Comments on: NLP and why those ‘Grand New Starts’ so often fizzle out! http://pegasusnlpblog.com/nlp-why-grand-new-starts-fail NLP for people who like to think for themselves! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:12:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Reg http://pegasusnlpblog.com/nlp-why-grand-new-starts-fail/comment-page-1#comment-846 Reg Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:29:44 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/?p=602#comment-846 And why leave it to 10% new every month.... Do it every day and you can be a new person just about every other week :-) And why leave it to 10% new every month…. Do it every day and you can be a new person just about every other week :-)

]]> By: Liam http://pegasusnlpblog.com/nlp-why-grand-new-starts-fail/comment-page-1#comment-845 Liam Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:08:58 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/?p=602#comment-845 Reg Very good article and how apt for this time of year...or even for every Monday morning when you wake up and think "Right, this week it's going to be different. I'll be more productive, decisive,communicative, focussed etc etc....". Bringing a bit of maths to the party , if you could be just 10% different every month, within less that 10 months you have a whole new you! Happy New Year Liam Reg
Very good article and how apt for this time of year…or even for every Monday morning when you wake up and think “Right, this week it’s going to be different. I’ll be more productive, decisive,communicative, focussed etc etc….”.
Bringing a bit of maths to the party , if you could be just 10% different every month, within less that 10 months you have a whole new you!

Happy New Year

Liam

]]> By: Reg http://pegasusnlpblog.com/nlp-why-grand-new-starts-fail/comment-page-1#comment-842 Reg Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:10:44 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/?p=602#comment-842 Hi Jonny: loved your final comment - and I just hope you managed to do it within a hour :-) Do I detect a hint of Kris's 'Slow Burn' approach on how you go anout running?? Hi Jonny: loved your final comment – and I just hope you managed to do it within a hour :-)

Do I detect a hint of Kris’s ‘Slow Burn’ approach on how you go anout running??

]]> By: Jonny http://pegasusnlpblog.com/nlp-why-grand-new-starts-fail/comment-page-1#comment-840 Jonny Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:04:40 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/?p=602#comment-840 thanks for the reminder Reg - 10% stretch applies to so many elements of our life. I have noticed this has previously not been included in my 'give myself a hard time pattern' and quite deliberately by the way! Interesting that when I think of something I want to do / achieve, be it getting fitter, change career, replace an unwanted habit with a new one, and so on..... I tend to want to do it all 'right now', and if I don't do it prefectly, or get immediate results and maybe even trip up every once in a while, well that makes me a failure, lazy, blah, blah, blah. It becomes almost so painfull to to not acheive everything immediately, the tendancy is to 'give up'. Great strategy for 'giving oneself a hardtime! On the other hand, if I take my 'running' it's completely different. when running I tend to break down the distance into smaller chunks, this tends to make the distance far less overwhelming. I also make sure that I check in with my state throughout the run, for example, how is my body functioning? what state of mind am I in? Where am I focused? One of my key factor's throughout the run, is to literally 'enjoy the journey' By doing this I usually achieve the objective of completing the full distance. It's also great fun if, once I set out on a new run, I decided to just turn around and return home, or walk the rest, or do whatever I choose to do at that point of time to support myself. Interestingly when I changed my objective from running to beat a certain time, to actually relaxing and enjoying the run, I actually ended up improving on my original time, without trying too. Ok thats me, I'm off for a run, and if I don't do it within one hour, it will ruin the rest of my day, and that will mean I am not a runner, and ........... :-) thanks for the reminder Reg – 10% stretch applies to so many elements of our life. I have noticed this has previously not been included in my ‘give myself a hard time pattern’ and quite deliberately by the way!

Interesting that when I think of something I want to do / achieve, be it getting fitter, change career, replace an unwanted habit with a new one, and so on….. I tend to want to do it all ‘right now’, and if I don’t do it prefectly, or get immediate results and maybe even trip up every once in a while, well that makes me a failure, lazy, blah, blah, blah.

It becomes almost so painfull to to not acheive everything immediately, the tendancy is to ‘give up’. Great strategy for ‘giving oneself a hardtime!

On the other hand, if I take my ‘running’ it’s completely different. when running I tend to break down the distance into smaller chunks, this tends to make the distance far less overwhelming. I also make sure that I check in with my state throughout the run, for example, how is my body functioning? what state of mind am I in? Where am I focused?

One of my key factor’s throughout the run, is to literally ‘enjoy the journey’ By doing this I usually achieve the objective of completing the full distance. It’s also great fun if, once I set out on a new run, I decided to just turn around and return home, or walk the rest, or do whatever I choose to do at that point of time to support myself. Interestingly when I changed my objective from running to beat a certain time, to actually relaxing and enjoying the run, I actually ended up improving on my original time, without trying too.

Ok thats me, I’m off for a run, and if I don’t do it within one hour, it will ruin the rest of my day, and that will mean I am not a runner, and ……….. :-)

]]> By: Irene http://pegasusnlpblog.com/nlp-why-grand-new-starts-fail/comment-page-1#comment-838 Irene Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:10:15 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/?p=602#comment-838 Hi Reg. This article states what we know intuitively, and gives a solution. Great stuff. I have shared it on facebook. Hi Reg. This article states what we know intuitively, and gives a solution. Great stuff. I have shared it on facebook.

]]> By: nlp courses http://pegasusnlpblog.com/nlp-why-grand-new-starts-fail/comment-page-1#comment-836 nlp courses Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:30:06 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/?p=602#comment-836 Cheers Reg, I've just tweeted the link to the CSP model article. Cheers Reg, I’ve just tweeted the link to the CSP model article.

]]> By: Reg http://pegasusnlpblog.com/nlp-why-grand-new-starts-fail/comment-page-1#comment-835 Reg Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:28:08 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/?p=602#comment-835 The Comfort Stretch Panic model certainly has many applications and is a useful way of gauging the degree of 'challange' in any situation. (Following your comment I've added a second link to the end of the article. This is a link to a more comprehensive article on the CSP model.) The Comfort Stretch Panic model certainly has many applications and is a useful way of gauging the degree of ‘challange’ in any situation.

(Following your comment I’ve added a second link to the end of the article. This is a link to a more comprehensive article on the CSP model.)

]]> By: nlp courses http://pegasusnlpblog.com/nlp-why-grand-new-starts-fail/comment-page-1#comment-833 nlp courses Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:56:04 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/?p=602#comment-833 Great newsletter Reg, we've all heard of being in or out of the comfort zone but adding the stretch and panic zones is a new and very useful sub-division to me. Great newsletter Reg, we’ve all heard of being in or out of the comfort zone but adding the stretch and panic zones is a new and very useful sub-division to me.

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