Monthly Archives: April 2014

Bit of a chocka Easter this year and as the subject line states it was all about cars, kids, colds and chocolate.

Cars. The bad weather appeared to follow us around this weekend with a torrential downpour making one session very interesting. Water was pouring through the vents and in the partially opened windows. We had wanted to see what driving in the wet was like and we really found out. Slow. Well slow-ish.

Kids and colds. They really don’t go together well. I think I’ve seen more snot this weekend than the rest of my life put together. Where does it all come from?

Chocolate. I didn’t overindulge this year. Although there is still time 🙂

Control. This MondayMotivator has probably read like a diary entry so far. It certainly felt like it as I was writing it. Then I realised the common thread was control. For the car in the wet it’s all about control of your right foot and your head otherwise you will quickly depart the track like some did.

For kids it’s where the snot is being wiped too and hoping it doesn’t get you in the process.

Chocolate. Obvious really. Over overindulging will make you feel yuck.

Control is the one thing you have complete dominion over. Controlling how you think, feel and act is within your grasp. I struggle with that sometimes and the results can be ugly if I lose it. Getting older means I have time to practice. One day I might have complete control over myself. I’m just wondering if that will be a bit boring though. Maybe a thought for next week.

Recently I was having a conversation with my dad about balancing motors. It’s something you can easily do to a motor that will allow the motor to go better, give you better response from all speeds, more horsepower and it will be less likely to break. Bonus.

Having better balance though flows to all areas of your life. For example having both legs function the same means you walk straight, which puts less pressure on your back, which means your muscles are working properly and less likely to tighten and break. This happened to me a few months ago when I pulled a ligament in my foot which caused me to limp which started to create havoc. Not good.

How do you create balance? First you have to decide where you want to have balance. There is no point trying to balance everything all at once because it won’t work. In a motor you start with the crankshaft. Then move on to the things that connect to that.

So you work out where you want it and work backwards to the beginning point. For example you want balance at work. You might start at how you get ready for work, mindset. Or if that’s going a bit far how you get to work. How far away is it? How long do you spend in traffic. What can you do to minimise the time you’re in traffic?

To get balance you need to start at the beginning. Always.

Want to get balance in your week? Today is a great day to start.

Glenn

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How often do you consciously do good? … Think about it for a minute. …

Donating to a cause, or a traffic light window washer, doesn’t count. The answer is probably never. You never consciously do good because it’s ingrained in most of us to help others and be socially good.

The purposeful practice of doing good is hard. You have to be very aware of what you are doing and being “in the moment” is not as easy as it sounds. The reason is that our brain likes to create habits that then run automatically in the background freeing your brain to just get on with things. Driving becomes like this and leads us to falsely believe we can text whilst driving. However your attention has completely left the room and you really are a danger.

Some simple examples of being good; letting someone into a queue of traffic, listening to someone elses opinion and taking it seriously, being honest and kind at the same time, smiling, saying hello to a stranger who you make eye contact with, walking with your head up.

You might not consider these being “good” but in my opinion they will make a difference to how the world sees you and how you see the world. Practising being good means that instead of running on autopilot you will notice when you are good. Try it, it will make a big difference to your day.

On a bigger scale imagine if countries could practice doing good. Eventually it would become a habit. And then leading by example they would inspire other countries to do good.