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Expectations
“Where expectations are high, we tend to rise to meet them. Where expectations are low, we tend to drop to meet them.” “We like the freedom low expectations give us, but we’re really being robbed.” From Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris
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Keep Goals In Front of Your Face
“Write down your goals and keep them in front of your face so you can keep running the race.” — Chris Hogan
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Complexity
“Complexity is the enemy of execution.” – Tony Robbins
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Enjoy the Process
Outcomes are constantly in motion, enjoy the journey. Goals give you a direction, but milestones are what get you there. We are much more likely to complete 12 – 1 week goals than 1 -12 week goal. We can use this to “level up” ourselves by making goals that we can “level up” to. Maybe…
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Stuck? Stop multi-tasking.
I”ll be “stuck” at something and realize that I”m trying to listen to a YouTube video in the background while “working” on the task. When I shut off the video and push through, it usually works. Sometimes, I need to go and play the piano, take a walk or just sit with my eyes closed…
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You don’t need to have all the answers.
“You don’t have to have all the answers to get started. You just need something solid to stand on while you find your next foothold.” – Jonathan Stark Work from what you know to what you don’t. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Unknown
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The Most Dangerous Distractions
“The most dangerous distractions are the ones you love, but that don’t love you back.” – James Clear It’s easy to get rid of the things that take time and energy that we hate. It’s hard to get rid of the things that we like, but are not important, not something we truly love or…
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Keep Your Progress
In James Clear’s book “Atomic Habits”, he argues that maintaining the progress you’ve made is more important than making new progress. He uses the example of money. If you have $100, and gain 50%, you have $150. But it only takes a 33% loss to get you right back where you started. Put in the…
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Study Skill #12
Study skill 12: Who are you doing it for? Why do we do what we do? Who are we doing it for? If we’re doing it for ourselves to not fail, it isn’t really worth doing. If we’re doing it to make a difference, if we’re doing to show God’s glory in Him working through…
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Study Skill #11: Give Good Distractions a Time and a Place
We all have things to do, errands to run, people to see. These are what I would call “Good distractions”. They are things that we need to do in order to do our job but they are not the key object of our job itself. Michael Hyatt would call these “Backstage Tasks”. He has three…