As I move forward in my endeavor of capturing my journey as ‘The Emerging Man’ and a writer, I have encountered a tendency or two of mine that maybe you share or have shared in your personal journey, maybe writing your first book, starting a business or just trying to get the lawn mowed, lets see.
I was listening to a gentleman the other day after following him on twitter. His bait enticed me to swim over and take a look, it was a promise to disclose three business lessons he learned from a man he met who was a centenarian, don’t worry I had to look it up, it is a person who is a hundred or more years old, and still alive, that’s key.
The interview was a eyeopener for the interviewer and after years of success he was going to share the centenarians wisdom that had stuck with him and the wisdom was written on a single piece of yellow legal paper.
The interviewer mentioned ‘inertia’ as a roadblock to 95% of people becoming successful, as he defines it. He mentioned the Space Shuttle and how much fuel it takes to break free from it’s comfy spot on the couch, oh wait that’s me, to break free from the earths surface. It uses almost all the fuel just in the takeoff.
The other comment he made, “small starts and fits and different attempts that always stop short”, sounds like the cars I work on. His point was to the fact that the initial thrust of a true change in ones life is the most costly in energy and requires real commitment of resources and a vision to stick with it. He then explained that even though there is an initial heavy expenditure in changing your mind, you expend even more every time you start and stop because during the first start if you keep going you get to take advantage later of momentum and the fact it takes less and less energy to keep going once moving.
I agree with all that and now because of his words I have a picture I can look at, or better yet, an operators manual, that lets me see myself and how I’m operating. No, I didn’t take the whole bait, almost all those guys use the the same bait presentation online, I’m just not a big enough fish to hang myself on their hook at $2,000.00 a pop.
A question asked in the bible is, “Who are you?”
I have been getting to know myself on this journey. Most recently the fact that I haven’t been capitalizing on my writing momentum. I have been working in ‘starts and fits’ to a certain degree.
I rather like the picture of turning a rudder of a ship, small rudder, small expenditure of energy, you don’t see the change right away, but eventually, no matter how big the boat or the couch is.
Here are two changes I’ve implemented in my life to work toward ‘being’ The Emerging Man.
Writing, of course. I have two books out and a third at the editors. When I handed off the third one though, I sat and waited, for what I don’t know, I know the process and it dawned on me today my editor is probably waiting for me, to send an electronic copy we discussed  a week or so ago. But the thing was I didn’t get started on my fourth book right away. I don’t know why.
And exercise. I have taken up boxing last month in order to have focus and purpose for my work outs and diet plan.
And I have learned a new quote from a dog trainer recently and she says, “it works with dogs and life in general.” I have found that to be true.
I will be trying to live this one out this year in 2018, even though January and February have been full of fits, starts and what seem like Queen Mary turns.
And I quote:
“Here is my rule of thumb: Go as fast as you can, but as slow as you need to.” ~ Robin MacFarlane
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