Private journal to internalize it
Once you find a viewpoint you want to adopt, a great tool to internalize it is a private journal. Whether you write, type, or just talk, the point is to fill your mind with this new perspective.
Strengthen it by stacking up the reasons why you chose it.
“Here’s how this will help me: ____”
“Here’s how this will help others: ____”
Clarify it by defining it so simply that it’s easy to remember.
“Here’s how I’d explain it to a stranger in ten seconds: ____”
Plan it with a specific list of actions.
Picture the changes vividly. Describe your new self-identity and its implications.
Prepare for setbacks. Outsmart your future self that will try to revert to your old mindset. Trick the trickster in advance.
Come back and review your journal often, so you can remind yourself of your decision, reasons, vision, and plan.
Derek, I am sure you likely meant to do this but all 55 pages pages of your upcoming book just showed up on my RSS as links for each mini page. This one being an example of what I see on my end.
I am tickled to read them - a few at a time per day - but just wanted to make sure you intended to release all 55 at once. If so, no need to respond but if it was mistake - hope my heads up helps.
Abrazos and thanks for all of the writing over the years. I've been inspired countless times.
Greg
Yes it was on purpose. Thank you for asking! (If it was a mistake, then comments like yours are often the only way I know I’ve messed up!) — Derek
These are all good things that I will get back to.
Meanwhile, in case someone tries to make an excuse for avoiding journalling by saying, "It's nothing but rubbish and Southern California woo-woo" then my answer is that a sign of the power of writing is that you avoid it.
I have done so, and it not only changed me inside, but it changed my actions, changed what you would objectively see with a movie camera.
I dreamed, then I dared to hope, then I believed.
For me, part of the key was "concerted effort' rather than merely ten seconds in the morning.