Friday Question & Framework: July 7, 2023

Hello and welcome to the Curiosity Chronicle Friday edition. In three minutes, I will give you one question and one framework to leave you thinking heading into the weekend. Without further ado, let's dive right in A Question to Assess Daily Actions if I repeated this day for 100 days, would my life be better or worse? If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. Lao Tzu we live our lives zoomed way way in. If you don't take time to zoom out, this perspective makes it difficult to assess the quality of your daily actions and whether you are on the right course on a regular basis. Zoom out by asking yourself this question. If I repeated this day for 100 days, would my life be better or worse? Be honest. How would your actions from a typical day compound in your life? Would they be driving you forward in the direction of your goals and vision, or would they be veering you off course? Remember, a 1 degree error in heading means a plane will miss its destination by one mile for every 60 miles flown. Small errors in heading are amplified by distance and time. Course correct early and often A Framework to fight inaction the five Second Rule We've all been there, stuck in an endless cycle of overthinking and procrastination, unable to take action. These moments of self doubt and hesitation are common, but if we don't address them, they hold us back from reaching our full potential. Author Mel Robbins developed a simple technique called the five second Rule that can help you overcome these barriers and take immediate action. The concept is this. When you have an impulse to act on something that aligns with your goals, Count down from 5 to 1 and take immediate action. 5 4, 3, 21 ACT the logic and science is that when you give yourself too much time to think and evaluate a situation, your natural wiring to protect yourself against discomfort slowly seeps into your decision making. The five second rule acts as a forced override of that wiring. A simple application that has really worked for me. Getting up when my alarm goes off in the morning, I do the countdown and get my feet on the floor. When I get to one, it removes the thinking and mental gymnastics. I'm tired. I could probably use the recovery that otherwise come into play the next time you're struggling to get moving. Give the five second rule a shot. It's simple and it works.