Personal growth

Don’t knock yourself out of the game before you get the bat!”

“If you keep doing the same things over and over again you will get the same results”.

What are patterns

If we do things over and over again in the same fashion, a pattern results.Our minds and bodies grow accustomed to these patterns.Sometimes they get embedded in our subconscious.We also , at times, mindlessly carry on with those patterns for an infinite time.

Why are patterns ineffective

We do them without thinking

There is no metric for measuring effectiveness

There is no scope of change

We are hard-wired to do them

Nothing in terms of betterment comes of it

How to break old patterns

Acknowledge ineffectiveness

Prime yourself for change

Realize that life is too short to keep running in circles

Envision the growth you want and make a plan to reach there

Start being pumped

Stick to the plan without paying heed to environment,stress,business cycle changes

Surround yourself with people who will hold you accountable and kick your ass hard

Own your evasive tactics,bullshit stories and “I cannot”

Evaluate every two days and weekly how you’re progressing

Gauge progress by hard metrics

Change course of things midway if a particular approach is not working

Don’t get caught up in mundane things

Sharpen focus

If you’re going off track continue to take two steps forward for every one backward till backsliding stops

Celebrate each milestone

Repeatedly tell yourself that you were born to do great things and not sit in front of TV eating popcorn all day

Continue with the aim of mastery and not short term gratification