If you've been
following this blog (which would be quite miraculous - judging by the
stats), you'll realize that I have been struggling for years to
understand how to make myself an effective human being. And I
have been failing miserably.
***And in bed by 10pm everyday.
****Except if you're on vacation or out-and-about (i.e. visiting family).
**** Especially: '... never fear work ever again ...' and '... never fear time again...'
(“…just as darkness is nothing but the absence of light, so fear is nothing but the absence of love.”)
Arguably, the title
should ask "Are you an Effective Team?" but that sounds
like a line from the movie Oblivion. Really, as individuals, we are
still a team, a team of heart and mind. To be an effective human
being, you need to be an effective team with heart and mind working
together to successfully achieve shared goals. It is all too easy to
give into the hearts desires.
Maybe, this way of
framing things -
It would be good
if ...
-
is the answer. It's not telling you to do something, it's just gently
suggesting "it would be good if". Framing things
this way perhaps finally will allow me to be an effective human
being.
My examples:
It
would be good if ...
... I was an
effective human being!
... I enjoy a simple life: sleep, fitness,
work*, read**
and repeat!
*Work
work and personal work.
**Read/study (acquire
knowledge/learn).
... I wake
up at 4am every day to do my fitness***!
***And in bed by 10pm everyday.
... I (only) drink
water in between meals!
... I only spend
money on Mondays and
Thursdays****!
****Except if you're on vacation or out-and-about (i.e. visiting family).
It
would be good if I never ... ever again!
... indulge
in frivolous thoughts ...
... (frivolously) use the internet ...
... (frivolously)
fondle a mobile device ...
... (frivolously) watch
television ...
... procrastinate
...
... fritter money away
...
... have a loan/debt
...
... sell a car ...
... get stressed about
anything ...
... worry about
anything ...
... fear anything ... *****
**** Especially: '... never fear work ever again ...' and '... never fear time again...'
(“…just as darkness is nothing but the absence of light, so fear is nothing but the absence of love.”)
... doubt my work ...
Image: Are you an
effective human being?
