and i'd like to start off this year by rattling off a few things i saw or pondered a little bit not too long ago.
i caught tony robbins on tv just now, on larry king live. now, i'm sure u guys know who anthony robbins is. i myself read one of his early books back when i was in school, and i thought it was pretty good stuff.
well, on tv he was interviewed by larry king, and in one of his answers, he said that the best way to make yourself better, is to BE a different person. most people make resolutions and don't keep them because although they want to make themselves better, but deep down inside they're still the same person, and after a while they will give up because it's simply too difficult to change. however, if your change your mindset, and you're a different person altogether, then you don't HAVE to change, you ARE different. take for example, if you want to stop smoking, if in your mind you're a smoker trying to stop, then u'll find it hard to give up smoking, simply because deep inside you you're a smoker. and he mentioned that he used to tell people that smokers who's trying to quit keep count of the days they haven't been smoking just so that they can tell people how many days it took them to break their resolution. but if you're a different person altogether, if deep inside you you think you're a non smoker, then u wouldn't feel that urge to smoke anymore. you don't have to keep urself from taking that cigarette, simply because you're a non smoker.
good advice, right? no wonder he's so famous. he must've spent a lot of time thinking about this. i say, heed it and change your mindset. forget the new year resolution. you don't need to go through that resolution-breaking cycle again. if you're trying to slim down, think of yourself as a healthy person. start eating healthy, and have a healthy lifestyle. forget your old indulging self altogether (just the indulging self!). if you're trying to stop smoking, hey, you're a non smoker!
hope this helps :)
next, i was reading this "unwritten rules of management", and one of the rules are - "it's easier to get into something than to get out of it".
in the example, the illustration that was given was the speeding ticket. it's so easy to exceed the limit, but it would've been so much less pain in the long run if you had just observed good process - and the speed limit, quote unquote.
i think this applies not just to management, but to different aspects of life as well. i wouldn't go into a personal experience to illustrate this, but trust me, this is good shit.
