The Spectrum of Results

When you set a goal, it might start out feeling impossible.

And as you begin to change your beliefs, your identity, and your actions, it shifts to feeling possible.

Then with deeper work, it shifts to probable.

And eventually, with enough mental and physical effort, what was once an impossible goal becomes an inevitable outcome.

Impossible ➡️  Possible ➡️ Probable ➡️ Inevitable

Where does your goal sit on the spectrum right now?

Want to Help People?

Ever heard someone say this?

"I want to be successful so I can help a lot of people."

It turns out, helping people isn't a result of being successful.

It's a condition for it.

You can't be successful without adding a ton of value to people's lives.

People don't buy things and listen to people that don't add value.

It's not: The more successful you become, the more people you can help.

It's: The more successful you become, the more people you HAVE helped.

Success and value are inseparable.

The World in My Head

The view on my run

Today I went running and I had one of those moments where the world feels so good.

I was reminded that the world is only the way I perceive it.

That I don’t see the world as it is, only as how my mind interprets it.

And I control my mind. So I get to choose how I see it.

And today, I’m choosing to see that the world is good.

That’s all.

Generate Motivation From Within

Motivation doesn't fall from the sky. It comes from within.

We get to generate our own motivation.

You're not tired, you're just bored.

You're not unmotivated, you're just not excited with life!

Go and get yourself some of life's juicy delightful fun.

What lights you up? What gets you excited?

Watch an inspiring documentary.

Set a big goal.

Take a big leap.

Go emotional skydiving.

CHOOSE to generate some motivation.

Short-Term Feelings

"I don't feel like it."

Aka, the most common excuse my brain gives me for not doing something I said I would do.

• Getting out of bed early.

• Making a YouTube video.

• Going for a run.

It doesn't matter what it is – when it comes down to it, I almost always don't feel like doing it.

One of the best things I've ever heard was Will Smith saying he doesn't care what his in-the-moment feelings tell him.

He says that what he feels like in the moment never gets a say in his success.

How good is that?!

We think that when we let ourselves off the hook with our commitment, we are being kind to ourselves.

But really, we're doing the opposite – we're sabotaging our future self.

Don't let a short-term feeling sabotage a long-term gain.

Feelings only last for a moment.

Results are forever.

Thought Processing

I’ve been doing this thing all my life, but I’ve only recently heard it referred to as a ‘thought download’.

Where you just write everything down on a list to get it out of your head and onto paper. Then you can properly evaluate it.

My favourite way to do a thought download is to imagine that I’m with a team of experts in a board room meeting (if you’ve seen the TV show The Politician, it’s kind of like that in my head).

They can take care of everything for me.

I can offload anything to them. They will fix it and make suggestions that my own self wouldn’t normally come up with. I think “Right, Gerry, over to you. What do you suggest we do about the ‘staying-up-too-late’ issue?”

And I’ll get perspectives from imaginary experts and I’ll make an executive decision.

“Right, we’re going with Barbara’s idea of scheduling everything down to tiny details, and we’ll meet back here in 3 days to evaluate and rehash the whole thing.”

This isn’t new to me. I’ve been doing it automatically every day since I was a kid. I thought every few hours everyone just stopped, evaluated the last few hours of thoughts, figured out how they fit into the puzzle of life, and then filed them into a mental library to deal with at the next board meeting.

And since articulating it, no one else I’ve met says they do this.

How do you process your thoughts? I’d love to know.

Already Done

What if you just decided your goal was already done and nothing could undo it?

How would you show up for it?

How would you feel?

Surround Yourself With the Best People

I often think about that saying “You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”

I think about who that makes me.

I think about who I make others.

I want the answer for both to be “next level”.

I spent the evening with my grandparents, and I hope I soaked in a little of their wisdom.

I spent the day in the car with my partner, Daniel, and I hope I soaked in a little of his contentment.

I spent the morning listening to podcasts from my coach, Stacey, and I hope I soaked in a little of her mindset.

Who are you? Who would you like to be? Who do you need to surround yourself with?

P.S. If you want to be surrounded by goal-getting women, make sure you join my free group for girls with impossible goals!

All My Best Ideas Happen in the Shower

All my best ideas happen in the shower.

For me it's like 10% washing, 90% strategizing.

Especially last month when I was trying to hit so many goals.

Every morning in July I stood in the shower and instead of just shampooing my hair, I shampooed my thoughts.

Now that I am Michael Jordan, what do I do?

What creative action would create the result I want?

Now that I have chosen to create this result, what do I do?

Then instead of just conditioning my hair, I conditioned my mind.

I can do this.

I'm willing to do whatever it takes.

I am unstoppable.

Rinse & repeat until the desired outcome is achieved.

Thinking About Running vs Actually Running

Okay so when I set my August goals, I decided that I would run 2x per week.

And to be honest, I've been dreading it 

I've been telling myself I'm "working up to it" these last few months by walking.

But in my heart I know that's just an excuse.

So this week, I did it. Both times. And it wasn't that bad at all.

The actual running part was easy.

It was thinking about running that took all the effort.

• Thinking about putting on my shoes and going out in the cold.

• Thinking about how to fit it into my schedule.

• Thinking about when I could take my post-run shower.

But it's never the actual task. Ever. It's all just mind drama.

New thoughts I'm practicing:

• Running is easy.

• I am a runner. It's who I am.

• I get to choose how I feel about this.

• I am unstoppable.

Note to self: No more mind drama about the thing. Just do the thing.