Great post Chris. I do have to say I agree with habits. I read a book by Robert Sharma called The Monk who sold his Ferarri which was a fable of sorts. It talked about the same thing, forming habits to make your life better. After stumbling on this book I kept notes and did a small podcast of reminders for myself that I listen to. (I put all sorts of new age music under it - I smile every time I listen to it) So after reading this book, in the past year my company has tripled its business, I have forced myself to do things that scare me like I have been boxing, welding, just living and loving harder. I do think there is no big recipe for losing weight, making more money etc...Its just as you said: Form habits. Thanks again for the great post.
Justin
· 2 years ago
Sometimes I over visualize myself being a writer and film maker making it to the top and the dream takes over. That could be a part of my ADD
I do have lighthouses only there nothing I want to brag about. There weird things, but at least I do have them =0)
mike1630
· 2 years ago
Wha! You've ran a marathon!? :) That is awesome - I'm very jealous, I've always wanted to do that. Great post.
Jon (was) in Michigan
· 2 years ago
Full circle, Chris. This is about where I found you the first time. :) Great post. I love the checkpoints concept, and marvelous point about deadlines. I used to keep the "fat Jon" picture in my planner to remind me to stay fit, but as you point out, its not a good motivator, more like a scare tactic.
Crowning achievements to date? I'm not sure its all the way out there yet, but completely breaking away from my field of work, to go into the legal field. I never liked being outside my comfort zone and leaving 13 years of engineering behind to work with lawyers was a huge challenge. I'm still halfway up the hill, but I'm proud of myself for at least trying.
The only think I brought with me from the old job was the quote taped to my monitor:
"Sitting around with alot of great plans, is about as useless as sitting around with no plan." -Chris Brogan
Cameron
· 2 years ago
There are habits you can break every day with out impacting your day. Try brushing your teeth with your left hand. You will probably get tingles all over your skull at first but that is just new synapsus firing!
Karen
· 2 years ago
“Sitting around with alot of great plans, is about as useless as sitting around with no plan.”
Love this!
Thanks for sharing this post-- I found it inspirational.
Gabrielle
· 2 years ago
That's awesome! I love reading about how people meet fitness goals by actually getting up and moving - and staying up! (down with TrimSpa! hehe). *high five*
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I do have lighthouses only there nothing I want to brag about. There weird things, but at least I do have them =0)
Crowning achievements to date? I'm not sure its all the way out there yet, but completely breaking away from my field of work, to go into the legal field. I never liked being outside my comfort zone and leaving 13 years of engineering behind to work with lawyers was a huge challenge. I'm still halfway up the hill, but I'm proud of myself for at least trying.
The only think I brought with me from the old job was the quote taped to my monitor:
"Sitting around with alot of great plans, is about as useless as sitting around with no plan."
-Chris Brogan
Love this!
Thanks for sharing this post-- I found it inspirational.
*high five*
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