The Fast Forward Mindset: How to Be Fearless & Focused to Accelerate Your Success by David Schnurman

Author:David Schnurman [Schnurman, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781645708780
Publisher: Highpoint Executive Publishing
Published: 2019-05-07T23:00:00+00:00

Most people do not correctly answer this question. However, I gave you a hint in the paragraph above. The best way to fill your bucket is to fill other people’s buckets. When you give someone a compliment, or right before you do, you feel energized and excited because you know that it is going to make them feel better. Isn’t that cool? By filling other people’s buckets you fill your own.

The best way to fill your bucket is to fill other people’s buckets.

And the more you fill other people’s buckets over time, the easier it is for them to trust your critical feedback and candor when you see areas in which they can improve. In addition, it provides you with the positive energy needed to tackle the mental walls in front of you.

2. Go 21 Days Without Complaining

I originally learned about the book A Complaint Free World by Will Bowen from an article written by Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek. The goal is to go 21 days in a row without making one verbal complaint. The trick is every time you complain, you need to start over from Day 1. Similar to the switching pennies from the right to left pocket, you wear a wristband on one arm and switch it to the other every time you complain.

I tackled this exercise with optimism and energy. Until you do this, you do not realize how often you actually complain. “The weather sucks.” Start over. “This traffic is so frustrating.” Start over. “Michael’s presentation was so boring.” Start Over. “I am so out of shape.” Start over. You get the drift?

I switched the bracelet probably a few dozen times the first few days. Even so, I slowly started feeling myself starting to complain less. Stuck in traffic. So what? Hold it in. Too hot outside? Oh well, no need to complain about it. The presentation was boring. Okay, no problem; just give him feedback to improve it.

As a result of this practice, I felt better about myself, and no doubt people started to look at me differently.

The less you complain, the less negative you are. The less negative you are, the more positive you become. The more positive you become, the easier it will be to break through the mental walls that appear in front of you. You can’t complain about them; rather, you need to accept them and find solutions. I am not saying it is easy, but the concept itself is simple enough to try.

For my part, I did this for over a month, and the furthest I got was Day 8 before I had to start over again. I decided to take a break from the experiment at that stage. Maybe, at some point I will give it another go. However, it had the intended effect on me. While I still complain, I am much more cognizant of it and have reduced it significantly since before I went through this process.

Here is a great analogy about the power of complaining over time.

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