Every time you take action, it becomes a bit easier and a bit more probable that you do it.
And every time you avoid taking action, it becomes a bit more difficult and a bit less probable.
Simple, and frickin’ hard – until it becomes easy.
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Act in a way you want people to be more likely to act – including yourself.
If you don’t achieve the desired outcome, it’s likely in large part due to a decision you’re now coming to.
A person reading books will always have power over those who only watch the commentaries and summaries.
Knowledge is only a rumor until it lives in how you act.
Haastaviin hetkiin
armollista sisua
sisäistä voimaa.
Hyväksy hähmä
ethän suotta resolvaa
tätä tunnetta.
What use is building a secure and rigid system that breaks down under pressure after 6 months?
All systems require agile mindset built into the culture to grow stronger and flourish.
Ei mikään ihme
tämä hetki romahti
resilienttiin.
When you want to get anywhere, you need to go beyond what is sensible to do.
That new place has rationality that’s quite different and challenging to explain, since the logical premises are different.
Write a list of 5 values that are important to you, e.g.
Next, write 1-3 sentences about each either in present or future tense. Each sentence should convey a sense of active action. For example, instead of
I’m successful in my business.
you could write
I’m building a successful business every day.
When reading the affirmation, you should yourself understand and be able to visualize what it means, even if vaguely. In other words: you should be able to link the affirmation (building the entrepreneurial mindset and constructive emotional state) to your practical daily and weekly plans (implementation steps). So ask plainly:
What does this sentence mean this week?
When this affirmation is true, what follows from that?
Next, list the sentences on a piece of paper and record yourself reading them out loud using the sound recorder on your phone. Read each sentence 3-5 times out loud, with a slight (say 5 second) pause in between them to let your mind visualize the outcomes.
Now you have a personalized mp3 recording that you can use anywhere to help strengthen your mindset. You can try listening to it before going to sleep, first thing in the morning, while driving, or in the gym.
You can condition yourself for challenging situations and try listening to the recording during and after physical exercise, e.g. during a challenging set in the gym. This helps to mentally connect the affirmations to physical stress, which can assist in other stressful situations as well.
This post was inspired by Dr Nate Zinsser’s The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance (Penguin Books, 2022).
