I too, have to agree with scumbag.
I have lived both sides of the pd coin-the learning and the doing. I spent tons of time, trying to find the latest and greatest stategy and wrote down tons of goals, analyzed my problems, created solutions, but when it came down to action I put it off, because I thought there must be a better and more cetain way to accomplish my goals.
When I read Steve's article on 30-day goals I said, "Gee, that's easy." All I had to do is say I was going to do something and do it for 30-days and if I don't like it, then I don't have to do it anymore. I picked two things. I decided to get up early and I decided to exercise for 30 minutes every day. There wasn't any emotion involved. The task was there. I set my alarm earlier and I hopped on an exercise bike.
I liken pd to swimming. We all no, the pool is going to be cold. There are those that dip their toes in the pool, pull them out, stick em back in and hope that they will become prepared for the cold. I have watched people at the pool try this for so long that they decide it's not worth the shock of the cold, so they go back to their towels and resign themeselves to sweating in the sun. Maybe, they hope that the water will warm up if they wait long enough, or somebody will come up with a better way to get used to the cold. I don't really know what they are thinking. I have learned that the only way I get used to the water is if I emerse myself completely. I found the easiest way to emerse myself is to just jump in. A moment of shock and then I'm cool and having fun.
Those of you, still looking for that one solution to solve all your pd problems--just pick one today and jump in. Get some success under your belt and then pick another. Before long you'll be so busy doing what you konw you need to do you won't need to figure out what is the best way to go about solving all your problems. |