Sunday, December 07, 2008
Day 6 of 14-Day Challenge
This is getting embarrassing. No tangible progress again for the third straight day.
I'm excited, though, about this week. By pushing just about all of my upcoming non-challenge responsibilities into this weekend, my week looks really clear for me to bear down on the challenge.
One observation about the the challenge. I do see some mindset changes taking place.
If you've read my blog for any length of time, you've probably read a number of posts about the difference between an employee mindset and an entrepreneur mindset. I'll add another contrast to that list.
Employees focus on tasks. Entrepreneurs focus on results. This challenge has been an eye-opener about the extent to which I have focused on tasks rather than results.
And another observation: a couple of weeks ago I had rewatched a webinar on mindset I had seen about a year ago. After watching it, I revived a practice I had drifted away from. I started playing a mental movie in my mind of the way I would like my life to be as a way of keeping those goals vivid in my mind.
When I started doing this exercise again, my mental movie consisted more of stereotypical goals like were described in the webinar: new luxury car, unneeded home enhancements, etc.
As I focused more on this challenge, though, I've found the goals in my mental movie growing less ostentatious and more meaningful: going back to buying my favorite imported cheese instead of going strictly with cheddar until we get our revenues back up after a disastrous year; reinstating the regular Friday night date nights my wife and I used to do; making regular donations to the nonprofits I want to support.
In all, the goals I envision have become more modest, but much closer at hand. Which I think is really the way it should be.
So there you have it. No dramatic deeds to report, but some interesting developments in my thinking. Perhaps that itself qualifies as progress. After all, no progress in deeds can occur until the mind is ready to support it.
Tomorrow, we add deeds, stir, and see what happens.
Jeff
This is getting embarrassing. No tangible progress again for the third straight day.
I'm excited, though, about this week. By pushing just about all of my upcoming non-challenge responsibilities into this weekend, my week looks really clear for me to bear down on the challenge.
One observation about the the challenge. I do see some mindset changes taking place.
If you've read my blog for any length of time, you've probably read a number of posts about the difference between an employee mindset and an entrepreneur mindset. I'll add another contrast to that list.
Employees focus on tasks. Entrepreneurs focus on results. This challenge has been an eye-opener about the extent to which I have focused on tasks rather than results.
And another observation: a couple of weeks ago I had rewatched a webinar on mindset I had seen about a year ago. After watching it, I revived a practice I had drifted away from. I started playing a mental movie in my mind of the way I would like my life to be as a way of keeping those goals vivid in my mind.
When I started doing this exercise again, my mental movie consisted more of stereotypical goals like were described in the webinar: new luxury car, unneeded home enhancements, etc.
As I focused more on this challenge, though, I've found the goals in my mental movie growing less ostentatious and more meaningful: going back to buying my favorite imported cheese instead of going strictly with cheddar until we get our revenues back up after a disastrous year; reinstating the regular Friday night date nights my wife and I used to do; making regular donations to the nonprofits I want to support.
In all, the goals I envision have become more modest, but much closer at hand. Which I think is really the way it should be.
So there you have it. No dramatic deeds to report, but some interesting developments in my thinking. Perhaps that itself qualifies as progress. After all, no progress in deeds can occur until the mind is ready to support it.
Tomorrow, we add deeds, stir, and see what happens.
Jeff
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