On development

Such a great phrasing. This is true for habits that we build, skills that we want to acquire, work that we learn,...

 

“When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice that it is small, but we do not criticize it as “rootless and stemless.” We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment required of a seed.

When it first shoots up out of the earth, we don't condemn it as immature and underdeveloped; nor do we criticize the buds for not being open when they appear. We stand in wonder at the process taking place and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development.

The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change; yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.”

—Timothy Gallwey [1]

Arnold Schwarzeneggert - Growth Mindset - Use your time - Have a vision and do it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWJVvNptHZ4

Incredible!

• If you don't have a vision you just stumble around and never end up anywhere
• You know how great it felt to know where you are going
• 74% of people hate their job
• How come you work out 5-6 hours a day - how come you are smiling? Others work the same but they always look sour. I knew why I did it. Every rep took me one stop closer to my vision. I couldn't wait for the next rep, posing, Situp, workout
• It was because I had a goal

• Visualizing a goal and going after it makes it fun
• You've got to have a purpose no matter what you do in life
• You've got to have a purpose

• Rule no 1:
• Have a vision
• Don't listen to the nay-sayers
• People say: "Thats impossible", "It cant be done"
• If people said: "No", I heard "Yes". If they say "Its impossible" I heard "it is possible",
• Nelson Mandela: "Everything is always impossible until someone does it"

• Rule no 3:
• Work your ass off
• It drives me crazy if people say they don't have enough time
• You sleep 6 hours a day, leaves you 18 hours a day
• But: I sleep 8 hours a day. - Well: Sleep faster!
• You see how much time there is available. If you organize your day!

• There was not a single minute that I wasted
• Mohammed Ali: How many situps do you do? I dont start counting before it hurts
• "Work like hell and advertise"
• Go to bed, early rise, you work your ass off - and then you let the world know about your work

• I hate Plan B
• We have so many doughters, the no-sayers
• When you start daughting yourself that dangerous
• "I have a falldown plan - my plan B"
• But this thought takes energy from Plan A
• We function better when we have no safety net - then people perform better
• That is what a Plan B is
• You are cutting yourself of from success when you take energy off Plan A
• Plan B shows you are afraid of failing
• But dont be
• Everyone fails
• From failure you learn
• Winners will fail and get up, fail and get up, fail and get up
• We all fail. Don't be afraid of failure. You get frozen, you don't relax

Be yourself - stop comparing to others

https://fs.blog/2019/06/comparing-yourself-others/

• There is one thing that you’re better at than other people: being you. This is the only game you can really win.
• When you start with this mindset the world starts to look better again. No longer are you focused on where you stand relative to others. Instead, your focus and energy is placed on what you’re capable of now and how you can improve yourself.
• Life becomes about being a better version of yourself. And when that happens, your effort and energy go toward upgrading your personal operating system every day, not worrying about what your coworkers are doing. You become happier, free from the shackles of false comparisons and focused on the present moment.
• When you stop comparing between people and focus internally, you start being better at what really matters: being you. It’s simple but not easy.