On July 19, 2012 I declared, my life is balanced and it’s time to mess all that up to live a bigger dream. What the hell was I thinking?
Now 3 months into David Delp’s Kicking Ass Plan for the Year I’m feeling the gravity of my decisions and confronting the ramifications of the rigid rules I set for myself. It’s all laid out here in this video which, while rather long, is dense with revelations, the dirty details, the ingenius methods, and that dangling-over-the-abyss thing.
Have a look.
Let me know what you think.
Thank you.
Enjoy.
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When I posted this video, I got some excellent feedback and made a few changes. I shortened it by 30% and added notes to point out some of the attention management tools I’m using in my process. It’s fine if you don’t watch the whole 13-minute video, but please comment on the tools I present.
Here they are:
Stop Sucking and Kick Ass. This is a new tool I’m taking the year to test. This video series reveals the methods of my big experiment. In a nutshell, identify all the roles you will Stop playing, the roles at which you need to Stop Sucking so you can Stop Sweating them, all so you can focus on one role at which you will Kick Ass. I haven’t kicked ass yet, but I’ve cleared the path as well as I can.
Falsifiable Hypotheses. I haven’t written about this tool yet, and I’m still learning how to use it. The notion is simple. Create a short term testable statement that can be proven false. For example, the assertion that “all swans are white” is falsifiable. For me it was, “All my home improvement projects will be finished in two weeks.” Falsifiable, if not the most useful. Like I said, I’m still learning.
Rigid Rules. Somewhat related to falsifiable hypotheses, rigid rules provide explicit moments where your attention can be focused on what you want in your life. I write about The Great Thing about Rigid Rules.
Put Wings on Your Desires. As a way of capturing the scope of a goal, the motivation, and the fast path to making progress, this is one of Pilot Fire’s best tools. You can get it here.
Board of Advisors. Simple enough. Ask or hire a group of people to hold you accountable to your goals. I’m always learning how to work with these honest, smart, and loving colleagues who are helping me.
Let me know in the comments. Are these attention management tools useful to you?