ROOTED IN EFFORT
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 § Leave a comment
Does the second CEO call Oprah? Hell yes! But calling Oprah is not a strategy. The strategy is to create a sexy enough proposition that Oprah might bite.
When we obsess about what we cannot control (Oprah’s response) our experience of the world swings between manic and depressive moments and meanwhile, we waste our time unproductively.
When we focus on what we control, our experience of the world is rooted in our effort and we are constructive and productive.
It’s easy to see what incidentally has the higher chance of success with Oprah.
BEING THE BEST YOU
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 § 1 Comment
When you imagine yourself being the best you,
what images come up in your mind? What do you wish to be doing better? What should you take better care of?
I have been asking this question to people for a while and I have yet to find someone who answers with a list of achievements that they want to accomplish.
Instead the answers are all about making a greater effort on a long list of things: go to yoga more, sleep more, eat healthier, take care of friendships, listen well, love well, watch less TV, drink less, drive carefully, concentrate more, write in your diary…
To be that best you, you hardly need anything from your environment: you don’t need to win a million dollars, get a big promotion or be more admired. Some of that might help, but you don’t need it.
It turns out that the best you is you with better self-discipline.
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