The 100 Day Challenge Program - Days LXXX - LXXI - Assembling the troops

The 100 Day Challenge Program
Days 80 - 71

Assembling the troops
Get help if needed

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Are you afraid of moving away from what is dear and a comfort to you? Most people do fear the unknown, after all if is unknown to us, we do not know what to expect of it, or from it. As a result, because we fear the unknown, the tasks that will take us beyond are also difficult.

Seneca perhaps said it best when he told us that "it is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult"

But how does one overcome this fear?

There is but a simple way. Consider enlisting the assistance of others.

Those who have gone before you and cut through to lay the tracks so we may know where to step. To do so would be wise. To not do so would be a folly. And never fear these same people would mock your weakness, because they too had to find strength to move ahead. Did they do it alone? Or did they too seek counsel of those they looked up to? Why then should we feel foolish in asking for assistance when they themselves know the shortcuts?

Would a battle weary soldier fail to alert his general of the road ahead if he had been sent to scout it? Would the general not ask those who he knew had come through those lands to advise him of the terrain and the obstacles to be faced? Or would both ignore the other? If that be the case, then there could only be 1 outcome.


Exercises / Action Activities:
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We can all be forgiven for not knowing the best way forward. We may indeed feel afraid of what is to come and what we will have to go through before we reach our goal. Some may be able to look at fear and use it as a stepping stone to success. Most I feel would be paralyzed and unable to make the leap. But what would happen if there was someone you could talk to, seek advice and assistance from? Would that make it easier for you?

Every one needs help, and those people who say they don’t are usually hiding behind the lies so they can find all sorts of excuses as to why the cannot do something. The richest, most powerful people in the world have armies of advisers to help them. Sports people have coaches and personal trainers to help them improve their game. Why should we be any different?

Believe me when I say, most of the time you will struggle to do everything you need to do by yourself. So enlist the people who can take your dreams forward:

• An author needs an editor and a publisher. Even if you decide to self-publish your work, you still need to get someone else to read it to make sure you haven't written drivel.
• You may need encouragement to reach your new weight - in which case a personal trainer can be invaluable, or a weight loss consultant, a nutritionist, your partner and your kids can all help you to keep to the straight and narrow and encourage you not to buy and eat "bad" things.

Who do you need to enlist to help you move forwards with your goals? Make a commitment to these next 10 days and assemble the group of people you need to help you move forwards...

However, before you go forwards it is always a good idea to:

Review the last 10 days:

"We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered to-day? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift."  Seneca

It is essential to review (go back over) the last 10 days, and if possible the first 20 days of the challenge. Given that we are now 1/5th of the way through the challenge, and with just 80 days left to go, it is a good idea to make sure that what you said you wanted at the beginning is still pulling you in the right direction.

• Have you "fallen" over at any point?
• Do you know why?

If you are procrastinating over these simple daily activities then I believe your overall goal needs some tweaking. Remember your overall goal(s) should be those items / things you said you wanted to have achieved by the close of AD 2010. However, I also know that there will be times when our original "guesstimate" of time may have been wholly incorrect. Now is the time to pull that time line back into line. Never fall into the trap of saying "I'll do that tomorrow" - as you know - that is called procrastinating, and we are not procrastinators anymore, we are challengers, and we are going to succeed.

Remember, the only "rule" of the challenge is to use each single day of the 100 days to focus your attention on what YOU say YOU want and then to ensure you make the time during each day to achieve just that:

• Today I am going to read my book
• Today I am going to write a chapter of my book
• Today I am going to call the small business development corporation about how to set up my small business
• Today I am going to organize my paperwork for the tax man
• Today I am going to run 2 miles
• Today I am going to call my mentor / coach and set up a meeting
• Today I am going to find someone in my network of people who I can talk to about ...
• Today I am going to invest in some personal training to help me get healthy, fit and toned
• Today I am going to ...

What are you going to do today?

My challenge for the last 10 days was to try and put the balance back into the work / life thing, and I do believe I did that. I managed to train well, the food component was good, and I took a day and an evening out of my insane 10 days to spend time with people I have not seen in years. In one case, 8 years. You can imagine the work out the jaw got :-) I'm sure. But the result of the time out meant that I had to be better focused on what was really important. What could I multi-task? What did I not need to do - NOW, or at all for that matter.

I have found that by having the list of challenges means I can make those better decisions. I am not at the whim of everyone else's calendars, I am the mistress of my own.

Elle's 100 day challenges:

• Discarding 100 things in 100 days - there are now 21 items in the gallery http://www.motivateme.info/discarding-100-things/
• There are now quite a few daily posts in the blog - http://www.motivateme.info/100-days-challenge/

Your next 100 day challenge e-mail will be with you in 10 days time, until then my challengers tis time to assemble your troops

Kind Regards

Elle

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