The “Giant” is
an event/activity that
we know we MUST perform
frequently, in order to
create our desired future,
yet because we feel uncomfortable
doing it, we constantly
look for reasons to resist
it at that moment in time.
We procrastinate mainly
because we know there
is no immediate reward
for doing it now and there
is no immediate painful
consequence for NOT doing
it now. There’s no instant
gratification and it won’t
hurt if we leave it until
later.
However, every time we
procrastinate, our guilt
over not doing it grows
and we feel even worse.
This in turn decreases
our motivation and drive
to do the other things
we also need to do. It’s
a downward spiral of despair
and discouragement.
“Procrastination is an
invisible disease which
takes a talented individual
with great potential and
turns him/her, slowly,
bit-by-bit, over time,
into a complete and utter
failure.”
So what is the solution?
The solution is the “MCR”
Technique:
1. Develop the right Mindset
2. Create a Consequence
3. Create a Reward
1. Always focus on slaying
your Giant first, as early
as possible in the day,
while you are the strongest.
The longer you leave it
to slay your Giant, the
weaker you are and the
harder it will get.
Repeatedly affirm to yourself
and program your mind
with these words;
“I always do first, that
which creates my future.”
2. You must understand,
deep inside your core,
this absolute fact: You
either choose to SLAY
your Giant or you choose
to SLEEP with your Giant.
It’s YOUR choice.
At the beginning of each
day, your Giant will jump
up and climb on to your
back with his arms around
your neck and his legs
tightly wrapped around
your waist. If you don’t
get him off your back
as quickly as you can,
you will exhaust yourself,
dragging him with you
every where you go.
If you don’t get him off
by bed time, he’ll be
joining you in bed. The
Giant in bed represents
the guilt you will feel
for not doing what you
know you should have done.
He’ll still be on your
back as you get into bed.
As you toss and turn he’s
still there, tossing and
turning with you. Imagine
the kind of sleep you
will get with him there
all night long.
Hopefully, having to sleep
with your Giant is now
a consequence big enough
to motivate you enough
to slay your Giant before
you get to bed!
3. If scheduling to slay
your Giant after dinner
is not working for you,
change it. Set the reward
of, “I’ll only eat after
I slay my Giant.” Now
you have an immediate
reward for slaying your
Giant. Be creative and
come up with your own
personal “reward” solutions.
Article 2: There Is No
Such Thing As Time Management
How often have
you heard the phrases:
“I don’t have time” or
“I have to make time?”…
I know what you’re thinking,
“I just said that today.”
We’ve all heard these
words so often that we
never take the time to
listen to what we’re actually
saying.
We hear and use these
words so frequently that
we never question their
accuracy. Instead we convince
ourselves, without a doubt,
of their truth. I want
to make a point here and
now:
You cannot “make” or “manage”
TIME. You can only create
and manage personal events.
Webster’s dictionary says,
“To manage something is
to ‘handle,’ ‘direct’
or ‘alter’ something for
a purpose.” You cannot
manage time because you
cannot handle, direct
or alter time for any
purpose. You cannot speed
up time and you cannot
slow time down.
You can only control and
manage the events that
you personally carry out
in the time that already
exists.
So, the next time you
hear the words, “Time
Management,” remember,
there is no such thing
as “Time Management.”
“Event Management” is
the only way to successfully
pretend that you are actually
managing time.
By the way, organizing
your daily events in segments
of 15 minutes or less
throughout the whole day
will give you the perception
that you are actually
capturing and slowing
time down.
The “Hidden” Principle
Of Success
It is common knowledge
that there are success
principles that, when
followed diligently, yield
great success in any area
of our lives. So why is
it that so many people
who have achieved obvious
and significant success
in ONE area of their life
lack significant success
in other areas of their
life? If we truly knew
how it was that we became
successful in one particular
area, would we not want
to apply those same principles
to all the other areas
of our life?
We would be right in saying
that if we are significantly
successful in one area
of our life and significantly
NOT successful in other
areas, then we either:
1. Don’t care about being
successful in those other
areas of our life.
2. Have accepted the false
truth that, “In order
to achieve significant
success in any one area
of life, we MUST sacrifice
all other areas of our
life.”
3. Perhaps we don’t really
know exactly how we became
successful in that one
area. There may be other
principles of success
in action behind the scenes,
of which we are simply
not aware, apart from
the obvious ones that
have caused our success
such as passion, determination,
perseverance and focus
of consistent effort.
If we assume that the
real reason is point number
three, what other possible
principles of success
are in action behind the
scenes?...Ones of which
we are not aware of or
that we refuse to pay
attention to.
On a daily basis, there
are two types of “events/activities,”
that we all engage in:
Present-Based events &
Future-Based Events.
Present-Based events allow
us to maintain a certain
level of comfort and happiness
in our life. However,
no matter how much time
and dedication we put
into these events, they
will not cause any SIGNIFICANT
change in our present
life or lifestyle. These
Present-Based events alone
will not create a new
and better future significantly
different from the one
we currently experience.
Future-Based events are
the source of change in
our life and lifestyle;
they create our new and
better future.
If we busy ourselves all
day long with ONLY Present-Based
events, we will be guaranteeing
our future lifestyle to
look exactly like the
one we currently have
in the present.
The key to success lies
in truly understanding
and differentiating between
a Present-Based and a
Future-Based event.
