One of the reasons that change is avoided at a personal level is the time and commitment it requires to make the painstaking effort to actually implement a consistent set of actions to create the new habit's that create the change that we desire! Then comes along a book that shatters the current thinking on change. It changes the change thinking! For that reason alone, as practitioners, we should respect the idea's of Professor Richard Wiseman in his new book ':59 Seconds'. And for that reason I am going to profile the work in this book because it just makes plain sense and exposes some of the myths about change at a personal level that we all know is a little suspect. It's a just do it book with some amusing and very practical advice on rapid change at a personal level that is the foundation for organisational change.
So why :59 Seconds? Because rather than spend hours and hours of intellectual discourse on the nature of behaviour and the theory of evolution, Richard just gets to it in 59 seconds of advice.
:59 seconds of advice #1.
Every Monday write down 3 things that you are grateful for.
Every Tuesday think of a terrific time in your life and write it down.
Every Wednesday spend some time picturing your perfect life.
Every Thursday write a note to anyone in your life who is important to you. (note you don't have to send it, just write it)
Every Friday review the situation and make a note of all the things that went well.
Yeah..I know, seen this a million times before in the self help books. Ever tried it? Well, get the book and read pages 7 through to 38 on happiness and there are some great stories on the scientific reasons for doing this.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment