It's 9AM
The only thing standing between you and what you want is you.
Have you ever heard of the goal setting expression quote gun to your head unquote moment?
It means how would you reach your goal and the shortest amount of time possible if you had a gun to your head.
It is an exercise designed to make you think out of the box and come up with solutions you might not normally think of.
Often small business owners use it as a way to think about revenue or growth or how to reach a monetary goal.
But what if I told you the secret was discipline.
This secret formula is proven over and over again and if you took him on it and think about it and reflect you would discovered that discipline is the key to anything.
Let's say you want to lose 20 lb.
You could wish it away.
The law of attraction States if you focus on your goal hard enough the universe and God will reward you by giving you that gold.
Do it right now.
Wish on a start to lose 20 lb.
Did it happen?
If it did, that is amazing.
Bottle that up and sell it.
Start wishing for world Peace right away.
Literally no more war in the world.
End famine.
And poverty.
Turn your powerful wish magic on for the good of the world.
But chances are your simple wish to lose 20 lb didn't happen in and instant.
What the universe wants from you is discipline.
That's go back to your 20 LB magic gold.
If you think about it all of the time and have it at the four front of your mind then you may make better decisions to contribute to losing your 20 LB.
You may skip a bag of chips.
You may skip dessert.
You may drink more water.
You may walk one mile.
You may do a push-up or 10.
Or You could make this 5 Minute Super POWER BREAKFAST that only takes two ingredients AND if you eat it every morning for 30 days can lose up to 20lbs.
I learned this from Tim Ferris.
If you are constantly thinking about losing weight then you're actions might lead you to lose weight.
Notice how I said might.
Might is not discipline.
But discipline will make you mighty.
Let's look at those actions.
If you set a goal to lose 20 lb and discipline yourself to eliminate empty calories such as a bag of chips and dessert, and you make it a practice of not eating those things.
The lack of calories and contribute to you losing 20 LB.
Same thing with walking a mile.
If you use discipline to walk 1 mile every single day in a defined period of time, you will lose weight.
That simple caloric expenditure or using more calories than you eat.
It seems like we're focused on weight loss but discipline can apply to any gold you set in your life.
For example my side business is being an author.
My main business is owning a publishing company.
In my side business I make money when I write books and market them.
Those are two separate activities, each requiring a specific goal or goals that need discipline to reach.
I want to write a new series in a new genre.
The average book in that series is 50000 words long and to reach the monetary goal I think for this particular genre I need to have nine book in the series.
I know that if I limit distractions and block off time I can write 12000 words per day.
I know I have 3 days per week that I have on interrupted blocks of six hour times.
I can use discipline to write in that time frame to reach my 12,000 word goal for the day and literally complete a book in first draft form in days.
I can run that book through spell check and grammar check and send it off to and editor and proof reader while I use the next few days in my block off schedule to write the next book.
Practice.
Rinse.
Repeat.
Discipline is the key to getting it done.
I have to sit down at the keyboard every single day during my blocked off time.
Book writing is just one example of a goal that requires consistent discipline.
But you can literally use discipline to reach any goal.
Or do anything.
Several years ago I wanted to run a marathon.
I made the decision and begin running everyday.
I had to change a few habits to do that.
Day one was hard.
Day two was harder.
But it got easier the more I did it.
And after a streak of a month, I started getting better and better at it.
At first I couldn't run 1 mile.
So I marked off a half mile point from my house and I ran as fast as I could to that one to that half mile point.
The first day I probably didn't make it 100 yards.
But I kept walking to the half mile point and turned around and walked back.
The next day I ran 105 yards.
Maybe.
But I walked to the halfway point turned around and walked back
And I did this everyday running further each day until I could run a half a mile and turn around and run a half mile back.
All this while I was eating a very convenient dinner of salad and tuna.
When I was able to run the distance of one mile without stopping, I marked a point that was one and a half miles from my home.
And then I repeated the process.
Noticed that my game wasn't to double from one mile to tow miles.
It what from one mile to 3 miles.
It felt like starting over because I could run 1 mile out, but further than that was tougher.
I had to walk back.
I used discipline until I could run the distance.
Discipline allowed for more than double growth.
I’m applying it to a few things.
The books aren’t going to stop.
But the videos are doubling and getting mixed up.
We’re going to grow.
I want you along for the ride.
Stealing lessons as you can, or stealing smiles as you find them.
Either way, let’s have a little fun, shall we?
Like this: I heard that a lot of people don’t get positive interactions in their lives. So I decided to just wish you a GREAT DAY.
Every Day.
The more you hear it, the more you will have a string of great days.
I’m going to give some free books away:
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