Not are you a weak link...but where is your weakest link? Parts of our personality make up the whole of who we are. I have spoken to thousands of people all over the United States over the years and find that we are all so busy doing, that we don't take time to just think anymore. Maybe a better word is ponder.When was the last time you shut off or out, all of the distractions in your life?? What did you hear? What did you think about? How did you feel? I am on a quest. I will prove to myself that my weakest links...(yes I have quite a few of them), can be found and fixed. First, I needed to take the time to find my weakest links in my personality. By 55 I guess I honestly expected to be the person I wanted to be, but I find I am still evolving. On review of myself recently I discovered that I talk too much, don't listen with intention of remembering details all of the time, defend poor decisions to myself, don't laugh nearly enough, have the ability to do so much more, allow myself to be complacent too easy, get assertive intermingled with aggressive at times and the list goes on. It helps to be a critical thinker. I learned this art of thinking by being a part of "Mentoring for Free". So my quest is to cut out all the distractions, stop the negative chatter and get to work. That may seem oversimplified but bottom line...if it's to be, it's up to me.
Discipline, that's a nasty word isn't it? Self disipline, sounds like we are trying to really hurt ourselves now doesn't it? But that is what it takes. It takes, what only 3% of the people on the planet can or will do. It sounds a little like paddling up stream doesn't it? But, actually, it is just the opposite. It's going with the flow.
Picture where you want to go in life. See it, feel it, taste it. Get it into focus and get the sharpest picture of it burned into your mind. Get all the details down. Now picture that you buy a boat to get to that destination down stream. So you get into the boat with all of the supplies you will need for the trip, you push away from the shore to head down stream and away you go. Don't look back!! You know why? You need to steer the boat where you want to go!
Now picture each distraction, each thing in your life that has you pulling your boat over and getting out and spending time there. Here are some recommendations...you see your family, you pull the boat over, bring them in the boat with you, so you can spend time with them and still get where you are going. You see a facebook icon, do you need to pull over? A twitter email, do you need to respond? A Linkedin request, will they help you today? Rotary, BNI, Meetup, ....I am saying that all of these distractions make you feel like you are getting somewhere or doing something to get your dream but aren't they actually keeping you from your destination? We have 24 hours each day. What you want is down stream. Get all of those people in the boat that are helping you get what you want and keep your eye on where you are going.
So here is my quest. I am taking a 2 month distraction free boat trip starting tomorrow 8/29/2011. I will step out of the boat only when absolutely necessary until 10/31/2011, then I will get out, look around and determine how far I have come and will update you. I will miss being able to write to you, keep me in your prayers.
~Sandra*
