Relentless and how.
Posted by John on March 25th, 2006
It’s been a few days since the Brian Tracy seminar. What seems to have stuck the most are the concepts of “relentless”, and “how”. It seems to be slowly making a difference in my internal mental chatter.
I’ve been using relentless in my mental chatter while thinking about what to do. For example, “Is this in line with a relentless pursuit of my weight loss goals?”, or “What can I do now to relentlessly pursue my web site goals?” This seems to have put a new twist to those types of thoughts.
I’ve been using the concept of “how” to adjust mental chatter mostly around my goals from the previously (stated it in the present) “I’ve lost 40 pounds…” to “How do I adjust my eating and exercise today to move me closer to losing 40 pounds”. The “how” gets me out of the future and into the present and now. It reminds me that there are things to do right now to bring me closer to my goals.
I like seeing how some simple concepts can make a difference. One of my friends was challenging me on my decision to attend another time management training. I’ll admit that I have been to quite a few and I do read a bunch on the topic of time management, goals, and success. However, I discovered that I’m still learning something new. I’m still making new distinctions, finding new ways to apply a tip or a trick. Sometimes, something makes more sense after that 10th time.
Being a parent, I know that I’m still trying to teach my kids the same thing that I’ve been trying to teach them for years. My kids must have heard some of my favorite nags 100 to 200 times by now.
I guess that’s just being relentless, and how.
