Have you had 'Shiny Objects' Syndrome?
I'm typing by 10:25am....quite later than the usual time.
This post will still go out today.
One question, Ami.
Do you usually feel the need to switch up your routine once in a while?
Like spicing things up a little?
I know I do.
Anyways, another book got my attention yesterday.
It's called "Be Obsessed Or Be Average" by Grant Cardone.
Yeah! That guy!
Do you know who he is?
He's a successful billionaire...that's what I know.
I watch his videos on Instagram.... don't know if I'm following him tho 🤔
Well, I started reading it (or glancing through the chapters...) and it's a good one.
Being obsessed, acknowledging that you're obsessed and channeling that obsession into something life-changing.
The Ebook version is kinda like a hundred pages or so.
In contrast with the one I'm reading, "Awaken The Giant Within" by Anthony Robbins, which is over 400 pages.
(I still read it yesterday...)
I'm thinking of.....
Maybe switching to Grant Cardone's book?
Is it because the chapters are less?
Honestly, yes!
But I think I'm just have a case of 'Shiny Objects Syndrome'?
Do you know it, Ami?
It's when you're engaged in something and something else comes along.
Something else that seems faster, easier and better.
Then you switch to that 'something else' and leave the one you were already making progress on.
Did I define it well?
If I didn't, you can let me know by commenting.
(There are no restrictions on the comments and you can be anonymous).
Moving on, my notes for today.....
Still on the second chapter of the book, which is divided into sections.
The quote that started the section I read goes like this:
"I know it no more encouraging fact than the unquestionability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavour" by Henry David Thoreau.
In this section, Tony talked about the 'Niagara Syndrome'.
He believes that life is like a river, and that most people jump on the river of life without ever really deciding where they want to end up.
They 'go with the flow' until they realize that they're few meters away from Niagara falls.
They start to paddle, but it's too late. They take a fall. It could be a financial, emotional or spiritual fall.
I think this is absolutely true. The analogy of the river sums it up perfectly.
I'm going to quote from the book now. It's a long one.
"Although you may never have thought about it, your brain has already constructed an internal system for making decisions.
This system acts like an invisible force, directing all of your thoughts, actions and feelings, both good and bad, every moment that you live.
It controls how you evaluate everything in life and is largely driven by your subconscious mind".
I find this part very interesting.
I had to read it three times to really understand it.
Then I started to think about the way I make my own decisions.
This book is so thought-provoking.
I quote again (from the book):
"This system is comprised of of 5 components:
1. Your core beliefs and unconscious rules
2. Your life values
3. Your references
4. The habitual questions that you ask yourself
5. The emotional states you experience in each moment.
By changing one of these 5 elements, whether it's a core belief or rule, a value, a reference, a question or an emotional state, you can immediately produce a powerful and measurable change in your life".
This one made me think as well.
And these are the main highlights of the section I read.
You know what, Ami?
I'm going to continue with this one.
"Awaken The Giant Within" by Anthony Robbins.
I can read Grant Cardone's book at another point in time.
And who says I can't read two books?
Thanks for reading to the end, Ami 😊
(which means 'friend' in French).
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