Sort of… At the the supper computers have PICKED a winner, but I haven’t yet heard back from them. I’m sure they will step forward soon. Just worried about the press and the fame and how to handle it all.
The giveaway was so much fun. Thank you to everyone who participated, and if you’re eligible for the second BONUS, I’ll be in touch soon to let you know what’s going on there. (I’ll also be in touch soon to let you know that you qualified.)
One thing I picked up over the weekend before I close this one out.
I started a new book, and the authors cite a Harvard study that suggests that 95% of your actions are habits. That means 95% of your personality, of what you do, of who you are is without you thinking about. It’s already been decided. Unless you UNDECIDE it.
“Brian, What the hell are you talking about?”
What I’m talking about is the stories you tell yourself. The stories and the image you have of yourself and how you act or behave are all habits, thought loops. You programmed these patterns and (if you choose to) you can change the programs. You can change the stories.
“Brian, I still don’t know what the hell you’re talking about?”
What if instead of walking into an exam telling yourself that you suck at test taking, you spend a few minutes visualizing the tests you’ve done really well? What if instead of remembering how dumb you feel and how anxious you get, you remember the smile and warm feeling you got the last time you did really well?
My oldest had baseball tryouts this weekend and I gave him the same advice. The advice isn’t “don’t be nervous.” That’s the worst thing you can say. The nurses always say this to woman strapped down to the c-section table. That makes no sense, and it’s terrifying. You have to give them something else to think about. I ask about their other children. Their names and what they’re doing today. (I ask about their success)
Back to baseball. I tell my son to remember the times he did get a hit. Like the extra-inning game-winning triple, he had last year (one his only hits of the SEASON). Or the catch he made in right field (Pretty sure that was his only catch of the SEASON). We DO NOT talk about the times he struck out with the bases loaded or the times he missed the ball in the air. It’s not that it didn’t happen, it’s that it isn’t helpful. And for most people, the only things they relive are the failures. The only things they reinforce are the failures. Start reinforcing the success and see how things change.
My kid and I spent the last two weeks practicing up at the baseball field. As we drove to tryouts, I had him thinking about all the work he put in. How he’d improved in just those two weeks and how he should be proud of himself ALREADY, regardless of making the team. He can’t control making the team. He can control putting in the work. (By the way he put on a hitting show at the tryout and caught even ball. This is a kid I was worried about even making the team and he looked top 2 or 3 and I’m pretty sure it was all in his head)
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