When it comes to creating the change you want to see in your world, are you a knower or a doer? Are you the person who consistently and reliably gets the job done, or are you the one who’s full of… theory? The one who knows what to do, but doesn’t do what she knows? Are you the “I’ll start Monday” girl? Or perhaps the ”but you don’t understand my situation” guy? The career procrastinator? The excuse maker? The rationaliser? The justifier? The victim? The one who has read everything and applied nothing? The one who regularly dispenses advice that you don’t follow yourself? Er, is that a little uneasiness I can hear? Footsteps walking away from the computer perhaps? Hello? Hello? Or maybe it’s the sound of heels digging in? Either way, I’d suggest you read on.
That (cerebral) reality is not a nice place to live is it? Fortunately for you and I, a relocation is only a mental and emotional shift away. No removalists and no carrying of heavy crap up or down any stairs required. Thankfully. I have been watching people almost change for years and it’s quite the skill to look really busy while actually doing nothing. Nonetheless, many of us have mastered it. You may know someone who’s done such a thing. I called it simulated progress. I also call it stupid. And a waste of potential. As a consequence of this circular behaviour – where we invariably end back in the same place, having the same conversations about the same issues and producing (or not producing, as the case may be) the same results – I have felt the need to become more and more forthright and matter-of-fact in my approach to teaching my change philosophy.
Surprising I know. Given my huge reputation for diplomacy and political correctness.
The Application of the Information
We all visit sites like me-dot-com because there’s stuff we want to change in our world. No shit Sherlock. Big stuff. Small stuff. Body stuff. Head stuff. Personal stuff. Career stuff. And so on. And while the term ‘positive change’ means different things to different people, the underlying drive to create better results in our world is universal. When we walk into a cyber-classroom such as this one, we’re seeking a level of education, inspiration, direction, stimulation, motivation and perhaps a little philosophy. And the occasional chuckle. And while I always do my best to deliver the theory (of change), the only person I can transform is me. Sure I can influence you, but I can’t change you. That’s your job. I’m the teacher of the theory and you’re the applier. That is, if you deem the information fit for application. Capiche? To you the student, I am nothing more than a resource. And as I’ve shared before, I am not the answer (neither is any teacher for that matter). One of the problems that I see with the current personal development trend is that far too many self-help consumers have turned writers, speakers and teachers into gods and gurus (which they are not), thereby missing the whole point of the personal growth journey – which is to take back (and maximise) one’s personal power, not give it away. Your mission (should you choose to accept) is to be your best authentic self, not a Dr. Phil clone. Or an ‘anyone’ clone. Learn from others, but be you. Australia (NZ, SA, USA, Britain, Canada, etc.) has enough sheep without needing to add you to the flock.
If creating lasting positive change in our world was dependant on our intentions, we would all be deliriously successful. It isn’t, and we’re not. If we’re being completely honest, realistic, practical and accountable about the kind of results we have produced in recent times (the last few years for example), many of us would have to acknowledge that we typically do more reading (and over-thinking) than we do changing. Great at the theory of transformation, not so good at the reality of it. That is, the doing bit. Conceptually brilliant, practically crap. Always at the threshold of taking action but never quite in the middle of it. While reading, listening, studying and asking questions is always a good idea, the adaptation, personal growth, enlightenment, skill development, strength, wisdom and shift… comes from the doing.
Although most of us are relatively educated and intelligent types, for the most part, we simply don’t do what we know we should. Or if we do, it’s short-lived. Temporary behavioural change. Which is why even though we (we the society) are more educated and have far more resources at our disposal, we are just as dysfunctional, frustrated and unproductive as we’ve ever been. To be brutally honest, for most of us, creating better results in our world has got almost nothing to do with acquiring more information and everything to do with discipline, self-control, perseverance, attitude, work ethic and courage. Unfortunately, none of those success ingredients are particularly quick, easy, painless or sexy – which makes change (real change) a pretty tough process to ‘sell’. I know this for a fact.
