Izopod on Seizing the moment Part II

[izopod]

Note: if you missed Part I to "Seizing the Moment" I've included the link to it at the bottom of this thread.


Have you written down your goals for the next year?? If you have, you now have a road map in achieving each goal. Some may wonder why I place a lot of emphasis on achieving more personal goals then business ones.

That is an easy answer. When we better ourselves we usually better our businesses!! Getting in shape, learning a foreign language, quiet reflexation each day are all growth experiences which are vital in becoming more productive.

Now... when you take a look at your goals what do you see? Road blocks or challenges? If all you see is road blocks then you've stopped yourself even before leaving the gate. However if you see challenges, then you get to at least taste what it's like to "leave the gate".

Some of the challenges we face are small and easily overcome. Some are monumental and are very difficult to overcome. The trick to overcoming these challenges is to "See each mountain as a mole-hill" instead of the other way around. A strong belief in "Self" is something that helps you through this "visual" process. By that I mean you MUST believe you have the intelligence and the creativity to get the money you need. Instead of believing in "Others" to get you this money. Ask yourself this: Who do you put your faith in at the end of each day? If it isn't you then one can only speculate that what you see every day are mountains the size of Mt Everest!! (I also have a christian view of self, but am not including that here for clarity purposes)

I chose "money" as a "challenge" to study first because it's the main one that stifles most entrepreneurs. One way to face this "challenge" is to study how others overcame similiar situations. What about their approach seemed to work?? How could you do the same thing, or alter a bit to suit your needs?? Just as a we need "road maps" to achieve our goals, so do we need those who reached the top to help us "see the way". I think it's no coincidence any successful project usually has someone involved whose "been there before". Experience we found out during the 1990's is not something you can take for granted.

If money is a big challenge for you, and you believe in yourself enough to overcome this challenge your next step is to go get it.

Note: Next in this "Seizing the Moment" series is "Where to find money to get my business off the ground"

LINK to PART I: http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24463

 

[Nexus]

Good sentiments. I agree.

But, where's all the energy coming from Izopod? I'm curious. Just finished taking the Landmark Forum or something? Anthony Robbin's Personal Power II?

~ Nexus

 

[izopod]

Originally posted by Nexus
Good sentiments. I agree.

But, where's all the energy coming from Izopod? I'm curious. Just finished taking the Landmark Forum or something? Anthony Robbin's Personal Power II?

~ Nexus

I'm a philosopher. One who gathers meaning from life. I think my first philosophical moment came when I told my mom not to worry about dying because we should be more worried about living.

I think some of the earliest philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle contribute more to our everyday thinking then we realize.

 

[Nexus]

Originally posted by izopod
I'm a philosopher. One who gathers meaning from life. I think my first philosophical moment came when I told my mom not to worry about dying because we should be more worried about living.

I had to tell my mother something similar in recent years. She'd become so concerned over what her divorce said about her, she'd stopped trying to define herself. One of the laziest things we let happen to us as human beings, comes when we allow other people to define the role we are to play in how we relate to ourselves and others. Though a frightening experience, it must somehow be comforting, because we generally know what to expect from others. Many people sit around like lumps of clay waiting for a sculptor, or walk desperately around looking for a "ride" that will carry them along until they feel like they can walk on their own. Before they know it, end of the line, and they've made NO decision (wasn't even their choice to die, dang it!)

Originally posted by izopod
I think some of the earliest philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle contribute more to our everyday thinking then we realize.

No doubt, although I've not had the occasion to read them at length.

Regarding your bent about "getting out there", I've found it also fascinating that people often lose the ability to "CHOOSE" things in life at an early age. As we get older, suddenly we're "DECIDING" (divying up between our available options, utilizing all the experience and so-called "common sense" we've gained up until that point). The thing that most STOPS us is the fact that we forget we can CHOOSE to do things that exist in a sphere we've had no experience or reference points for.

That's generally at the heart of the entrepreneurial spirit. That feeling that the field of dreams waits for us to build it. While "they" won't always "come", its how we all evolve.

I always make the comparison between "problems" (as you do "road blocks") and "challenges". They say that beyond every "breakdown" is a "breakthru" that was only made possible by the former. Everytime you get in the gym and reach your breaking point, its an extremely cool thing... you can see the event horizon (that which surrounds a region of no escape).

~ Nexus

 

[izopod]

Originally posted by Nexus

Everytime you get in the gym and reach your breaking point, its an extremely cool thing... you can see the event horizon (that which surrounds a region of no escape).

~ Nexus

Cool indeed. The most critical time is just after you've reached the "event horizon". Remember to not forget how you got there! The smart ones remember, the others forget and fall back into old habits which are usually counterproductive.

note: I like to keep a journal for this very reason.

 

[Nexus]

Originally posted by izopod
Cool indeed. The most critical time is just after you reach the "event horizon". Remember to not forget how you got there! The smart ones remember, the others forget and fall back into old habits.

Well, there's another interesting distinction right there that may be quite subtle.

I am convinced that "knowing how you got there" could be expanded to saying "know yourself, and don't try to *change* how you are". Most any attempt to target deficits and surgically restructure ones own behavior is doomed to fail IMHO. The best thing one could do is understand what his/her complexes are, and how to work with them and not pretend as if years of conditioning can be subverted simply by focusing ones mental energies. A surefire recipe for chronic-neurosis.

If you realize "I'm always late for things", don't make the mistake of thinking you can simply decide "I won't be late anymore". The latter person believes that through sheer will power this behavior can be redefined. Instead, realizing that you're "always late", restructure your life so that you are more accountable, or assume practices that combat your weaknesses and strive to make these practices ritual. Assume you will always be someone who is "late", and you'll find that as you acknowledge this on a regular basis, your "lateness" will go away. "Change" perpetuates the issue in altered forms, "acknowledgement" dissipates the issue as it remains the same over time, and therefore is effectively addressed by making your ritual your natural conditioning.

Also, one of the greatest gifts one can give themselves is a sense of integrity and self-awareness. Make your word MEAN something to yourself, as well as others. There will never be a "happy ending" where you're the ultimate Zen master, but at the very least, you won't be repeating history over and over again like a bad re-run. When it happens, look at it carefully, and choose new rituals to put in place that encourage better results. No easy answers. The more we sit back and let someone else drive, or believe that just "thinking" more positively will change things, we're sunk. That which we do not wish to look at will control us and create the framework for the rest of our lives.

If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such matchless opportunities for observation. - George Santayana

~ Nexus