Suggestion on how to improve personal effectiveness

[pdnewbie]

Hello. I've been doing martial arts on the side in order to improve my fitness. It seems they have different grades for people so that they have an idea how good they are at that particular style. I wonder if it was possible to do the same sort of thing for PD. I mean I would like to be a black belt in success, who wouldn't? But getting there requires the hard work through all the challenges ahead. I hope there is a way of mapping the journey to healthy human development, and at least identifying 'grades of success'.

Would any of you like to share a snippet of your journey to success? You can write about whatever you like. Some ideas include writing about your challenges, how you overcame them, and how you knew when you ascended to the next level of awareness/success. What was/were the lesson(s) you learned, or the skill(s) you had mastered to make your transition to the next level.

[lifeinoleg]

Figure out what you want to do. Set up a program for yourself. Follow it, journaling your progress as you reach your goals. This way you know you are doing what you need to be doing and by setting intermediary goals you have the "grades of success" you are looking for.

One example of this is in my blog below. That is a running program I began a few weeks ago.

Another example is what I call my ERR (Early Riser Regimen) Program, which was directly inspired by Steve Pavlina's article on becoming an early riser. To explain simply, I set a big-picture goal of becoming an early riser. Then I asked what does that mean. To me, it means waking up at 6:00AM every morning. These were the most important points I defined. Following those, I asked myself how. Here is the way I'm doing it:

I started at a comfortable time for me, 7:45AM. Then I would go down ten minutes whenever I'm comfortable with the previous time, most of the time that is roughly a week, but it's been more and less. I started in February, I am on the path to achieving my goal by late May/early June 2007. The journaling helps me stay on focus, evaluate problems and solve them (I'm a young guy, so I go out late relatively often, late nights are an example of a big issue.). It also allows me to chronicle the grades of success and gives me a record of my results. I also like to write the things I've gained from the ERR Program because it reinforces my positive attitude towards the project and allows me to reflect.

Those are two examples of journeys I am currently on and feel like I have achieved something in.

Success, however, for me is achieving and maintaining the end-goals of these projects, the mini-goals are stepping stones in the road. I am happy about them, but not too happy.

Let me know what you decide to take on and the methods of your success.

[Shamou]

Originally Posted by pdnewbie
I mean I would like to be a black belt in success,

The very first thing that you have to do is to define exactly what success is for you… it mean different things to different people… and, unless you know exactly what it is… you cannot strive toward it…

My definition of success is, “feeling good for the right reasons…” That is mine… define yours… and, don’t forget that “success” is about feelings… and not just about material acquisition… though it does not preclude those physical acquisition…

and once you have done that… proceed with the following formulae:

“The Ultimate Success Formula”
1) Decide what you want,
2) Take action,
3) Notice what’s working or not, and
4) Change your approach until you achieve what you want.

Good luck to you... and keep us posted on your successes...

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[GeorgeJ72]

Ah, another Tony Robbins fan eh

I say start small. Set small goals. Build your confidence and see that you can acheive them and go up little by little.