Ever wondered why all that late-night TV fitness and weight-loss crap sells so well? Because people want results without the work, that’s why. Despite our alleged commitment to personal growth, many of us continue to look for the easy (yet totally ineffective) option. And the circular behaviour and less-than-desirable results continue. Which is why so many of us live in our own special version of Groundhog day. On so many levels, we are masters of repetition. We get up today and do exactly what we did yesterday and then incredibly, wonder why nothing changes.
Nothing changes because nothing changes. It’s that complex.
So…
So if the above words resonate with you, perhaps it’s time for you to become more than a reader, thinker, planner and intender. Perhaps it’s time for you to get some nads and take a stand. To make some tough decisions; the ones you should have made long ago. To take back your personal power. To stop looking for permission and approval. And to stop being a frustrated, over-thinking theorist and start being the excited, passionate, fulfilled doer. You’ve read enough. Heard enough. Seen enough.
Now it’s time to do.
Carpe diem Grasshoppers.
Ciao x
As always, love to hear your thoughts on this post. If making a public declaration about what you’re going to do, be, create, change and address over the next ??? weeks and months will help you stay committed and focused, then by all means share (a brief version of) your plan with us and we’ll cheer you on and support you. I’m going to start the ball rolling by sharing with you all that I’m giving up artificial sweetener (I know, I know – you don’t need to tell me) as of right now. For someone who has been using it for twenty years (I know, I know), I think there may be a little withdrawal action going on for the Fat Ninja. Wish me well.
* I’ll announce the book winners (from last Thursday’s post) tomorrow. Sorry about the delay.
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Hmmm …. a knower .. or a doer? Can I admit that I’m both? But that as I get more success and more momentum (and results) under my belt, the balance is slowly shifting in the right direction. But I’m still susceptible to my old nemisis of laziness, and his first cousin, procrastination. I let myself succumb, but I KNOW that I’ll get off my butt and do what I need to at some point. And I do. And the length of time I let myself succumb are getting shorter.
Funny you should mention Groundhog Day today. Had a VERY interesting conversation with Christina last night about it .. albeit in a different sense.
So, I have my nads (even though I tuck ‘em away sometimes), and am ready to go. Finished setting up my home gym today – boxing bag, stand, gloves, reebok step, weight vest and BOSU balance board. My karate World Cup is in Melbourne in a month. Ready … set … go. Yep, starting tomorrow (Monday)!
Suz (Sydney)
PS. All the best with the withdrawals, Hug Slut. (I can’t bring myself to call you the you-know-what Ninja … coz you’re so NOT FAT!)
Craig do you read minds? Because every post is so relevent to my life ATM and it seems from reading others’ posts theirs.
What am I giving up – the negative things people think of me in allowing them to cripple me. Last night actually, my friend and I did that with someone who was getting drunk and abusing us – so it works!
That was great Craig, I found myself nodding at everything you said in the first paragraph – yikes !
Thank you for your truth.
Hey Craig,
How you doin?
Thanks for the interesting post, it’s really good to get all excited about what you write, I love it. I read your posts and others rather a lot, you are by far the best! you make me laugh……….
I do need to work on a number of areas, I still cycle on a regular basis ( 2-3 times a week) but I intend to increase this, I really want to tone up so I will step this up too.
Beer, wine and chips, or crisps as we know them in the uk are my main enemies…………..
I will start by only haveing a few beers at weekends, no wine and no crisps…………..
I will let you know how it goes……….
Do you think no booze at all is best???
Baaaaaaa. Yep, Oh Wise One, you are indeed a resource (I was going to say ‘tool’ but that would have a completely different connotation, wouldn’t it?).
We all know academically what we need to do to get the results we desire but it’s just a matter of wanting it enough, isn’t it? Sometimes we’re just not prepared to make the necessary sacrifices until we absolutely need to. Human beings are altogether a pretty hedonistic bunch.
After fluffing around for months (ok, years), I’ve finally started to make a consistent effort to lose the weight and my body is beginning to respond. It’s not rocket science and it’s not magic either – it’s basic physics.
Good luck with the artificial sweetener detox. Tea is so much nicer without it.
Christina xxx
Hey there all,
I was the “Start Monday Girl”, but that has shifted for me since RYL!
