2 posts tagged “habits”
Howdy Ya’ll,
When you fall off the bicycle, you need to dust yourself off and climb back aboard…
Check out a “less than perfect” post on a very important subject over here:
Seize the Day!
Rob
[Note: there is an important note about my corporate veil product at the bottom of this post...Rob]
Restarting a habit can be tougher than starting one to begin with.
We have all done it-- we have made a positive change in our life and stuck with it and gained enormous benefits.
In some cases, the new habit may have made us into a very different person, maybe healthier, maybe more successful, maybe we found a long-term relationship, maybe ten times more productivity (like using Simpleology). The new habit was formed and it became part of our life. And we loved the new us. And we basked in our glow... (nothing like a little hyperbole to get things going at 5:42 am)
Then something happened. (I am not going to dwell on what, maybe you got an injury and stopped exercising, maybe you started eating candy or other crap again, maybe you stopped watching your carbs but continued to eat buffalo wings and bacon, maybe you stopped making two hours a day of sales phone calls, maybe you stopped treating your new partner great, maybe you quit planning your day, fill in the blank___________)...
And you used that excuse to stop doing what was giving you such fantastic benefits. And it doesn't really matter WHY. Your brain is good at coming up with excuses. For many people it is their only skill.
And, when you quit...what a shocker...
The world didn't end that first day, or that second day, (just like everything didn't all get better in a day or two when you STARTED the great habit or behavior to begin with). It takes time to gain benefit from a new behavior, and it takes time to undo the positive impact of good habits and discipline. But make no mistake, there is a ticking time bomb... (deep down you know this and you are likely getting worried, but you are frozen for some reason)
Since the world didn't end one day after you stopped, your brain takes this as a positive that you have found the Holy Grail, you are the one human being on the planet that can stop doing the beneficial activity and remain successful, and continue to gain all the benefits without the work. You have found the Magic Pill...
And so a month goes by, and the wheels start to come off.
At first, the pants are a bit tighter, the phone isn't ringing as much, your new girlfriend is complaining about the way you are behaving, any number of things. And now you get scared and start to think that you don't know what to do to get things back on track...
WRONG! You know exactly what you need to do, you have done it before. You just don't want to do it because it requires work, and you have the Magic Pill that means you get the benefit without the work.
Snap out of it... this is destructive thinking.
You need to start doing exactly what you have stopped doing. And YOU NEED TO DO IT TODAY. Because you aren't getting any younger and to quote June Carter Cash...Time's a Wastin'...
To be continued...
PS: I will resume the postings on the corporate veil protection stuff in a week or so. I am busy working on the product and making great progress. For the first pass through the system, I am offering it as an ecourse that will take about 25 days. It will likely start the Monday after the Fourth of July and go through the end of the month. If you own a business or are thinking about it, you should be in this Test Flight of my system. (you don't test fly things that aren't 99% there, but even a great product needs to become streamlined). I will make it very worthwhile for you. Let me know if you are interested. I already have about 6 people who are signed up and I don't want more than 20 in the Pilot program... Let me know..
Rob Northrup
Is Your Corporation Protecting You?.
