WEEK 109: AUTOCORRECT

Things have no hold on the soul. They stand there unmoving, outside it. Disturbance comes only from within - from your own perceptions. Marcus Aurelius

REFLECTIONS (learnings and actions): 

I want to discuss with you an amazing realization I had this week which can help transform your life and help you achieve any goal, massive success, and your dreams.

But before we get into it, I want to tell you how an airplane gets from one location to another (trust me it connects). 

Today, we just take it as a natural part of our lives, where we get in a plane and then the pilot takes us directly to our destination.

Yet, there are so many things which occur which the normal joe schmo like us do not see. From varying pressures in the atmosphere, different air currents, precipitation, and storms; rarely do we travel as the crow flies (straight path from one point to another).

The pilot and plane are constantly autocorrecting due to a drop in pressure, unseen turbulence (which is part of every flight), and any other event related to flying.

Now why did I tell you about how a plane autocorrects constantly to arrive at its destination?

Well, this is exactly how you achieve any goal, massive success, and your dreams. You make a decision and choose a destination, and then autocorrect constantly from the moment you take off until the point you land. Always, being present at that current moment and then choosing the best course of action to get you to your final destination.

Unfortunately, 99% of people on this planet have difficulties with the autocorrecting part. Either because they quit because they deviated from the straight path they decided or are overwhelmed by all the stress and frustration caused from all the new changes in their environment.  

Now we, me being included from time to time, get stressed and angered because of the changes and shifts in the world around us. We REACT to whatever external event we are presented with and believe these events have power to determine who we are.

For example, you eat the carton of ice cream as you had a stressful day at work. Or, you lash out at your loved ones because your boss yelled at you earlier for no reason. Even worse yet, you did not invest in yourself, as another project came up which zapped your time.

Simply, we REACT and get angered, frustrated, overwhelmed...because of the changes. Yet, the changes are things which are constant.

Think about that for a second. Everything, and I mean everything, is always shifting and moving around us. It never stops. It is similar to Las Vegas or New York, those cities never sleep. They run 24/7.

This is why I love the quote and the learning I gained from it this week.
Change is always going to be a constant of our lives. The tension (stress, frustration, anger, hopelessness) comes internally based on how we one, choose to see the situation, and two, how we choose to deal with such events. I have learned this is what determines whether you will start or stop, endure or quit, succeed or fail.

Going back to the path of achieving your goals, massive success, and your dreams. You are overwhelmed with negative feelings due to being bombarded with all the changes of taking on such a challenge. You react and blame it on your external environment, which has caused you to lose focus and fall off the "wagon" (again).

When in reality, those external events or the "turbulence" on the flight, called your life, will always occur. Thus, the tension is not produced because of your environment, but your ability to see it. 

This ties to what I have been talking about in the last two weeks about the power of making a decision, then having a relentless singular focus to make it right. 
One of the hardest parts is to "make a decision right,' as it requires you to embrace change and all that it brings with it. However, think of yourself as an airplane autocorrecting on its flight path. Don't get mad or frustrated the air pressure increases, or a storm pops up. Observe it for what it is, then choose the best path which helps you reach your final destination.

Top three activities that move me forward?

1. Eating properly. Junk in junk out.

2. Appreciate more and judge less.

3. Being present. Even if you have to be in another place.

Biggest lessons and learnings?

The power of proper nutrition for the body. You can not perform your best if you are continually filling your body with junk.

What are you grateful for?

Having a purpose and living it out. I often forget when I did not have one, moving from one thing to the next with no clear end in sight. Where as now there is a singular focus to publish my book in December of 2017 and continue to build my three successful online businesses!

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PLANNING (Implementation Intention):  You will follow through 2X to 3X more likely to complete your weekly task than you normally would just by filling in the following statement.

I plan to complete the weekly task [day] at [time] in [location]. 

A reminder you might have to use multiple Implementation Intentions in order to follow through.

EXECUTION (strategies used):  From week to week, I use a combination of many strategies. There are always some which are used more than others depending on what comes up, but I wanted to offer a link to all them at once. 

My advice is to identify the I CAN'T statement you tell yourself during the most. Then find a strategy below the statement which resonates with you, and then start using it. 

Enjoy!

STRATEGY LIST