Crazy Good: A Book of CHOICES by Steve Chandler

Author:Steve Chandler [Chandler, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Coaching / Business / Self-Help
Publisher: Maurice Bassett
Published: 2015-09-16T04:00:00+00:00

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Will you take a carrot or a stick?

There are two thinking tools—two techniques—I use in my mind whenever I’m hung up on the how‑to and I’ve left the want‑to behind. I use them to strengthen my intention.

One way is the harsher, negative‑motivation way, and that is asking myself, if I had to do this—if I had to sell a certain amount of product or if I had to raise a certain amount of money or if I had to have a great relationship with this person—what would I do? What steps would I take? What if someone put a handgun to my head and I had to do this to stay alive? I picture that. And then I start to brainstorm with myself. Soon I am furiously writing down the people I need to communicate with and the actions I need to take right now.

The other thinking tool is more positive. It also works for me. It goes like this: I imagine that someone just offered me a million dollars if I get this done. Will I accept the challenge?

Yes indeed.

If I knew that I would get a million dollars if I did this—this thing that I don’t now even know how to do (I am thinking), this thing that I think is so hard and frustrating that I’ve been trying to start doing for a long time . . . Well—if I thought I was getting a million dollars for it, how would I approach it differently? What would I do differently right now?

These brainstorming games work. Because they kick me out of the how‑to and put me in the middle of my strongest want‑to.

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