The A in ABC coaching is Acceptance.
The C is Choice.
I’m going to double down on a few concepts this quarter.
Colin’s Defeating the Average is a program that seeks to create a community of people who embrace a challenge. Through various mediums, like his daily emails, podcasts and videos, Colin seeks to inspire people into taking that first step towards self-improvement. Personally, I find that his daily emails help me create space to reflect and learn. Two key ingredients that are critical to defeating the average pattern of thinking we can get into easily. By reflecting on 1 thing daily I can bring that fresh mindset to the work I do or how I communicate with my family. Colin has really made it easy for me to take that step forward, not once but daily.”
~Ursula Llabres
Global Head Enterprise Executive Briefing Program | Workplace | Facebook
The A in ABC coaching is Acceptance.
The C is Choice.
I’m going to double down on a few concepts this quarter.
“To love someone is to learn the song in their heart and sing it to them when they have forgot” – Arne Garborg (Norwegian Writer)
Control what you can control
I’m tripling down on this theme in anxious times. It’s something I struggle with daily!
There is so much angst, anxiety, and frustration in our world and news cycle. It can get overwhelming.
My goal is to be in bed by 930pm each night for a good night of sleep. I was doom scrolling till 11 pm the other night and finally realized my thirst for information was counterproductive!
When I do it right what has been helpful?
Technology is wonderful and related to social consumption it’s working against us. You need to be focused and disciplined on how to overcome.
Defeating Average in controlling what you can control.
Colin
Are you anxious?? I am. Lots of uncertainty right now.
It’s easy to get caught up doom scrolling and sidetracked on things you can’t control.
What can we do?
Accept, Adjust and Adapt
Accept what is.
Naming your emotions, writing down what you need to accept to get through this tough time period will help get it out of your brain.
Adjust.
The same pre covid pre-political angst methods may no longer work. Change your routines and habits.
Journaling I want doing prior to this, now I do every day.
Adapt.
The new virtual world requires different skills. Have you modified your approach?
My two examples.
I get outside three times a day no matter what and measure myself to it with a yes or no in my journal.
I added in 5-15 minutes of work to family time clearing mediation to reboot for the evening. That could also be a walk or a stretch, anything to clear the mind.
Defeating Average in the new virtual decade.
Colin
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
– Joseph Campbell
Questions that help me find this essence.
What would you do if you didn’t compare yourself to anyone else?
What advice would your 20 years in the future self give you about your choices this year?
What brings me energy? What brings me life?
I hope these help you as you navigate your GPS to the life that is waiting for you.
Defeating Average.
Colin
The turn of the calendar like a season in a year has natural energy change. This year feels like an aberration but it’s still there.
Get laser-focused on what you want and what you can control.
3 W’s
What, Why, Who
What
What do you want?
What do you really want?
Spend some time thinking and journaling on this daily.
Why
Why do you want it? What will keep you going when obstacles rear their ugly head?
Jot down a number of your why’s.
Who
Who can help you?
No one achieves anything alone. It takes an army.
Who are you going to enroll to help you? What’s in it for them?
Who are:
To Defeating Average Together.
Colin