Whether we want to become more focused at work, more lenient with the people around us, or eat healthier – the difficult part of accomplishing our goals is making the hard choices that get us there each day.
Tracking the no-go's is a good idea, but do you find that there it can add 'weight' onto the mind by adding one more thing to track?
I will certainly be giving it a go personally, especially before sharing it with my clients, but I wondered if you had any suggestions based on your own use of the technique?
Hi John. Thanks for sharing, this makes perfect sense.
To your question: The way that I do it is very simple, effortless and playful: I use a physical tally sheet to track "no-go's" - either on a piece of paper or in my journal. Instead of aiming for 21, I go for 3-8 each day. At least in my experience, this doesn't add weight onto my mind. Instead, it helps me make better decisions, thereby reducing the weight I feel throughout the day.
I will try it with the physical tally and make it more game-like. Gamifying is pretty well proven at this point so I am certainly happy to give it a go. I find that I have quite high 'switching costs' between tasks so breaking out to track will be interesting to see if it helps. Thanks for the tip!
Tracking the no-go's is a good idea, but do you find that there it can add 'weight' onto the mind by adding one more thing to track?
I will certainly be giving it a go personally, especially before sharing it with my clients, but I wondered if you had any suggestions based on your own use of the technique?
Hi John. Thanks for sharing, this makes perfect sense.
To your question: The way that I do it is very simple, effortless and playful: I use a physical tally sheet to track "no-go's" - either on a piece of paper or in my journal. Instead of aiming for 21, I go for 3-8 each day. At least in my experience, this doesn't add weight onto my mind. Instead, it helps me make better decisions, thereby reducing the weight I feel throughout the day.
I will try it with the physical tally and make it more game-like. Gamifying is pretty well proven at this point so I am certainly happy to give it a go. I find that I have quite high 'switching costs' between tasks so breaking out to track will be interesting to see if it helps. Thanks for the tip!
Sounds excellent, let me know how it went!