ADDING VALUE: Busting Past Your Best
You can bust past your best. You can exceed what you've done and what you've achieved. You can do anything you want.
Okay, so if that's true, then why isn't everyone becoming more and achieving more?
Most don't bust past their previous best. It's usually due to one or more reasons: fear, lack of effort and motivation, conditioned to believe they can't, don't know their own potential, etc.
But if you want to bust past your best and achieve more and be more, you can. It's not the easiest thing in the world, nor will it usually happen over night, but it's not the hardest thing, either. You really can bust past your best by following a simple procedure:
What you want to
improve. If you try to improve everything,
then you will wind up improving nothing. Look at just a few specific
improvements you'd like to make. By focusing on just a couple
improvements, you improve your chances of busting past your best.
Oddly enough, it makes more sense to improve on things in which you
already excel (be sure to read the ****Parreto**** post later today).
Get a base line.
In order for you to bust past your best, you have to find out what
your best actually is.
Take an objective look at the things you'll want to improve and
determine where in your development you are. This will become your
base line - the point from which you can measure your process.
Baby steps.
Most bodybuilders and other strength athletes try to lift a little
more every time they hit the weights. Some have resorted to adding
just a metal washer or two to their barbells. By incorporating this
slight addition continuously, they're able to bust past their best
and become stronger. The same principle can be applied to any aspect
of life: baby steps, over time, can cover great distances. Be sure
you plan where you want to go, as well.
IN THE CARAVAN: In order for you to bust past your best, determine your focus, figure out where your level is and improve incrementally.
LATER TODAY: Make the Parreto Principle Work for You (Supplemental)
NEXT WEDNESDAY: Make Money with Self Esteem
Check out last Wednesday's posts:
ADDING VALUE: Mid-Year Check Up
ADDING VALUE: Mid-Year Career Check Up (Supplemental)
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