| We notice that something is not quite right in our | | | | done. |
| world. There is an instrument playing out of tune | | | | 2. We describe the specific behavior we want |
| way far in the back of our marching band, or the | | | | corrected and the specific action we want taken. |
| engine seems to be making a funny noise, or the | | | | And we do the behavior and take the action |
| fridge doesn't seem to be as cool. It even | | | | required. By doing this one step, your life can |
| happens in our relationships as our spouse averts | | | | become a powerful event in others lives. Your |
| eye contact at the dinner table and our children | | | | existence is marked by others and remembered. |
| don't come when called in. | | | | What would you like for them remember about |
| Every one of these and many other scenarios | | | | you? And by asking other people to be specific in |
| cry for attention everyday and yet, we pay | | | | behavior and action, we influence their lives and |
| them no attention at all. We rationalize it to | | | | our own in a positive manner which in turn, cause |
| ourselves with the crazy notion that if "I ignore it | | | | mountains to be moved. Most people lead lives of |
| for a little while, it just might get better." | | | | generalities. Generally speaking, we all get along. |
| Ever wonder why things "just don't get better?" | | | | Specifically speaking, we can decide our own |
| Have you been searching a way to start living | | | | course of action and influence others as well. |
| your life? " | | | | 3. We become consistent. We do what we need |
| There are 4 steps we can use to change the | | | | to get done, and we do it when it is needed. Until |
| "ignore it and it'll go away" syndrome. | | | | the task is done. The very action of placing one |
| It starts with following an easily implemented | | | | foot in front of another sends a message to |
| system to stop the procrastination, end the | | | | ourselves and the world that we will continue until |
| stagnation and start the embarkation. It is the | | | | it is over. We don't worry about the "what ifs", |
| beginning of a new life filled with accomplishment, | | | | we concentrate on the "what is." |
| pride and satisfaction for time spent of this earth | | | | 4. We seek the next challenge. We are not |
| as well lived. | | | | complacent with ourselves. We become |
| Here are the four steps to the process. | | | | questioners, interrogators if you will, of everything. |
| 1. We intervene early. That means when we | | | | We have a natural curiosity and a developed |
| notice something going on, we call attention to it. | | | | desire to find the next challenge, dare, question |
| We "get after it." We don't wait until it gets | | | | which we use to discover a new path to take. |
| better. By calling attention to those things that | | | | Achievements are merely a rest stop. We take a |
| require our intervention, we can begin to take | | | | breath, congratulate ourselves on a job well done, |
| action. We don't need to live our life by waiting | | | | and take another step. It is this constant human |
| for things to get quiet on their own. We need to | | | | motion, the result of developed desire and the |
| live our life by taking action. It was meant to be | | | | right challenges that our lives become worth living. |
| lived that way. That's why we keep getting these | | | | You can use these steps to change your life. I |
| "action items" tossed to us by life to work out. | | | | can take no credit for their invention, although I |
| Intervening early is the ultimate security for | | | | can take credit for introducing them to you, if |
| ourselves. It tells us and the world that we do | | | | you have not read them somewhere before. |
| what needs to be done when it needs to be | | | | |