by Bob Conroy on September 29, 2011
Been chasing this thought around in my dome for a bit…
How do you truly change your behavior, like some New Year’s resolution, or a diet, or anything?
I mean really change it.
I’ll tell you this much from my own experience: it takes more than “want to”, “good intentions”, or even “will power”.
From studying, I’ve come to understand that you must literally create and structure the environment around you so that the change you want is the natural outcome.
That’s right.
You have to build your surroundings so that the new behavior you want is… unavoidable.
It’s work. It takes planning, intention and effort.
But If you want real change, it’s the only way.
Gotta go… Need to get started… have to build my world for change.
Maybe you should too. Otherwise we’ll both be held hostage by the forces of our habits…
by Bob Conroy on September 26, 2011
“If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.”
-Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison personally holds 1,093 US patents… not to mention foreign patents.
In my opinion his outlook on what most people consider “failure” is what made him so great.
For Edison, failure was nothing more than feedback; a course correction; an opportunity for learning and growth.
That attitude was a choice. A choice to continue in the face of that failure, or to learn from it and press on.
Unfortunately, too many people wilt under the feedback they receive in life, using perceived “failure” as an excuse to quit – I’ve been guilty of it myself, more times than I care to admit.
The reality is that no great accomplishment comes without the polishing, honing, shaping and feedback of failure. The old saying “the harder I practice, the luckier I get” is true.
Embrace the feedback; accept its message; make the necessary course corrections; push toward mastery.
Vein Bulging, Shirt Splitting Biceps…
April 12, 2010A buddy and I were talking about a week ago…just about the strange and sometimes stupid things people say… I finally settled on my favorite…here it is with some background… …When I was a younger man I’d talk to people about lifting weights, exercise and things like that. One of the things I’d hear – mainly [...]