Monday, March 17, 2008

One baby step at a time

Some of you may be very excited to change your behaviors immediately. You looked at the areas that you needed to improve. You listed down all the things that you must do differently. You set high targets. You started to implement them all at one go. You got tired. Frustrated, you dumped them all. That is the typical cycle when you start your change in a big way.

Alternatively, you may change a little bit at a time. For example, rise in the morning 5 minutes earlier. Do this consistently. Once it has become a habit, you realize that you have achieved change. You have won. You find that you can change, and you are motivated to do better. So you begin to set a higher target; rise another 5 minutes earlier. Do this consistently ... and the loop continues.

The most important thing about change is to start small and be consistent.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Seeing opportunities in problems or difficulties

The recent Soaring the Eagle program started from Sunday 9 March and ended Friday 13 March. Sameer informed me that the bus which had been scheduled to pick up students at 6pm Friday showed up at Casa Rachado only at 9pm. Students finally arrived UTP 3am Saturday. Anyway, I am glad that you guys got back safely.

I hope you saw those extra 3 hours at Casa Rachado Resort as an opportunity and made good use of the full "extra" 3 hours.

How did you use the time?