WEEK 113: MOMENTUM

REFLECTIONS (learnings and actions): For the last month or so I have been really crystalizing the idea around confidence. 

Today I want to take a deep dive into an aspect of it which will allow you to leverage it to your advantage, so you can close the gap between where you are and achieving your dreams!

Now do you remember those days in high school science class where you learned about momentum? Probably not, but little did you know those very lesson would be a key to you unlocking levels of success never thought possible.

I have learned you either learn to manage momentum, or struggle to get it back. Understanding and working with it allows you to accelerate your progress.

Funny thing is if you asked most people what momemtum is, they woudl give you a pretty general answer about how it deals with movement.

Yet, defining it properly can help you achieve any goal, massive success, and achieve you dreams. 

I actually learned this from one of my mentors, Taylor, co-owner of the Traffic and Funnels. They are crushing it as a business and clearing 500k per month in revenue (one day)!

Like I mentioned above, the key part is to learn how to manage it, or you will constantly struggle to make true progress.

Some key vocabulary you will need to know. Lead and Lag indicators. 

When starting out there will be a period where nothing works (which is normal). You will take action but you will see little to no progress. However, being committed and learning from your actions will allow you to start producing results. 

In this process the actions you take correspond to your LEAD indicators and the results from those actions are your LAG indicators. 

Unfortunaley, most us focus on the LAG indicators and get super frustrated when they are not exactly what we expected. 

Yet...

What we really need to focus on are the LEAD indicators. 

Connection time. I have said in the past you must focus on your systems, or daily decision or actions, in order to make progress.

The frustration occurs when we solely focus on the end results...did not lose the weight, did not earn this much money, ecetera. 

But...

What we really need to focus on are the systems = inputs = LEAD indicators which caused those results. Furthermore, you need to track and analyze these LEAD indicators and use the Pareto principle to identify which set of actions help you make the biggest strides moving forward. 

Additionally, momemntum is cyclical. This means it does not last forever. 

In terms of mathematics, it is periodic not linear. 

Now, those of you who need a refresher, a linear relationship means as one value goes up so does another in a constant fashion. Where as, a periodic function has a cycle, where it starts in one location and then returns to the same point in a interval of time. 

Thus, you must understand there will be a time of no results (LAG) while taking action (LEAD). However, the tracking and analyzing of your actions (LEAD) will allow you to accelerate when you start seeing favorable results (LAG). This will continue for a period of time, but will start to wain.

This is where you need to understand a CHANGE must occur as momentum will not grow or stay constant from the same actions you are taking.

This is a huge insight, as people or businsess for that fact beleive they can ride the momemtum forever. Yet the bubble pops and then they are caught of guard. 

For example, the housing market crashes after a period of high selling prices. Or the stock market crash of 2008. All following the normal cycle of momentum.

The hardest part of thinking this way is you lose the momentum you worked so hard for, and it is two to three times as hard to get it back as you have to start from the beginning of the process.

Now how does this connect to confidence? 

I have written confidence is the ability to see when something is not working and then having the ability to adapt and figure it out.

Well, to do this you need to understand the cycle of momentum to see when you need to be "flexible and use your knowledge" to "adapt" ie focus on your LEAD indicators. This continuous process will allow you to "figure it out" and create the LAG indicators you desire.

Deep and powerful stuff!

So use this knowledge of momentum to help you on your path of closing the gap between where you are and achieving your dreams. 

Top three activities that move me forward?

1. Dropping all expectations and loving. Got this from a podcast my beautiful wife gave me. Frees up so much mental and physical energy!

2. Listening to audible daily. Even 5 minutes can make a huge difference. 

3. Following the n90 program. Sleep, health, energy...all have gone up trememdously.

Biggest lessons and learnings?

 The correlation between confidence and momentum. The Focus on LEAD indicators, not LAG indicators. 

What are you grateful for?

Clarity about food. I have not had this ability to understand nutrition for 37 years of my life and it eye opening to finally have this power to control my weight! Incredible. 

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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