Here’s a common scenario you might relate to:
You sit down to do work, you start, then you don’t FINISH!
This is common. And there’s a mentality you can learn to help with this. Let’s solve this problem by citing some examples:
SITTING AT THE COMPUTER EXAMPLE:
Everyone can relate to sitting down to finish something like writing a paper, doing homework, clearing out email, whatever…..and then never finishing it through all the way.
Here’s my estimate of the breakdown:
100% of people are capable of starting a task.
70% of people can start and get halfway through.
20% of people can start and finish the first run.
5% of people can start and finish, and revise, and finish, and do it WELL.
Of those people, guess who’s REALLY going places? Yup…..that 5% of top performers that can start and follow through and do it well.
So when you start something, then start getting distracted, it’s useful to think in your head in an INSANE and AGGRESSIVE sounding voice “THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND ALL THE LAZY SCHMUCKS OUT THERE I AM WILLING TO PUT THE WORK IN THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS NOT AND BECAUSE OF THIS I WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AND THEY WILL NOT >:-) >:-O >:-) !!!!!!!!!!!!”
This is the killer instinct that will push you through to finish a task, and not stop halfway through like 80% of other people.
Video example of the attitude to have:
Will Smith willing to DIE on a treadmill to beat the other person.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doqS35FfcUE
AT THE GYM EXAMPLE:
The biggest realization I had when I started seeing muscle gains from my workouts was that it’s NOT UNTIL YOU’RE IN PAIN that the growth happens.
I’ve been going to this “YoStrong” class at the yoga studio across the street. It’s like the end result of a yoga class having sex with a weight training class.
In the class they inevitably work your muscles till failure. And of course right before your muscles can literally do no more…..they hurt and ache.
In the past I would just stop and take a rest at that point.
But I’ve started gaining more muscle due to one mindset trick:
When the exercise starts to hurt, instead of wincing or stopping…..I get this maniacal look on my face, and in my brain I start thinking: “FUCK YOU EXERCISE I WILL BEAT YOU I WILL KILL YOU I WILL WIN I PAID MONEY TO COME TO THIS CLASS AND GET MY ASS KICKED NOT REST AND I WILL KEEP GOING FOREVER >:-) >:-O >:-) !!!!!!!!!!!!”
Seriously. It’s kinda insane and masochistic.
But this totally works, and makes me embrace that pain. Because I know that 1% of the time I’m in pain, is where 90% of the muscle gains come from!
Video example of the attitude to have:
Arnold Schwarzenegger talks about this “end pain” as cumming. He likes that feeling SO MUCH he gets there all the time and embraces it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdVCfDioTcY
Next time you start a task (starting now), and it starts tiring you…..power through that pain point and get all insane on it like: “YOU KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO FINISH THIS RIGHT NOW EVEN IF IT KILLS ME I GOTTA DO THIS CRAP ANYWAYS WHY WOULD I PROLONG IT WHEN I CAN JUST KILL THIS CRAP OFF RIGHT NOW >-:-) >-:-) >-:-) >-:-) >-:-) !!!!!!!!!!!”
This will help you develop your killer instinct.
Cheers to sounding insane ;-)
Neville
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