I used to find the slightest excuse to break the diet (eating plan) with a little chocolate and then throw my hands up in frustration and state “Well that’s it, I have stuffed it now!” then allow myself to return to poor eating choices and dump the exercise program.
That was until Craig made sense of how the occasional bypass from our plans can have little affect (depending on what and how often we are eating the naughties) of the overall progress, as long as we get back on the horse and keep riding. This adivce has been invaluable to say the least, as there have been times I woud give in to such temptations. Now I do not dwell on the failure issue like I used to, as I now choose to look forward and plan for an exericse attack instead. Due to this I found my thinking around food is becoming healthier and thus my food choices are healthier.
Not an easy road sometimes but what would life be without a few bumps! Looking forward to tomorrow not because it’s Monday, but because it is another day I will be getting up to go to the gym and moving towards a better me!
Thanks again Craig for your on-going wisdom x x
Hey Craig !
Good luck with giving up the sweetener… although…. it’s really nothing to do with luck… is it.. ??!!!
{{HUG}}
Tina
Great post and thoughts…
Ground hog day! Good one. I can see Bill Murray hitting the alarm right now. I plan to keep being a doer.
15 lbs. To go now. Then on to a trainer and a week of back packing in Yosemite for my 45th b-day in October.
Although I loved sitting on the couch, eating late into the night, drinking beers and being fat – (Not) I guess I’ll have to live with being thin (and thin brained)
Doing is sooooo much better than flapping my gums about all the things I thought I knew about weight loss and personal growth but never doing a thing about it.
As always, thanks for being my weight loss and life change guru! I’m not going back……..
- Steve in CA
All I have to say is “thank god it’s Sunday where I live”…. I still have a chance to pull together all i INTENDED to get done this weekend. Interested to hear your (and others’) thoughts on when you get on the right path, start cruising it in a productive, yet still comfortable way, and then, hmmm….. looking for a good analogy…. have a tendency to let up on the gas a bit?
I will work, work, work to get to the right place and then start to feel exhausted and overwhelmed. Or worse – overconfident that I’m making progress, only to backslide. How do I stay on course once I’m on it… how do I not get distracted by the lovely flowers at the side of the road, because let’s face it, the other big lesson I read all the time (though not just here) is that you have to have some balance and joy in your life.
Craig
I appreciate the insights, I found an old diary of mine dating back 10 years ago. As I read through the pages I reconnected with this hauntingly familiar quest of collecting data and collecting more data just to be sure before I make the first step. This was also the time Nike launched their add campaign “Just Do It”, interesting I thought. However a shift has occurred where I have started doing, I feel like a baby taking his first steps, awkward at first and a couple times falling on my ass, but the perseverance to get back up and keep going is the key. For me was realizing I had become a professional gatherer of information and that’s it, and yet we all see the “do-ers” of the world doing with far less knowledge and more just stick it out there and see what happens attitude. I used to be angry working with them, now I admire them. They figured out a key to success and not give a crap what I or anyone else thought.
Anyways thanks for the post and the reminder!
Jack
North of Boston USA
Craig I am a new commer but I must admit your writing is refreshing, insightful and yes brutally honest….ouch. lol Good luck in giving up the artificial sweetner, I try usuing a little honey instead, figure it’s better for you besides everyone needs a little honey sometimes.,,,
I have a few big challenges ahead of me and that is to quit smoking and let go of the weight that I have packed 100lbs to be exact…uh oh lol. I need lots of cheering and encouragement maybe even a slap or too lol but bring it on….love to all, Sandy
Hey Craig, great to hear from you again. I guess the reason we are all finding your posts so pertinant lately is cos we are all basically procrastinators and justifiers. You are right the I have read enough, heard enough and seen enough and now is the time to do something about it!
My excuse (well, one of them) for a long time has been that there is so much that needs to be changed I dont know where to start. I have decided that what I am going to do is decide what I am most unhappy about (my weight) and make the obvious changes (swap the V for water and the choc bars for fruit) and stop going around in circles.
I am a fabulous person and I have a lot to offer. Its time to put myself first and do what I know I need to do. If I keep telling myself that do you think in time I will actually believe it?
