WEEK 167: HOW TO FOLLOW THROUGH 100%

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.      Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

REFLECTIONS (learnings and actions): Have you ever said you were going to do something...

But, in the end you never followed through?

Life got in the way.

Well, I am going to tell you today how you can overcome these past failures by doing ONE thing. 

That is right, no complicated tactics or things to consider. Just simple, clear advice. 

Now this topic actually came up as I was having a conversation with a driven and high performing person this week. Actually we have been discussing this same topic for past year or so.

Although he had been crushing it during this time, he had not clarified this ONE thing. 

Our conversation starts talking about the gains he has made.

Yet, he always gets to the end and says why he has not accomplished X.

The thing is his story is not just isolated to him.

Well, what is it?

Getting to that, but want to tell you the rest of the story.

So at this point in the conversation I ask him...

What do you want?

And then there is a pause...which then is followed by a long response of wanting this and that, but nothing really clear. 

Then I stop him again and ask again.

What do you want?

Which he then responds again with a long answer.

I then have to stop him and ask him to answer in one sentence what he wants. 

And he responds with I thinkI know, BUT...

And here lies the less on of today and the ONE thing you need to do in order to follow through 100% of the time. 

CLARITY

I am talking about a clear idea of what you want. 

This is crucial as the mind can not achieve what it one, does not understand, or two, does not know what it wants. 

It is the first piece which must be set so the rest of your plan to work.

Think of clarity being the foundation of your house. It must be laid first before you can add any of the other elements.

Yet I see so many others driven individuals try to overcomplicate or even worse by pass this step altogether. 

So how does one gain clarity?

Simple, take out a piece of paper and write this question on the top.

What do I want?

Then take the time to free write until you get everything out and are able to condense what you want into a clear thought.

This allows your brain to clearly know what it is working towards. 

Additionally, it gives you clarity in what steps you need to take to achieve what you desire.

Delay no More...J