04/05/2024
There is a wise saying popularly attributed to baseball legend Yogi Berra, " if you don't know where you are going you will end up someplace else". Here is how I unpack that wisdom, we have to know what our goals are, and we also have to know the specific behaviours that support those goals otherwise, we may end up supporting someone else's plan, rather than our own.
1. DO A LIFE AUDIT: Doing a life audit is crucial for pinpointing where to make adjustments and jumpstarting your new journey.
Start by figuring out where you stand in the 8 areas of life; health, finances, personal development, career, healthy relationships, self care, spirituality, home life and free time.
What changes would make the biggest impact in your life for each area?
2. MAKE A MINDSET SHIFT: Your mindset is what sets the tone for everything in your life. Changing your mindset is what will change your life. What we think and believe is what we act upon.
Change your perspective from now on anytime anything negative happens, instead of feeling like a victim ask your self what you can control or change.
3. CREATE A VISION: Having a vision means we have much larger picture of our business, or our life than simply setting and reaching short term goals and tackling problems as they come along.
Visions are driven by passion and dreams and they are reflected through real efforts to create real results.
4. WORK ON YOURSELF DAILY: Once you have your vision, your road map starts to become clear again.
But, nobody is going to drive the car for you. You have got to put in the work to achieve your goals and change your life.
Consistently, daily practice is how you make that happen. If you watered the plants just a little each day, over time your garden always grew.
5. DESIGN YOUR ENVIRONMENT FOR SUCCESS: If you want to change your life, you are not the thing that has to change. Your environment has to change too. For example, if you always hang out with negative thinking friends, you will tend to believe the limitations they are setting for you.
However, if you hang out with other "doers" and people who want to see you succeed, there is a much higher chance that you will.
David H. Sandler once said, "decide what you want, build a plan and you can bet on the outcome".