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October 31, 2007
October 26, 2007
Managing Decisions...
I listened to John Maxwell speak on Saturday and he spoke about the concept of Making and managing decisions. See I had thought about it in the past, wondering why sometimes I would say "I am going to start (whatever new habbit) tomorrow" and then 2 weeks later I had completely forgotten that I even made a decision. Why is it very common to say that we are going to do something and then 3 days later completely stop doing that thing which we want and know to do? The reason is because we refuse to manage the decision daily.
Decision making is an over-rated phenomenon. Every new year, we all make a decision or more either to stop a bad habit or adopt a new behavior... That decision making period lasts a few minutes and includes a 'feel-good' frame that makes us motivated to pursue the positive outcome of the decision we just made. It is only lip service, if you will at this point. The real deal is when we manage the decision day in, day out and go on the journey to bring the outcome to life.
According. to John, you can only manage decisions Daily, wake up in the morning and decide to manage all the decisions you made years, months, weeks or days ago... You only have today to manage it, stop the "O i will do it tomorrow" mentality... Now, once you manage the decision for 30 days straight it starts to become part of how you operate....
Ok this is where ill stop, I'm beginning to feel like Dr Phill on some Pschologyical shiznit...
Have a Great Weekend People and Manage those Decisions Daily!
October 23, 2007
October 17, 2007
October 16, 2007
Im just Curious...
What was TI doing with all these guns? Was he getting ready to go to war OR Just Collecting?...Lord Knows...I mean look at these guns:
October 13, 2007
October 11, 2007
Midget Mac
FYI, I don't watch that "I love NewYork" show, but I was flipping through channels the other day and as soon as I got to VH1, I saw Midget-Mac asking "Can I ask you a question Ma'am... Do I look funny?" with a serious look. That there just cracked me up... I searched on Youtube and found this one video of midget mac trying to break a bottle on the head of one of 'Newyork's' love interest... he is better off breaking the bottle on the guy's knee ...Who out there watches this show? Don't Lie!
October 08, 2007
"I want it now..."
Delaying gratification is simple but not easy. All you have to do is wait and be patient until you get what you want. In a more practical way, "do what you need to be doing day and night as you wait to get gratified"
In real life, when an individual wants something, they want it now... We would rather have it now than wait 2 days or even 15 minutes. I was watching a movie, even worse a Nigerian home video the other day, where a female character took a whole 17 minutes to horn for the gate-man (Mr Okon) to open the gate, park her car, walk into the house and climb up the stairs where she caught her husband naked on top of Mr Okon's daughter. The trip from the car to the bedroom too long, it could have been shorter!... In cases like this, if I have control over what I am watching, I will usually fast forward the damn thing to get as close to the punch line as possible. In this type of situation I could care less to delay the gratification of seeing the outcome, 17 minutes is just too damn long.
Going to the university for 4 years straight to earn a college degree is a form of delayed gratification. Not many people go all the way; semester in, semester out sweating it out test by test, project by project until graduation day. The concept is simple though, go to school full time, take 5-7 classes per semester, take about 2-3 classes per summer semester, pass your exams and you may graduate in 3.5 years. However, it takes a lot to do it the way it is stated, it is painful. Those who go through the entire 4 years learn some things and get a reward; a Degree...
I think the thing with Immediate gratification is that it is driven strictly by pleasure, whereas delayed gratification is bitter then sweet, because it takes some time to get the reward and in many cases the reward gained by delaying gratification is usually permanent. The Pleasure gained with immediate gratification is usually only temporary. While delaying gratification, you soak in a lot of knowledge during the process to where it normally stays permanent and makes you a little tougher than you were when you started the process.
That is Marion Jones in the above photo. In no way am I writing here, trying to Judge Marion Jones, if anything I feel sorry for her. None the less, she indulged, like every one of us does occasionally, in hastily gratifying herself in 2000 by using "performance-enhancing drugs" to win all those gold medals she took home in the 2000 Olympics. Again, I feel for her, she did not have to admit to it or did she? And yes I agree, Immediate gratification was not the only factor that caused her the ridicule she is facing, it's probably what started it.
Immediate gratification is not a bad thing. If you ask me, there are many cases where you should gratify yourself immediately. However, there are other scenarios where delaying your gratification may lead to a bigger and more permanent outcome. I guess we will need to use our common sense to determine how quick we want to get gratified... What do you think?