Jason Womack

3 Ways To Set Better Goals

If there is a secret to setting better goals, when would you want to know? Me...I want to know now! I figure the sooner I know, the more I can do, right?

In my new book (thanks for the gift, Joe Bruzzese - founder of Sprigeo.com), I read a great quote by Abigail Tritton:

"Drive your stake far out in the universe."

Ok, so here are the three things I suggest you do. If you'd like to know more, let me know in the comment section. If 15 of you comment, I will even do a conference call you are all invited to!

1. Understand the "10 meter concept." What and who you let in to that circle will influence what you think you can/should do.

2. Write down - specifically - what you'd like to see get better. Put it on a sticky note, card, white board or (my favorite) bathroom mirror (using a white-board pen!) and at the end of the day ask, "What did I do about that today?" Don't walk away until you think of two things.

3. Ask for help.

Here's wishing you an even better day!

One way to think ... bigger

How quickly does a thought form? Take a look at this book cover, and run this thought experiment:

"If I buy this book, what will I learn about?"

I paused when I saw it.

As I finished a week-long Executive Program at Singularity University this weekend, I'm hyper-aware of the concept of exponential growth. Of course, I was studying it in context of technological advancement.

Of course, I would be interested in the mental side of "input/output." My continual thinking experiment follows this formula:

"If I see ________, I am likely to think about ______."

Then what I can do is go out to the end of the "equation" and fill in that second blank line. That is what I want to think about, so then I just write down some of the things I could look at.

So, what are you going to look for next?

How do YOU store power for tomorrow's use?

I attended a lecture by Gregg Maryniak at Singularity University. He encouraged me to "re-think" energy buildup, storage and use.

So, imagine my surprise when I learned about THIS! (I know, in some ways, I sometimes arrive late to the game. But, I'm here nonetheless!) When I see this diagram, I consider our own human performance, the energy that we "drain" during the day, and then what we can do at the end of the day, at night, and during sleep, to store it up again. Here are 2 things I can recommend out of the gate:

1. At the end of the day, end the day. Actually stop, at SOME point before you go to sleep, and look back on that day. Informal at least, run an assessment asking yourself questions like:
- how did I do today?
- what did I do today?
- who did I spend time with today?
- who helped me today?

2. Futurecast. Here's the question (and you've heard it before) I ask: "What two or three things are the Most Important ones for tomorrow?" This does at least a few things:
- let's me know WHAT I need energy for
- gives me an opportunity to visualize what engagement might look like
- (this happens, from time to time) makes me re-negotiate what I "thought" I would do at night, to get READY for a high performance day tomorrow

5 things - according to my doctor - to do for your health

I'm a bit early for my appointment this afternoon, so when I sat down and saw this flyer on the wall I thought I'd share...

Seems like they are addressing multiple areas of focus, simultaneously:

Psychology

Sociology

Technology

Whenever I think about how the mind works, I think about habits, practices and the things that happen auto-matically. Seems like that first one - for anyone who already smokes - is in the "Zero Sum Game" area of health. Either you do ZERO or you do more than that...

The next one, well, that seems a little more "social." That is, does the store you shop at make it easy/appetizing to buy fruit and veggies? Also, do the people you lunch/dinner/dine with eat this way?

I've always thought (and believed), "Change who I spend time with...change what I do."

That, then, might address the "technology" of it all! Consider this: I follow a few triathletes (and other athletes) on various social media platforms *Twitter and Facebook* and whenever I jump in to their stream (yeah, I made a "list" to follow) I get re-inspired to get some exercise in.

Do share, what do you do to move toward better health?

Who is "right there" for you?`

I'm sitting here at the Ojai Playhouse, up in the projection booth as the A/V support crew for the TEDxOjaiWomen event today. (Please check it out on the web: www.TEDxOjaiWomen.com)

The live speakers are just amazing, you can Google each one and learn so much about them, their journey and their message. The lineup is:

Kira Ryder, "Slip into Something More Comfortable"

Alana Sheeren, "Owning Our Grief"

akka b, "Permission to Play, One Poet's Hike into The Heart Land"

Colleen Wainwright, "Are You Sure It's Impossible?"

Gloria M. Miele, "What I Learned from Being a Girl Scout"

Alison Ivy Seligson, "The Gift of Money Know-How"

Dyana Valentine, "I'm Not Sorry"