What happened to the committment wall from last year? I would love to go back and see what I wrote and see if things are any different.
Hugs to all
Hahaha, loved the bit about being an intender.
Cue slightly different version of Marlon Brando’s anguished cry: “I coulda been an intender!”
Hug Slut? Moi?
Really Suza?
Yep Michael, I did an elective in mind-reading at college
You’re welcome Anon. Thanks for saying hi
Hi Matt, you’re talking to a non-drinker so I’m a little biased but why don’t you 28 days of zero booze and see how you go? You don’t have to abstain forever but the four weeks might give you a running start at the rest of this year… Momentum is always a good thing. Let me know how you go.
Yes Christina, it’s all about pleasure, pain and perception. When we associate more pain with staying in a situation than we do with getting out of it… then we’ll change.
And not before.
x
Go Mary Anne!
Keep up the great work girl. I look forward to seeing you in October and seeing the “high-performance” Mary Ann
x
Thanks Tina. I just had my first cup of tea with zero sweetener or sugar. It tasted like an old sock. Oh well, I’ll get used to it. Sigh.
Okay, I’m being a baby.
Good for you Steve in CA. Do what you need to and keep doing it.
Keep us posted
Thanks Mikha’el
I like the contrast between the intender and the doer Craig. I literally get stuck in the monotony of planning so much that I forget to experience the joy of the spontaneous. In terms of making a stand, I just pushed off a job that would provide security to go work in Northeast China teaching if that counts…
Hi Anon.
1. Yep, you do need balance and joy in your life
2. Personal growth doesn’t need take place without joy and balance – in fact, transformation can be one of the most uplifitng and enjoyable experiences.
3. In order to keep doing what you need to (stay on course) – to create life-long change – you need to make those temporary behaviours, non-negotiable habits. That way, “motivation” or lack thereof, doesn’t come into it.
Enjoy
Hey Jack, you learned a good lesson brother. And nice humility to.
Peace
After one too many motifying ‘morning after’ memories, I am quitting drinking. I stopped drinking for just over 6 months when I was 21 (last year) and it was really good- which helps because I know I can get through that tricky first bit. Food is another matter altogether…
On the Groundhog Day issue, I’m almost paralysed by fear of going around in circles, of never finishing anything.
Like you say Craig, I know what to do to fix my problems, but as irrational as it is I feel like I’ve failed before I start because I ‘know’ myself.
But this damn optimistic streak keeps jumping out from behind things and squirting me in the face from a flower in its lapel, so I’ll keep trying different things (or finish the same things) untill something changes. (Are there too many ‘things’ in that sentance?)
Anyway, it looks like a great group you’ve got here, and I hope to get to a RYL session some time and meet you all! I wish everyone the best with their own personal changes: its good to know we can all do it together.
Cheers,
Jacque (Brisbane)
Hi Sandy.
Welcome. Glad to have you here and only too happy to cheer you on way. Okay Sandy, get busy and keep us posted
Hi Colleen.
Commitment wall? Good point. We’ll re-visit it.
Forget “motivation” for the moment (it’s temporary), you need some non-negotiable rules for your journey. That is, behaviours that you will embrace no MATTER WHAT. Can you do that? You can and now is the time.
Cheering you on
Clever Linda J
Good for you Jon – that will be a cool cultural experience – keep us posted and enjoy
Hi Jacque
“But this damn optimistic streak keeps jumping out from behind things and squirting me in the face from a flower in its lapel”
Funny.
Invest your emotional energy in the right place Jacque… and that will give you the best return
Hi Craig and everyone else.
i am going to be completely honest here and say i am a knower not a doer.
I know so much about weight loss and what i need to do to get healthy. But do i do it? The honest answer would be no. I dont. Ive done it before but i didnt keep it off. It came back on.
It comes down to me.
I have to say there have been times where ive read your posts and commented but then stopped. Infact i started ignoring the emails when they came it. And was even going to ignore todays. Probably because they would effect me in some way. I have been ignoring my problem and the answer to it for too long. I cant ignore it any longer. It is starting to effect my health. I am dehydrated and have low blood pressure and am way over weight and if i keep going. I will probably be over 100 kgs by the end of the year. No more.
