Overcome yourself

What holds you back more than any other factor is you.

Knowledge, thoughts, beliefs, decisions and habits.

Can you overcome the current version of you?

Going in the wrong direction? Turn back!

“A step backward after making a wrong turn is a step in the right direction” – Kurt Vonnegut

No matter how much your ego may hurt, or how much you have invested, once you realize you are going in the wrong direction – turn back!

Want a change in attitude?

Change your behavior first.

Do what you want – accept the consequences

Each of us has choices for how we want to spend our time and what we want to do, and each of us must accept the consequences for our actions. 

What you get today, and how others behave toward you is a consequence of what you have done in the past.  What the world gives you tomorrow will be a consequence of what you are doing now.

What are you doing now?

Hell yeah! or no

Want to live a more exciting life?  Then spend your time doing things that are “hell yeah!” or don’t do them.  Cut out the “ehh, ok, I’ll do it, I’ll go” stuff.

Makes sense to me!  How about you?

What are you doing this week?  If it’s not “hell yeah!”, it’s a no.  Replace the no stuff with “hell yeah!” stuff!

It's what they DON'T do

High-performing, successful people don’t necessarily do things that unproductive people don’t do at all.  It’s more that they don’t do many things that unproductive people do.

They say NO to lots of activities so they can spend a lot of time on the very highest value things.

Do you spend time on things that are a waste of time?  What could you stop doing now?

Only a few goals at a time

Areas you could set goals – 

Family, friends, career, skills, fitness, health, spirituality, hobbies, intimacy, fun, travel, relationship to yourself, making a difference in the world, retirement.  Work in them all and you will fail at them all.  

Pick three areas (for now) and focus your thinking and efforts.

Which two or three are you working on now?

The unproductive conversation in your head

There is a conversation going on in your head and it’s not necessarily productive to where you want to go, who you want to be, and what you want to do.  It may come from beliefs you’ve had for a long time.  It may be reinforcing a decision you made because of what happened one time, that isn’t necessarily true.

Notice.  Do you hear it?  If it’s not helping, call it out and say “that is not right, it’s hurting me”, and overwrite it with a new decision and a new belief that will drive a new conversation in your head.

Be your own hero

The person that is going to save you is you.  Sure, help from others is nice and makes it easier, but it won’t matter without your full commitment and active participation. 

Chances are you have some beliefs and identity that you are holding onto that are producing results you don’t want.  You want new results but don’t want to change inside.

When you face it, see it, own it and then let it go, the superhero has arrived in your life – and it’s you.

Some do, and some don't.

Why is there a gap?

Some do, and some don’t.  Some will, and some won’t.  Some did, and some didn’t.  That’s why.

Will you?