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My quiet Saturday night reflection:<br />
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I tend to compare myself to my peers...I am still working at a normal 9-5 job and sometimes I get caught up in the "competition" at work. Sometimes I am tempted to get an MBA, etc.<br />
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Besides hitting your business out of the park, what is the best way to deprogram yourself from the slow lane?
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I had a lot of deprogramming to do also. In hindsight, here are some things I would want to know/employ:<br />
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1. Realize deprogramming will take some time. In my case a few years.<br />
2. Question everything. Why do I make certain decisions: By observing what others do or what I really "want" to do.<br />
3. Realize the "Jones's" argument is BS and flawed. Math will dictate that is impossibly to keep up with "all the Jonses's of the world".<br />
4. Take a serious look into methods to start changing your thought process. The ones that worked for me were: NLP, selected business coaching, this forum, selected TFF events.<br />
5. Stop taking advice/listening to people that fully subscribe to the dogma you wish to escape.<br />
6. Kill the TV/news etc. subscriptions.<br />
7. Meditate<br />
8. Get rid of physical stuff you don't really want or need.<br />
9. Pick one physical thing that you like (that other's don't) and make it a badge. Everybody hates my truck, but I don't care because it represents something to <b>me</b>. It's my representation of freedom. Freedom from loans, caring what others think, whether or not it is locked, etc.<br />
10. Research the Golden Handcuff Theory. Look around your office and see it in full force. Decide if you want that or not.<br />
11. Stop agreeing with everything. Start using the word "no" when you need to.<br />
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Hopefully this list will get you thinking. It's up to you to decide what mindset is optimal to get you where you want to go. Good Luck either way!</div>
