by Rick Baker
On Jul 15, 2020
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
There's an interesting relationship between goals and problems:
- if we focus on problems, we can bet side-tracked and stall out before we achieve goals
- if we focus on goals, we build momentum and confidence...and do a better job tackling problems
When we think beyond problems - when we desire success and focus thought on goals - we have an easier time handling problems.
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Problems are inevitable, goals are not.
by Rick Baker
On Jul 5, 2020
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Some say, "Forget your mistakes". That's not good advice.
- Our brains are powerful machines, designed to remember, not to forget. Why waste brain-energy fighting the natural flow?
- Invest brain-energy learning from mistakes and then celebrate that learning.
by Rick Baker
On Jun 16, 2020
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Self-confidence is built, over time, as stressful thoughts and situations are faced and dealt with.
'Stressors' bring learning experiences that test self-confidence. The capacity to handle situations expands with experience. As increasingly-stressful learning experiences are handled, self-confidence grows.
Without successful handling of stressors self-confidence has no chance to grow.
[Avoidance may provide relief but it works against self-confidence.]
[Unsuccessful efforts at handling stressors may injure self-confidence...but, only if you let it...failures provide the opportunity to figure out 'better ways'...sooner or later 'better ways' lead to successful outcomes and then self-confidence grows.]