Consistency is the key to achieving and maintaining momentum. (pg 114)
Miss only a couple weeks of anything--workouts at the gym, affectionate gestures toward your spouse, or the phone calls that are a part of your prospecting routine--and you don't just lose the results those two weeks would have produced. (pg 115)
Making the right choice, holding up to right behaviors, practicing perfect habits, staying consistent, and keeping your momentum is easier said than done, especially in the dynamic, constantly changing and always challenging world we share with billions of people. (pg 116)
Summary Action Steps:
1-Build book-end morning and evening routines.
2-Three three areas of life where I am not consistent?
What has this inconsistency cost me?
--Diet, Exercise, Organization
--I am out of shape, my diet is lousy and lack of organization has affected my "back stock", finances, and daily routine.
3- Record 6 key behaviors relevant to my new goals.
The Compound Effect, pgs 118-132
Choices, no matter how insignificant, when compounded, can make an extreme impact on my life.
I am 100% responsible for my life. Everyone is affected by three kinds of influences: input (what you feed your mind), associations (the people who you spend your time with), and environment (surroundings). (pg 119)
I. Input: Garbage In, Garbage Out
To run at peak performance, we have to be vigilant about consuming the highest-quality nutrients and avoiding tempting junk food. (pg 120)
We cannot change our DNA but we can change our behavior. (pg 121)
You get in life what you create in life. (pg 121)
Step 1: Stand Guard
Your friends, family members, and your own negative mental tapes can muck up your life. (pg 123)
No matter how good at avoiding negativity we think we are, and no matter how we train ourselves to be relentlessly positive, when it comes to sensationalism, our basic nature cannot resist. (pg 125)
Step 2: Enroll in Drive-Time U
The time you currently are wasting, could be better used obtaining the equivalent of a Ph.D. in leadership, sales success, wealth building, relationship excellence--or whatever course you choose.
II. Associations: Who's Influencing You?
The people we habitually associate are called your "reference group." We tell the quality of our health, attitude, and income by looking at the people around us. The people with whom we spend our time with, determine what conversations dominate our attention, and to which attitudes and opinions we are regularly exposed. We start to eat what they eat, talk like they talk, read what they read, think like they think, watch what they watch, treat people how they treat them, even dress like they dress. (pg. 127)
What is the combined average income, health, or attitudes of five people I spend most of my time with? (pg 128)
Shift associations into three categories: dissociations, limited associations, and expanded associations. (pg 128)
Dis-Associations:
Make the hard choice to not let certain negative influences affect you anymore. (pg 129)
Determine the quality of life you want to have, and then surround yourself with the people who represent and support that vision. ... Put up boundaries between you and people who drag you down. ... Breaking away will not be easy. (pg 130)
Limited Associations:
The influence of associations is both powerful and subtle. The person you are walking with can determine whether you slow your pace or quicken it, literally and figuratively. ... Identify people who have positive qualities in the areas of life where you want to improve--people with the financial and business success you desire, the parenting skills you want, the relationships you yearn for, the lifestyle you love. (pg 131)
Befriend the person you think is the biggest, baddest, most successful person. (pg 133)
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Association Evaluator:
Name:
MR - 10, 2, 5, 0, 2, 5, 3, 5..... Average 4.97
CW - 6, 9, 8, 7, 9, 8, 8, 9 ..... Average 8
CL - 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 10, 10, 10.... Average 8.75
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