WEEK 110: SAFETY AND IMPACT

Investing in the long term safety requires you to DISRUPT and VIOLATE short term safety (comfort)!   Taylor Welch

REFLECTIONS (learnings and actions): I want to share a great message I heard from one my mentors this week.

His name is Taylor Welch and although he is based mainly in business, he offers so much information on how you can take yourself to the next level in all areas of your life. 

Taylor was speaking on how people go into business for one of two reasons.

First, impact. This is the idea you want to leave this earth a better place than when you arrived. It is having the satisfaction you were able to help people reach higher levels of themselves never thought possible.

He later goes onto to say if you truly want to make an impact, then you must play "Full Out!" Which means you invest all you have and more into reaching your goals and dreams. This means both in money, but most importantly your time. 

From choosing who to spend more time with, to what activities you do on a daily basis. These are all investments you make which will either lead you closer or farther away from where you want to be.

Now how do you play "Full Out" to create an impact? 

Well you need to invest in people and environments which will help you accelerate the process. This is similar to "Finding a Pro" and "Being a Pro" from the LYP.

I have learned success leaves clues, and you will never move faster (or save money or time) trying to figure everything out on your own.

That does not mean you just go out and invest in any program, you must do your due diligence. However, what normally takes years can now be learned and implemented in months!

The second reason why people going into business is safety. Safety for their loved ones, safety for their future, safety in how they use their time!

The crucial thing which most of us miss, is there are actually two different types of safety. Short term and long term.

99% of us on this planet fight to ensure short term safety at all costs, ie our comforts. We have been taught to think playing it small is equal to playing it safe, and we do everything in our power to be safe! However, this very reason holds us back from achieving our goals, success, and dreams.

WHY?

It does not stretch and push us to reach our potential!

The 1% uber successful actually do everything to ensure long term safety first. This means they violate and disrupt the short term safety in order to ensure long term safety.

For example, my wife and I are changing to a healthier LIFESTYLE, not diet, and invested with a knowledgeable coach who is teaching us about nutrition and optimal health. This is for our long term safety, but it has totally disrupted our short term safety...investing our money, not being able to eat anything we want at any given time.

Although it is hard (it is, no getting around it), we are in it for the long term safety...to be able to watch our kids grow, and their kids as well! 

So in the words of my mentor play "Full Out" on the path to achieving your goals, massive success, and your dreams!

Top three activities that move me forward?

1. Eating properly. Junk in junk out. 

2. Listening to audio books at lunch. I moved away from this, but even 5 minutes a day can lead to dramatic changes. 

3. Not telling others how to do things. No one likes being told what to do, thus I am working to do this with everyone in my life starting with my loved ones!

Biggest lessons and learnings?

Success leaves clues. You want to change? Want to accelerate your progress? "Find a Pro" and then "Be a Pro" at taking massive action to reach your goals. 

What are you grateful for?

Financial abundance. Investing and providing for my family, traveling, taking actions to publish my book, running my businesses...it is a great feeling to have!

Having a purpose and living it out. I often forget when I did not have one, moving from one thing until the next, but now there is a singular focus to publish my book in December of this year and continue to build my three other 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