I read the Tao Te Ching by Lao-tzu and started to change my perspective. In fact, the 29th verse was the final straw that shifted my thinking.
Read MoreLast week Google changed their homepage to reflect the anniversary of the traffic light. They highlighted how traffic signals evolved and how they were implemented to solve a problem.
I tend to highlight systems and habits examples a lot but the traffic innovations used to control transportation are truly fascinating to me. The fact that problems were solved systematically and remain in place today shows the power of thinking systematically in order to solve a problem.
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