Giving up is required for success and refusing to give up will lead to failure.
WHAT?
The average person in The United States has 62 hours left over in their week after work, sleep, and commute. That is equivalent to 1.5 full time jobs, but you don’t have extra time on your hands do you?
Have you ever considered that as humans, we fill every available moment in life with something? When was the last time you had “nothing” to do. You find something to do even if it is binge watching The Office for the 5th time on Netflix.
Let me ask you this, what was the last thing you tried to start? Did you complete it? I would guess that the last major project you attempted in your personal life ended with little to no change in your life. Why?
Because we are wired to fill every available moment.
The reason you failed is not your fault, it wasn’t that you did something wrong, it was that your schedule was full. It takes mental and physical energy to start, finish, and accomplish a goal. It also takes time. If there is no time available, then no amount of mental and physical energy will accomplish the goal.
When you are ready to start something new you must get rid of something you are already doing.
Why?
Reserves the time to work on the desired change – When you decide to give something up, that time is available to use for the new task.
Creates the mental space for our brain to work on the problem – The mental energy that was being taken up by the previous task is now available for the new task.
Prioritizes the new goal – You let go of something to make room for this goal, therefore, it needs to succeed so you didn’t give up something for nothing.
Repurposes time that is already scheduled – you have a routine and the more you can plug into that routine the higher your chance of success. Instead of fighting your routine use it to push you towards success.
You can hack your motivation in the short term – Giving up something will motivate you to accomplish the new thing and validate it as a good decision. You may be surprised at how much energy you have to act on the new goal.
Plugging in a new goal into old “time space” keeps the familiar routine and allows to make progress on new goals.
When you begin to use this method to purposefully direct your time, you will find greater success in the new things you start.
You can do it, you are worth it. Decide what you want and give something up today!
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