The 7-Day Self Discipline Blueprint: Get Things Done and Unleash Your Inner Drive by Logan Hawkins

Author:Logan Hawkins [Hawkins, Logan]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2018-07-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11: Saturday - Accepting No Less Than Everything

"You can either win or lose.”

"There is only one way to do it right.”

"If you think you can, do it; if not, just leave it.”

The statements listed above denote a conviction that signifies a self-destructive behaviour. All the studies about human behaviour show that life is not merely about winning or losing. Our life is lived mostly in the gray area between the two limits and neglecting this causes you to miss out on the truly great bits.

The predominant but illogical attitude of "Accepting No Less Than Everything" ties in with everything else we have discussed thus far. If you believe that there is no such thing as partial success, then it is time to realign your thinking. Setting milestones is the first step to achieving your goals: reaching each milestone is a small victory and takes you one step closer to your end goal. A good analogy to think of this is by imagining the following scenario: When you play a game, you save at certain checkpoints as you move closer to clearing the stage. If you use milestones, you won’t feel that “sudden death” is implemented (all or nothing – failure leading to the end of the campaign) and this leads to a greater sense of security and accomplishment.

Exercise Six: Visualizing

Visualizing is one of the known self-discipline tools and the greatest part of visualising is that you are already doing it. You are doing it whenever you reminisce, whenever you think about the present and whenever you dream about the future. Consciously, you are using it more than fifty times a day.

In order to create mental images, you need to construct vivid ideas involving your senses. For example, your goal is to get up two hours earlier than the usual in order to do sports. Start visualizing yourself every day within a week or two before the actual change. Hear your phone alarm. Visualize yourself stretching and getting out of bed. Feel the breeze as you hop into the shower. Lastly, imagine yourself doing the actual exercise.

When visualizing, it is important to pay attention to detail and to repeat the process over and over again in order to engrain it into your mind. A few seconds of visualization can already be effective; doing it for more for thirty minutes is even better.

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