Have you ever wanted to make a change in your life for the better, but you just couldn’t “Get To It! Now!” and launch already? Yeah, me, too.
Sometimes it takes me forever to overcome my status quo and get motivated to do something. And then, when I finally get proactive, I get bogged down in a perceptive paralysis of analysis. And then, when I finally get past the “who, what, when, where, and why,” of the issue, I crash and burn again on the “how” part by overplanning and overpreparing, because I want things as practically perfect as I can make them from the get-go. Often, it’s just difficult for me to get gone from the “Let’s” part of an idea to the “launch” part of that idea.
So let’s see if we can just pick something to change and quickly use these five R’s of GRRRRReatness! to shortcut the whole process and just scream, “Let’s Launch, Already!” and be Great! All the time!
Result. Forget all about perceiving in immaculate detail. Write one sentence of less than ten words filling in the who, what, when blanks (not necessarily in that order, however) answering this question: What is the result you want to launch? The format is “By [a definitive date deadline], I will [whatever result you want to launch].”
Example: Let’s suppose you want to rightsize your body. Your result might be: “By December 1, 2016, I will weigh 155 pounds instead of 170.”
Relevance. Write one sentence of less than ten words answering: Why is making this change relevant to you? The format is, “Because, I [don’t] want [why].”
Example: Maybe you want to rightsize your body because you or your parent have had a personal health scare, such as a recent heart attack, and you’ve just gotten yourself to the doctor and been diagnosed with diabetes type II. So you might write the ultimate relevance, “Because I don’t want to die anytime soon.”
Risk. Write a short list of no more than three things using no more than five words for each thing that answers the question: What are the risks of not making this change? Make a list of the short term and/or long term negative effects of not making this change.
Example: I might develop insulin dependence. I could lose my feet. I could go blind.
Rewards. Write a short list of no more than three things using no more than five words for each thing that answers the question: What are the rewards for making this change? Make a list of the short term and/or long term Great! effects of making this change. These may include being healthier, saving money, setting a good example, or having better self-esteem.
Example: Saving money by eating less. People will like me more. I can walk a marathon.
Roadblocks. Write a short list of no more than three things using no more than five words for each thing that answers the question: What are the roadblocks to making this change? Then, write beside each one, no more than five words each describing the best ways to bulldoze these barriers.
Example: If you’re worried about not planning your eating or not eating your plan, you might write these roadblocks: 1. Peer pressure to eat out. 2. Being bored or hungry a lot. 3. Being left alone. For which you might write these bulldozers. 1. Learn rightsized dining habits. 2. Eat various volumetric foods. 3. Socialize doing non-eating things.
Ripcord. Having done the first four R’s, you’ve done the abbreviated proaction, perception, planning, and preparation of the P10 Principle. Now that you know what you want to do when and a good deal about how, just pull the ripcord, launch this change, Get To It! Now!, and jump into P10’s practice phase. We’ll tweak it on the fly in P10’s persistence phase and promote your practically perfect performance of the changed life you want to own.
[reminder]What’s the fastest you’ve ever gone from having an idea to do something Great! and gotten it done?[/reminder]
In the meantime, your GOTTABGATT! so go out there today and be GRRRRReat! All the time!
