Here’s another email that I wrote back in 2017. Check yesterday’s email and it will make more sense…
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I’ve been struggling lately to sit down and get work done for the website. I’ve got ideas for awesome products that would be really helpful, but I just can’t get my butt in gear and get it started. Yes I’m busy and blah blah blah.
Exercise has been the same way. I’ve been slowly getting into worse and worse shape. I know I need to get back on it, but I’m busy and blah blah blah blah blah.
Then I read this book about a guy who hires a Navy SEAL to live with him for a month. The guy wants to get in better shape and shake up his life a little. Well this Navy SEAL is hard core as you can imagine. He gets the guy up every morning for at least a 6 mile run and then 3 miles before bed no matter what. The regiment gets harder and harder from there. It’s the SEAL’s, get it done at all cost attitude that got inside my head.
Suddenly I find myself up at 445 putting in 5 miles before work. I’m killing it. And the whole time I’m climbing out of bed I can hear this guy’s voice.
“It’s go time Mother f——r.”
“We stop when we’re done not when we’re tired.”
“We don’t stop to piss. This is run time it isn’t piss time. Run faster if you need to go.”
I’m hearing this 6 foot 250 lb. Navy SEAL tell me no excuses. Get it done. I play that tape in my head over and over and over and I’m cranking out the miles.
Than I come across this idea.
Take what worked for you on previous success and use it on your next project.
So simple right? Why aren’t I doing this. Why aren’t I using what gets me through a workout to get me through a writing project.
Today I banged out more writing and got further along on my new material then I have in the past six months. Every time I think. “Oh, I’m a little thirsty maybe I’ll get a quick drink.”
That Navy SEAL in my head immediately counters with
“This isn’t drink time. This is work time. You can drink all you want on your own time, but don’t you dare get out of that chair on work time. This is work time.”
And it works! Now this guy may not be the motivator for you. I’m not saying use the tape running in my head. I’m saying think about what has worked for you. What helped you get over the hump, fight through and succeed in the past. What helped you get into PA School?
Use that now that you’re studying.
You may have set up all you supplies in advance a pulled an all nighter to get the kitchen painted. Give that a try to get a boost on your productivity.
It’s not about using my specific tactic. It’s about getting the principle. Learn from previous success.
Use the methods you’ve used for previous success to facilitate current success.
One method that has worked well for me when I’ve been successful is the “get it in everyday” method. That means no matter how small. No matter how tiny. Get something done everyday on your project. Run 1 mile. Write 200 words. Study 15 minutes. Get something done every day.
The Final Step is the perfect book to implement that method with. You can bang out 15 minutes worth of questions without even thinking about.
Get more ways to improve your studying and take it all up a level check out my course Maximize Your Time and Efficiency.
Brian Wallace
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This line really hit me as I read it.
“This isn’t drink time. This is work time. You can drink all you want on your own time, but don’t you dare get out of that chair on work time. This is work time.”
When you work, work. I’ve been guilty of letting this slide lately. Time to get back to it. I’ve got too much to share with you not to be working harder.
Brian Wallace
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