You are here. Was it how you planned it?

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How did you get to where you are now?

It may not have been an obvious or clear path to here.

Looking back, it all makes sense.

Back then, it would likely have made no sense.

There might have been a plan.

The plan has been modified.

There might have been a direction.

Though there have been many changes of tack.

There was perhaps a vision.

That appeared differently.

There was a destination.

With side roads and detours.

Where so you want to go next?

The plan may be a straight line.

The journey will likely not be.

 

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” – Steve Jobs

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” – Douglas Adams

 

Through the eyes of someone else

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Have a new pair of eyes take a look at it.

Either your own, after taking a break or sleeping on it.

Or someone else completely.

When you are disappearing into the project plan.

Have someone else review the plan.

When the lines of the process map are no longer connecting.

Walk through the process with someone else.

When you’ve been staring at the document for too long.

Ask someone else to proofread the document.

It will always come back better.

Then perhaps you could do it for someone else.

 

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer

“Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.” – Plato

 

Will you be the same person in ten years?

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It is likely you are not the same person you were five years ago.

Even if you did nothing, you’ve had to adapt.

To changes in your environment.

To new technology.

To a new role or a change of circumstance.

It is very likely you are not the same person you were ten years ago.

Or fifteen, or twenty.

(You can keep going depending on how many years ‘experience’ you are.)

You may have been very deliberate with what you have done.

With the learning, the experiences and challenges sought out.

You will very likely not be the same person ten years from now.

What you do between now and then is up to you.

Be intentional with your growth.

 

“If you want to reach your goals and fulfil your potential, become intentional about your personal growth. It will change your life.” – John Maxwell

“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.” – Karen Kaiser Clark

 

Neural highways for habit traffic

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You know you need to change.

You know what needs to be done.

To break an unhealthy habit.

To change the default action.

To replace a detrimental behaviour.

The old needs to be replaced with the new.

New creates a new neural pathway in the brain.

But the old neural pathway, old habit, is well established.

The old pathway is like a highway.

The new neural pathway is a dirt track.

Continuing with the new behaviour will build the pathway.

It becomes a lane.

Will power and self-motivation is required.

It becomes a road.

Focus and repetition.

A new highway is built.

The new habit now has a strong pathway to drive on.

What neutral highways are you building?

 

“For things to change, you have to change.” – Jim Rohn

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”– Jim Rohn

“We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.” – Jim Rohn

 

(I couldn’t decide which Jim Rohn quote to include … so I went with all of them.)

 

What are you going to leave behind?

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What is not serving you anymore?

The behaviours.

The habits.

The … stuff.

What are you going to leave behind?

That self-doubt.

The lack of discipline.

Those negative and toxic people.

Excuses.

Overindulging.

(Be it food, alcohol, binge-watching … insert you’re own here).

Playing small.

The need to please.

Your ego.

Some of that attitude.

The lack of motivation.

Trying to do it all yourself.

Hesitation.

Saying ‘yes’ too often.

Comparison to others.

Judging others.

Stress (though not the good eustress).

Burning both ends of the candle.

Multitasking.

Procrastination.

 

“Good or bad, habits always deliver results.” – Jack Canfield

“You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!” – Stephen R. Covey

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle