I had mentioned a breakthrough. Details? As said earlier, I need to be bolder about my goals. A little arrogance, a little intuitive, non-rational self-assurance, would be good. At least I should not be modest with myself. And if the future proves me wrong, well, then I am wrong and I can learn from my mistakes. But I see that it is important for me to dare to be wrong.
How does all that translate? This is the current version of the Grandmaster’s List.
1. Get promoted (Feb 2007).
2. Provide high-quality learning experiences for the kids (throughout 2006).
3. Investment portfolio to hit $200,000 (end 2006).
4. Write 6 great new poems by 31 Dec 2006.
5. Cultivate a regular and deep meditation practice.
6. Constantly improve DB.
7. Manage time very, very well.Â
8. Happy Home Project
I’ll assume that I will be promoted in Feb 2007. Thus I don’t need to focus on this anymore. That frees me to think what else I can do, to build a more successful and fulfilling career.
I’ll assume that my investments will hit $200,000 by end 2006 – it really IS on track and I shouldn’t be surprised if it happens. I don’t have to waste time & energy fretting about this goal. I free myself to think about other ways to make money or to utilise it more efficiently.
I’ll assume that I will win GPA once again, in 2007. That I already can do it, with poems I already have. That frees me to think about what I would want to do with my poetry, after winning GPA next year. And why I shouldn’t do it now.
I’ll take it as a given that I am outstanding in TM. In fact, it’s true. Once I geared myself to look at it that way, I realised that my biggest current issue at work is not TM, but the fact that the work doesn’t interest & motivate me sufficiently. That’s another kind of problem and I have to find a way to tackle it.
I’ll assume that my kids ARE very smart already, and actually, yes, that is a very justifiable assumption to make. That frees me to look at my parenting behaviour in a new way, and I see that maybe it’s time for me to think not just about substantive teaching of things like language, music and numbers; but also other things like values, morals, self-care and good behaviour.
What then would the Grandmaster’s List become? Â
November 30, 2006 at 8:53 am
[...] I will give you another chronologically documented example of LOA at work. This year I had been working towards getting a promotion. My company announces promotions every February, so basically I have been working towards a promotion in Feb 07. Well, I got tired. Because I felt that there is only so much I can do, towards getting my own promotion. Many other factors are outside my control – eg my boss’s opinion, the number of promotions available, the performance of my other colleagues who also want the promotion. So for certain reasons, I just decided to PRETEND to myself that promotion was inevitable. I would just ASSUME that it would happen. I just wanted to take some self-imposed pressure off myself. What I didn’t know then is that this is a powerful IM technique – just ACT as if the thing had already happened, and it probably will. Anyway, on August 28th, I wrote this on my blog: More on the Breakthrough « Little Strategies "I’ll assume that I will be promoted in Feb 2007. Thus I don’t need to focus on this anymore." Thus I accidentally stumbled onto another key point in IM – detachment. That comes from the part where I wrote: "I don’t need to focus on this anymore." Suddenly a series of events is activated. A few days later, in early September, headhunters start calling me about interesting job opportunities elsewhere. One thing leads to another, and my bosses become aware of this. They get quite worried. By 3rd week of Sep, I get to write this on my blog: Acting Like Godot: 2007 Career Goals "Market demand for professionals like me is currently very high. I get interesting, unsolicited phone calls from headhunters quite frequently. The latest two calls are indeed compelling. Word has gotten round, and in order to retain me, my own management has been promising me substantial salary upgrades early next year." And guess what happens next? By 7 October 2007, there are further developments. I get an immediate salary increase – even though my company never increases anyone’s salary at this time of the year. I get to write this: Acting Like Godot: Money "They had promised a promotion in Feb 2007. Yesterday – surprise, surprise – they pulled a rabbit out of their magic hat. I got an 80% salary increase, effective this month. 82% to be exact." This is the biggest salary increase of my life. __________________ Acting Like Godot – My personal blog here. [...]