Originally Posted by Orecle  Your problem is a popular one,that I have not heard addressed by a speaker. The problem you have is the same Tony Robbins had. Personal development is mostly advice based, rather than systematic. This is what drew Tony to Nlp. It is more system based than the other speakers who just give you advice like set your goals, manage your time, think positive, but no specific system with which to apply it with
Think of any education system. From kindergarten all the way to college, your learning is systematic, syllabus is clear and at the end of your course, you know what you can do with what you have learnt. By the end, you should be able to apply what you have learnt.
The problem with advice base programs, is its left open to the confidence and trust of the listener. With specific systems, you know what to do in specific situations.
Martial arts, McDonalds, Starbucks, all the successful people, companies are very systematic in the way, they do things. When i do X, I get X,...so I will do X
You have probably heard Robert Kayosaki say "If you can make a better burger than McDonalds, why are they more successful". The answer is McDs are extremely sytematic in what they do.
The strength of a system is demonstrated by how weak the individuals using it can be, and still get excellent results inspite of themselves. A system is based on very specific actions that get very specific results. If you have worked in McDs, you will know, all the cooking is done on timers, every thing is planned in a manual. From the cow all the way to the cooked burger, is planned and systematised, to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. A really mediocre manager can run a shift and still not muck up. This is the power of a really good system.
Now, compare that to a normal family run restaurant. When a good manager is on, every thing is ok. When a mediocre one, who has no system is on shift, the restaurant falls apart.
A good system is about action and not philosophy. Do this, get that. You dont have to understannd a system to work it and get good results. The problem with self help is its very easy to learn alot and do nothing.
Alot of people are not aware of this, Napoleon HIll, the father of personal dev was almost broke before he retired. While he had alot of philosophy, he never devised a system to turn his system into mega bucks.......even though he wrote 'THINK AND GROW RICH', unlike his student W.Clement stone who took Napoleon Hills advice and turned it into mega riches. This is what Tony did as well, he took all he had learned and turned it into a system making himself the most popular motivator ever.
My advice
take all you have learnt and craft out aspecific actionable system in which you can turn all that philosophy into specific actions you can do and get results.
1. get a blank piece of paper
2. Write out from memory as much philosophy as you can remember
3. Take your goals and figure out how to turn all that philosophy into specific actionable steps with which to acheive your goals, and with which you can guarantee yourself specific results every time you take these actions |