Prime Life = Prime Results

From Good Intentions to Real Results

Good results and productivity are not an outcome of randomness or a product of coincidences. It is a result of decisions! Good results do rarely show up simply by working hard, although it is a good and necessary ingredient. Results will get better if and when we do something smarter, not harder. The question is; are we really getting forward with our lives or just running on our places. Running on a treadmill will certainly increase our condition but the scenery is definitely not changing.

 

Every now and then it is wise to stop and think about how we could obtain new, fresh results. Along with that we will gain greater peace of mind and harmony. This is true whether it is a question about weight loss, relationships, sales outcome or implementation of a strategy. Below I present some profound insights that I promise will be useful for reaching Your personal or Your company´s targets faster and better.

 

1.    Start every day prepared and use Your time wisely. If You aim to have the ability of making quality decisions during Your life, time management has a crucial role in it. Especially how You start every day is pivotal. Time is perhaps the scarcest resource we humans have been given. If we choose to prepare each day thoroughly it is more likely that the satisfaction level by end of the day is greater (people who interact with You might feel the same J). Someone has said, that “If you desire for a successful life, don´t start any day before finishing it first in your imaginary mind, don´t start any week, month or year before walking it though in your mind first”. I therefore dare to suggest that You use at least 30 minutes every morning to read, write, meditate or to go through Your targets. If mornings for some reason are hard for You, You can do the preparation on the evening before. The main thing is to be prepared! Life will bring You enough surprises anyway regardless Your preparation, so providing the brain with as few surprises as possible gives your brain the most energy.

 

2.    Choose Your company carefully. ”Wrong people will destroy good habits”, my father always teached me when I was a child. If You tell me what kind of people You will be spending Your time with in the coming years, I can pretty much tell the outcome of Your life. It is a bold statement, I know, but it is so true, isn´t it? Are Your standards rising within Your present interactions? Do the people that You surround yourself with help You solve Your problems or making the situation worse. Do your closest mates encourage You to personal growth and reaching out for victories, or do they make You want to quit? Sometimes it is important to make an inventory of all the people that influences You, and make a priority list about those ones that You would like to influence You, and finally focus on interacting with those mentioned last.

Research shows that when we have 3-5 very good friends, with whom we can share our innermost worries and dreams, it has a significant positive effect on our health as well as working culture. We are not on this earth to be left alone, but to function within teams. Only when we ourselves first achieve balance in our inner lives, we can provide help and support to our fellow beings.

 

3.    Take 100% responsibility of Your life. “Don´t complain, don´t explain, don´t blame”, are very good lines to keep in mind. Too often we tend to blame something or somebody else for our negative feelings, instead of feeling accountable ourselves. People who take their responsibility are kept healthier both mentally and physically, than those who choose to obtain their negative feelings. If something has to change, it is up to You to change. When we take 100% responsibility of our own choices, feelings and actions, we can also enjoy our achievements with a sense of greater fulfillment. If there is an obstacle in front of You, it is up to You to deal with it. Only You. You are in charge of Your life.  

 

4.    Always start with the most demanding issues. Digging into difficult situations and issues releases a huge amount of energy in Your brain. Procrastination is a result of allowing negative feelings to pop up into one’s mind, and the best way to get rid of it is to start doing the seemingly difficult thing despite of the initial feelings. When we start to act, there will be a positive domino-effect; soon You realize that when the difficult task is done, the other issues are done by almost no effort at all. Your standards will eventually rise and Your ability to cope with more difficult situations will increase. Don´t therefore let any excuses hinder You from dealing with challenging situations.

 

5.    Focus on strengthening those areas that already are strong. We all have our own birth given talents. The more familiar we get with our strengths, the more they will show in our behavior. The latest brain science clarifies, that the smartest way to raise our standards is to focus on strengthening the existing strengths. By doing that, our weaknesses get less attention and space. We sometimes speak loosely about “unlearning” from a habit, but for our brains unlearning is practically impossible. Instead, when we intentionally start acting differently, we can “learn” to forget old habits. New results require new brain maps (neuronal networks), and the fastest way to establish new networks is done by focusing on our strengths. It is a scientific fact that those synapses (connections between brain-neurons) that are talent-based are the fastest building blocks to new habits.

 

6.    Live at Your fullest every day. “Make everyday Your masterpiece”, said famous Coach Wooden. If You fail, forgive yourself, get up quickly and focus on the target again. When You experience success, enjoy form the bottom of Your heart and tell Your friends and workmates about it. Nothing feels as good as when You achieve Your goals. If You fail too often, lower Your targets temporarily. If you succeed always, it would be good to eventually set higher goals. Embrace an attitude of allowing yourself to feel basically satisfied in all circumstances. It will help You to let go of difficult experiences in the past as well as reach out for greater heights in the future. Be merciful firstly to yourself and through that also to those who yet have not reached Your level, or those who perhaps have let You down.   

 

All this could also have been said with two simple words: Live Well!

  

Lasse Wendelin