Designing your own Scarecrow:  In the past, we’ve discussed doing at least 1 scary thing a week to grow and develop.   (Read full article of “How to do things that scare you” here)

Now that the fall is here – so is harvest time.  So — what types of tools have you been using to scare away those pesky voices, events, and even friends that tend to distract and sabotage your success?

While talking about the dilemma “is your glass have full or have empty”  I often reply “It’s irrelevant because there’s free refills”  Someone once asked a discussion group question – “What do you do is someone else smashes your half-full glass?”   Some folks said , “Just get a bigger glass”.  Some folks answered, “Get a bigger glass and stay away from those people in the future”.

One big mistake we all make is to assume that ‘someone else’ is smashing your glass.  No one can smash your glass, except you.  No one can affect you if you don’t allow them to.   It’s that old question “If a tree falls in the woods and there is no one to hear it, does it make a sound.” People can say anything they want (negative or positive).    If you are not listening to them, then you are not affected.  Therefore, the only reason someone can upset you is because you (for some reason) are believing what they are saying.  So – it really does come back to – it’s not what they are saying that hurts you.  It’s what you think about what they are saying that is hurting you.  Therefore, if you change how you think about what they are saying – you can turn this event into a positive (regardless of their initial intentions).

So — this is where Your Scarecrow comes into being.

We sometimes allow others (voices, events, and even well-meaning ‘framily’ (friends and family) to derail us from our personal and professional goals.   What have you put in place to keep you are target?  What type of Scarecrows have you put in place to divert and attract others away from negative influences.  And what type of Scarecrows have you put in place to help you focus on the goal at hand?

What would you like to use to help switch your mindset on some things.

A Scarecrow can be several different things:

1) A vision board of where you want to be, do or have

2) Picture of your best friend for continued encouragement

3) A pact to text a friend each time you completed a work-out or tedious task

4) A rigid routine or schedule to help keep you on track and active

5) Motivational audios or videos

6) Journalling

7) Daily phone call to a trusted friend

8) Use of a timer to limit breaks, computer window browsing, or get us back on track

9) Blocking time on the calendar for our imperatives (like family, friend, healthy lifestyle, etc).

10) Lining up accountability partners and reasonable forcing functions to help us succeed – as in a Mastermind or Synergy group.

If can be anything.   If you haven’t lined up your Scarecrows, do it today.

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