J-WEALTH BOOK CLUB | Eat That Frog! Principles 13, 14 & 15

[Music] welcome to the J well book club and we're continuing to cover the book heat that crowd would grind to Christie 21 principles for success and we're holding the principle number thirteen put the pressure on yourself imagine that you have to leave town for a month and work as if you had to get all your major tasks completed before you left the world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish that could be can you help you become this or that the problem is that no one is coming to the rescue only about two percent of the people can work entirely without supervision we call these people leaders this is the kind of a person that you are meant to be and that you can be if you decide to be such a person see yourself as a role model raise the bar on yourself the standards you set for your own world and behavior should be higher than anyone else to set for you make a game of starting a little earlier work a little harder think a little later always look for ways to go the extra mile to do more than you are paid for if you have to leave time for a month what would you make absolutely sure that you get done before you left whatever your answer is go to work and do that test right now successful people continually put pressure on themselves to perform at high levels unsuccessful people have to be instructed and pressured by others to this to this to this by putting the pressure on yourself you will accomplish more tasks much better and much faster than you ever had before you will become a high performance high achieving personality you will feel terrific about yourself and bit by bit you will build the habit of rapid test that will then go on and serve you for the rest of your lives for all days in your life so it makes sense to do it pays very well dividends and we are now up to number 14 motivate yourself into actions be your own cheerleader look for the good in every situation focus on the solution rather on the problem always be optimistic and constructive to perform at your best you must become your own personal cheerleader you must develop a routine of coaching yourself and encouraging yourself to play at the top of your game most of your emotions positive or negative are determined by how you talk to yourself on a minute-to-minute basis it is not what happened to you but the way that you interpret the things that are happening to you and that is why determines how you feel no matter how you really feel at the moment or what is happening to you in your life resolve to remain cheerful and upbeat as with the Franco wrote in his best-selling book mastered for meaning the last of the human freedom is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances refuse to complain about your problem keep them to yourself a speaker at Foreman says you should never share your problems with others because 80% of the people don't care about them anyway and the other 20% are kind of glad that you got them in the first place when you continually visualize your goals and ideals and talk to yourself in a positive way you feel more focused and energized you feel more confident and creative you experience a greater sense of control and personal power and you can accomplish just about anything [Music] we are now up to principle number 15 and this is a big one technology is a terrible master take back your time from enslaving technological addictions learn to often turn the Rice's off and leave them off the key is to keep your relationship with technology under control when people are too plugged in communications technology quickly becomes a destructive addiction unchain yourself from your computer unscratched from all unwanted emails and newsletters and get off your phone refuse to be a slave claim ownership on yourself don't let technology dictate who you are don't let echnology tell you what you need to do take technology for your benefit not for something that will keep you enslaved and if you do that you're gonna free up so much time and you're gonna become so much better at time management [Music] thank you for watching this segment of the day well buckle up stay tuned for more principles on success of out of the 21 principles with Brian Tracy you