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Chet
27. November 2010 21:33
This is an area where I see a huge need for improvement, and I can tell that I’m holding out. From mapping out my “ideal week” or day to planning each day before the previous day is done, I am consistently NOT doing what I believe I should. I’m doing better in some areas, yes, but I’ve fallen short on doing what I know I must do to make my days work for me, instead of the other way around.
Mark Sturgell, my business coach, has told me several times that successful peoples PRIORITIZE THEIR SCHEDULE, as opposed to SCHEDULING THEIR PRIORITIES. (crap – or is it the other way around?) The point is that you don’t just throw something important on a calendar and that’s it; it will get done. You must know each day what’s important to get done, and THEN go about planning your day around that. That may mean some things get done first before anything else, or it may mean that the day can’t end until I finish what I set out to do.
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Chet
27. November 2010 21:31
Just what does it mean to crystallize my thoughts? To me, the picture is of a solution that is mainly water, but you know that dissolved in that water are all sorts of minerals, some of them common, some of then valuable… but all of them, naturally, invisible. The water has claimed them, dissolved them so they are invisible to the naked eye, and unless something is done, they will remain that way indefinitely. So that’s the “process” of crystallization I guess as I see it… so how does that relate to my thought process?
To me, this ability is akin to being able to look at the world as I see it, everything in it, and pull out that information, knowledge, and wisdom that is useful to me… and then to DO something with it. It’s not enough to know that wisdom is “out there,” or that solutions are “out there.” We must get them out of the solution that is the world for us to be their master. It’s not even enough to kno...
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Chet
25. November 2010 21:57
I like this one.
My attitude is definitely under development... under construction. So many things have been identified that need to be torn down, and many things that need to be built in their place have become clear. I've severed some relationship ties, cut some ties that have held me back or added nothing to my life except stress and aggravation. I've set aside some habits and established some new ones. I've begun to recognize failure as not something to be feared, but to be accepted, embraced as part of the plan, and used as a powerful motivator toward success.
It's still at an awkward stage, because much of this is theoretical for me and not all that practical. That or it's so practical that I haven't always made room for the flexibility that must be built in. But it's developing.
My attitude of myself is changing much. I believe in me. I believe in my potential. I believe that I have something to offer, and that what I have to offer has value.
I believe in others, but the fac...
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Chet
25. November 2010 21:30
Understanding my needs?
Nope. Not there. Just look at one of the posts from earlier tonight. The question "what does it take to motivate me?" is all over the place. I see what I want, but I don't see what it's going to take to get there. I'm the kind of guy who has been comfortable only with knowing the whole plan from the beginning, and it was always nice if that plan was short, sweet, easy, and even didn't totally depend on my "sticking with it."
You know, now that I think about it, maybe I do understand my needs.
I need something / someone to motivate me.
I need something to get me through the "post-hump-day" that comes after you see the light but before you walk out of the dark. The part where you're working you're ass off, where you're tired, where you fight the occasional day of failure or boredom or rabbit trails and feel like throwing in the towel. (this goes back to the first one, I guess)
I need someone(s) to believe in me. Someone(s) who's opinion matter and who ar...
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Chet
25. November 2010 21:00
Leadership. I've learned so much about this, both from the things I've been taught, the things I've observed in others, or the things I've learned by teaching others.
I taught a lesson to the youth at my church a couple months back where we watched a YouTube video called "The First Follower." Looking back, that was one of those teaching moments that probably means much more to the teacher than the students.
I have taken leadership roles in the past for a number of reasons, sometimes because no one else will, sometimes because I felt the need to be in charge, and sometimes just because I really wanted to see a mission succeed and saw an opportunity for myself to help achieve it. More often than not, though, my attempts at "leading," especially when it's a position when I'm "in charge" have been met with a bit of frustration.
I'm finding more and more that I long to be that "first follower." I long to not just find something and go achieve it, but to find a cause that not only I, bu...
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