#Things to consider
- The present is where you shape yourself into a better person.
- Remember that it’s inertia that keeps you from going from one state to another. It’s hard getting from where you are to where you want to go. It’s hard getting out of bed in the morning.
- What do you need to create, preserve, eliminate and accept?
- Am I willing, at this time, to make the investment required to make a positive difference on this topic?
- Changing your behavior is the best way of changing the people around you.
- The environment profoundly influences your behavior.
- Separate your planner self from your doer self. We’re inferior doers and superior planners. A coach reminds the fragile doer what he’s supposed to do.
- There’s a difference between understanding and doing. Whenever you are listening to someone at a conference and nod your head in agreement, then you get back home and continue in your old ruts.
- Daily Questions is structure for your behavioral change.
- Adapting Daily Questions into Hourly Questions creates a powerful structure for locating ourselves in the moment.
#Your structure provides your discipline
A structure’s major contribution to any change process is that it limits our options so we’re not thrown off by distractions. Imposing structure on our day is how we seize control over our unruly environment. Provide yourself with enough structure and you won’t need discipline. Your structure provides it for you.