So now i am going to do it. Start now. And yes it is Monday lol.
I am going to start by just getting myself to eat 3 meals and 2 snacks. After i have done that then i will work a bit more on what i am eating.
I have to start drinking more water as well.
Thanks for your post. Will keep you posted and start posting everyday to keep myself accountable.
Amanda
That’s great news Amanda. Change starts with a decision and you’ve made one. Good for you. A big hug (and kick in the butt) for you
Yep, Craig, you’re right. But we always want to have our cake and eat it too, don’t we?
Christina xxx
Christina. Cake makes you fat. Literally and metaphorically.
I’ve started working on getting 11kg of flab off my body and putting on muscle. Aiming for Christmas time. Allowing myself more time because I am up twice a night feeding my 3 month old baby boy. I had started thinking, ‘oh, will wait until he’s sleeping through the night before I start exercising seriously again’ but realised I don’t know when that will actually be!! So figured may as well start sooner and pace myself a bit (am finding sleep is a big factor in how hard you can push yourself physically), rather than wait and wait and wait until the time is right. The sooner I get fit the better – I have 3 boys to run after (1 large + 2 small)!
Oh by the way, I gave up artificial sweetner about a month ago – coffee tastes bitter but that’s it’s natural state – if I can give it up then you can too Craig!!
Hi Alison. Conistency is the key but ease into it and look after you and your baby
Public declarations are scarey, but as you’ve proved to us before, they’re also helpful. Okay, so ……apart from keeping the joy and balance in my life, by taking care of my 2 kids, I am also working on an ebook, which I am and have been writing since last December (slow writer !!). After the commitment wall, around that time, I purchased some information resources about writing (and selling) ebooks. It was an alternative for me, to writing and submitting freelance articles to magazines, which (although I received some positive feedback) was a bit slow….and so I searched around for other ideas. Progress on my e book, is medium to slow..ish, due not so much to procrastination, but to lots of you know….other responsiblities and interruptions etc….but…I use every bit of time I can, without compromising my kids and family and my own life balance. It would also help if I was a A one microsoft word user, but that’s okay too, ‘cos I do have someone to help me with the technical stuff at times. I stuff up little things, that others with better skills can ‘fix’ easily. Thank goodness.
Oh and the ebook is about weightloss….having been on my own weight loss journey a few years back, I felt I had gained some insights that may be helpful to others and so I wrote it all down.
I have other goals, but gotta keep focussed on this one first….thanks so much for listening. I appreciate it.
And I do wish you luck with giving up the artificial sweeteners Craig – I try vanilla yoghurt on my weetbix/oatbrits in the mornings and sometimes just go for a 1/4 spoon of sugar in my cappuccino (I know, no sugar the idea, but just a little is okay). CSR now has that low GI sugar, which is good to have on the market. Hmm, here’s me giving you advice…..I’m so glad you’re human, like the rest of us!
Cheers Master Grasshopper and many thanks,
As always,
Mon ( )
Hey Craig !
I never did the artificial sweetener thing… couldn’t stand the taste… but I used to have two spoonfuls of sugar in my coffee. When I cut it out, I didn’t go cold turkey. I cut down to 1-1/2… then 1… then gradually reduced it until I was putting just a few grains in my coffee. Drinking a coffee one day at my sister-in-law’s, I couldn’t tell if she had remembered to put my few grains in, and that’s when I thought I might as well stop using it altogether… made it real easy. Now if anyone puts even the tiniest amount in, it tastes sickly sweet.
You couldn’t do it that way if your sweetener is in pill form but you could if you use powder.
{{HUG}} Tina
I’m off the alcohol for 4 weeks, but to be honest I’m enjoying it so much, I’m going for 12! ‘Doing’ something for a change is so empowering!
Don’t even TALK to me about artificial sweetener. I’m sitting here drinking a detox tea with artificial sweetener – what a hypocrite I am
I can’t believe that someone who is into looking after his body would use artificial sweeteners! Well done on giving up those chemicals. If you chew gum, does this also contain artificial sweetener, would love to find a chewing gum that doesn’t contain artificial sweetener. Let me know if you find one.
