Why My Brother's Friend Brice Is "Destined" For Success
My brother Austin has a severely overweight friend Brice.
People who don't know him well might think him crude in some ways
and might wonder about what personal flaw has him be about 300
pounds.
However, if they understood that he has somehow discovered some
keys to living successfully and creatively they might think
otherwise.
You see Brice has a clear goal, a highly detailed target in his
life that he is aiming for.
He's going to a mechanic's school to learn to work on oil rigs.
He likes working with machines.
And he also wants to travel the world.
He's already learned important details about how oil rig
mechanics are paid, the companies he could work for and where he
could work and live.
As a result, he's highly motivated in his studies and everyone
wants to join his lab because he knows exactly what he's doing.
When we talked today he shared with me that there are less
motivated students that join his group and make simple errors.
One student frequently fell asleep in classes and often answered
his cell phone during labs.
After making another simple error Brice asked him, "Why are you
even here?"
This student replied "I just didn't want to go into the military,
and didn't want to go to junior college so this was the only
option."
So why will this kid fail?
Because he knows what he doesn't want and why.
He has no clue about what he really wants and why.
If he had answered, "I want the satisfaction of helping people
fix their cars" or like Brice "I want to travel the world while
fixing oil rigs" he'd be a much better student and a much happier
person.
As it is now he is like a ship's captain that doesn't really care
about getting to his destination.
Every little distraction like a cell phone during lab, or TV show
at night can distract him from getting to port.
And if he does get to port his ship will be all the worse for
wear.
This is why it's so important to have a long range target that
you care about and that you visit this target daily in what Dr.
Maltz calls the "Theater of Your Mind."
You should also have at least one daily goal you care about as
well to focus your efforts in the here and now.
Well, it's Saturday now and I'm going to work on the goal of
making my niece happy on her birthday. :)
My brother Austin has a severely overweight friend Brice.
People who don't know him well might think him crude in some ways
and might wonder about what personal flaw has him be about 300
pounds.
However, if they understood that he has somehow discovered some
keys to living successfully and creatively they might think
otherwise.
You see Brice has a clear goal, a highly detailed target in his
life that he is aiming for.
He's going to a mechanic's school to learn to work on oil rigs.
He likes working with machines.
And he also wants to travel the world.
He's already learned important details about how oil rig
mechanics are paid, the companies he could work for and where he
could work and live.
As a result, he's highly motivated in his studies and everyone
wants to join his lab because he knows exactly what he's doing.
When we talked today he shared with me that there are less
motivated students that join his group and make simple errors.
One student frequently fell asleep in classes and often answered
his cell phone during labs.
After making another simple error Brice asked him, "Why are you
even here?"
This student replied "I just didn't want to go into the military,
and didn't want to go to junior college so this was the only
option."
So why will this kid fail?
Because he knows what he doesn't want and why.
He has no clue about what he really wants and why.
If he had answered, "I want the satisfaction of helping people
fix their cars" or like Brice "I want to travel the world while
fixing oil rigs" he'd be a much better student and a much happier
person.
As it is now he is like a ship's captain that doesn't really care
about getting to his destination.
Every little distraction like a cell phone during lab, or TV show
at night can distract him from getting to port.
And if he does get to port his ship will be all the worse for
wear.
This is why it's so important to have a long range target that
you care about and that you visit this target daily in what Dr.
Maltz calls the "Theater of Your Mind."
You should also have at least one daily goal you care about as
well to focus your efforts in the here and now.
Well, it's Saturday now and I'm going to work on the goal of
making my niece happy on her birthday. :)
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