Hey, Hug Slut! I gave up sugar without actually meaning to. When I moved to China to live for a while, they automatically served you green tea wherever you want, so I got used to the taste of that. Now I buy green tea (with peppermint, usually .. although I’ve just discovered a “green tea & cranberry” by Impra which is lovely) .. and on the odd occasion I have normal tea, I just don’t even think to put sugar in it. And since I have no reference point any more, it just tastes like tea.
My point … yes, I have a point after all my rambing .. is that you don’t like the taste because you know you’re “going without”. I know telling you about how your brain works is like teaching granny to suck eggs, but maybe a way around your having to drink “an old sock” is to switch what you drink altogether .. so there’s no reference point. Just a thought.
“When we associate more pain with staying in a situation than we do with getting out of it… then we’ll change.”
Nice math Craig, and it is a major driver for change. When I gave cigarettes away, it came down to a realisation for me that it was a choice between sickness and depletion, or having time for health and expansive living.
Dream, then acquire the basics of knowledge to begin that dream, and then push against the obstacles with action, which then becomes experience, which then becomes, along with the knowledge gained, intuition.
Hitting obstacles and failing is unavoidable. What isn’t unavoidable is the learning from failure, with the trick being to acquire the skill to fast track that process within.
So, I welcome obstacles, the mastering of them is my ONLY way forward!
“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carroll.
So get on a road, any road. Delve into the heart, for there will reside a map, of a road long forgotten.
But relish the obstacles, sulking on back seats prohibited!
MY wheel needs the driver, and that can only be me.
I am a Formula One driver of change!
You know I do agree with what you are saying … however for a start you are a male…. wow aren’t I observant and are wired completely different to us amazing “females” and I do believe you make things very simple and straightforward …..you also don’t suffer from the emotional side that females tend to have and can make everything clear cut and dry ….. the reality for a lot of us or I should say me going through midlife (left side of 50 still) is that emotions, and annoying hormornes can often get in the way of us being able to make clear decisions… even though I exercise every day for at least an hour challenging myself alway… watch what I eat … and can’t lose that 5 kilos that has crept up on me over that last five years then what happens… I am not lazy, am constantly trying to motivate myself but when you dont see change it can be very depressing….. I am not a perfectionist either .. just want to make the most of myself and take good care of myself….. so what then … do tell I would love to know where I am going wrong….
I look forward to reading that ebook Mon
Thanks for the tip Tina..
Good for you Carly – and as for the sweetener, one thing at a time.
Yes I know Debbie (hangs head in shame)…
That’s it; I’m moving to China
Thanks Suz
Thanks for the inspiration Anon – nice.
Hi Mrs P
Yep, I agree it can be a very frustrating journey – the health / fitness / weight-loss one. I can’t tell you “where you’re going wrong” but there are MANY variables which impact on the kind of results we produce – or don’t produce as the case many be. Many people do “everything right” yet still struggle in the way of results (like you). Age, genetics, training, diet, lifestyle, intensity, program design, exercise variety, health issues, endocrine system, hydration and many more variables play a role in the outcome.
Thanks Craig. I’ll definetely send you a copy !!
( ) ( ) Mon
Hi Craig,
…
I don’t know whether I am a bit out of context or not but here are my two cents…
I always have been that doer , go getter. Motivation , determination , resilience and perseverance have never been my problems.
My problems have ironically been over-attachment / possessiveness to my work and my health…that has left me with little or no social life , no time for my friends , no time for my own self , my hobbies , etc. What it has left me with is loneliness
I am too “afraid” (for want of a better word) to let myself take care of other priorities other than the other two…
I am trying slowly and steadily to move away from being a workaholic to being a more sociable creature…
Cheers!
Hmmm…. Not be a Dr Phil clone ay? Do I really want to be tall, fat and bald? Nope!
Do I also have to take you off your pedestal as well? Okay, if you say so.
How about I just be me? I looooooooooooooooove being just me!
I also love to glean things from what people say. What you say lately is very gleanable and while I don’t get down on bended knee to thank my lucky stars that you have had an impact on my lifestyle I am still mighty thankful.
They can keep Oprah and the doc because Aussies have you. The most worthwhile sentence I’ve read and used in the past ??? years is this one:
“Nothing changes because nothing changes.”
Thanks.
Mmmm circular behaviour, I’ve turned so many times that I am constantly dizzy. And I am the queen of overthinking!
Lately it’s as though you have been following me with a minicam Mr Harper, a little spooky, but the constant slaps in the face are starting to hurt, and I’m taking notice.
Now if I just just stop spinning and start the doing
(( ))
That was a very inspiring read Craig.
I always appreciate reading your material and constantly consciously applying these lessons to my own life.
It can be very difficult to apply a lot of the information we read in this day and age, but once you make the conscious decision to dedicate some time towards the application and perseverance factor of said information, then you benefit from it immensely.
It’s also a good idea to surround yourself with positive people, and I’ve gotta say… I’m still looking. haha.
Trying to do exactly what you said; trying not to be a sheep. I’m surrounded with so many negative and stressed people that every now and again it takes its toll on me to the point where I have to seperate myself and meditate on it, so that I may be the positive person that they’re not and keep striving for my goals proactively.
I’ll end this with a few quotes which I feel are relevant.
“Before victory comes temptation.” (victory being the goal to change and temptation being the lazy desire to stay the same in this case. I don’t mean to spoonfeed but I felt that this one needed some insight)
“Be like water. Powerful. Gentle. Adapting. Ever-changing.” – Bruce Lee
Cheers.
- Burak, A local trainer from Melbourne.
Cheers Mon
Balance is a good thing Spiderman..
You can love me Suu, just don’t idolise me.
Keep being the change in your world 
Hi Claire – yes I’ve been asked about the mini-cam many times. I can actually see you through your computer screen – right now!
Thanks for dropping by and sharing, Burak – nice to meet you
Ooh Craig, well done on the artificial sweeteners, you will adjust, truly!!!
Ooh and won’t Jane be pleased to see it on Saturday morning!!!!
(wonder if she will mention it…sill have to tune in, given she made such a fuss about it a couple of weeks ago)
Thanks Chelle…
Love the article. I think about a friend of mine who told me to stop talking in a circle of conversation and to just do it. At one point in my life I kept saying what I was going to do instead of just doing it. His words dramatically changed my life forever. There are times when I still procrastinate but I’m learning. I’m chasing after my dreams. There’s other things I want to accomplish but I just have to do it. No excuses. My goals are to cut back on sweets and sugar. Also, I want to travel more and increase my income exponentially. I can do it. Thanks Craig.
Hi Again Craig,
Well..touching all my buttons are you? I agree with you I am a procrastinator – a huge one BUT on the other hand I have and continue to live an amazing life. My problem is procrastination to perfection. Procrastination about not ALWAYS doing something, seeing that I have some time or that a lesser priority exists and I waffle it away. I tend to do the things I like, want and am motivated by very well, but lose it when it comes to the everyday mundane. I create definitions to fit me like – discipline is about learning not about doing stuff blindly or following everyone else’s rules which leads me to my second and final point. Procrastination against society may not be a bad thing – I may be seen as someone who doesn’t exactly fit the mold of general society – but I do my own thing and do it well. Of course I could do more but I wonder sometimes whether I am suppose to get nads or just admit the manner of things I see people around me doing and putting up with are just plain stupid.
Get outta my head! Each of your recent articles has been another jab in the side to get off my butt and onto the long road toward fixing stuff. Weight, procrastination, goals, peace; they’re all on the list and make a mighty huge tornado in my brain. I link your articles to a friend (my biggest cheerleader and sayer of truths), so she can point out where I do the ‘coulda shoulda woulda’ stuff. Thanks, and please keep prodding me, despite how uncomfortable I look!
Hi Craig ,
Its such a pleasure to read your articles …i find them very inspiring and always help me as i can relate to what is being said ..the best thing about your writing is they are direct without beating behind the bush …simply love it !!! Are you likely to visit India ? It would be wonderful to listen to you …Cant wait for new articles …
Regards …
Hate to admit it but I am a theory person. Bugger time to change