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110 - Delay
Full transcript here đź‘‹ Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen.
The word for today is delay. Usually delays bring to mind getting bumped to the next flight or sitting in traffic when you’re already running late. Delays can make you feel insane, but they can be flipped with a judo move into an advantage. Zig Ziglar was famous for finding new ways of looking at old problems. Whenever his flight got delayed, he used the time as an opportunity to work on his current project. The magic of delays can do even more than provide time. It takes some practice, but you can gain power over your motivation and willpower by delaying gratification. Now, I realize that once you hear that phrase, you might be picturing all manner of Puritanical and/or perverted situations. Hear me out. Two of my favorite websites are ArsTechnica and TheVerge. I haven’t visited those sites in a few days, because I don’t allow myself to type them into the address bar until I have edited and posted two podcast episodes. At the moment, I don’t even have recordings that I can edit, so I’m going to use delayed gratification to catapult my willpower to record. What’s one thing you can make yourself wait to enjoy?
Today’s concrete challenge is to write down one activity that you can make yourself wait to enjoy. Use this strategy to make yourself wash dishes, finish your homework, or whatever else you have a hard time doing.
If you want to commit, say the following phrase: “I will write down a delayed gratification and what I’ll use it to do.”
I’ll keep the music playing while you get it done, and don’t miss the soundtrack at the end of this episode.
Before you go, repeat the following soundtrack, “I am the kind of person who delays gratification.”
Let me know if this made a difference in your day by leaving a comment in your podcast app or at concrete.win/today.
Check back tomorrow for a new challenge. Until then.
References:
Zig Ziglar
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/today/donations
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Full transcript here đź‘‹ Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen.
The word for today is delay. Usually delays bring to mind getting bumped to the next flight or sitting in traffic when you’re already running late. Delays can make you feel insane, but they can be flipped with a judo move into an advantage. Zig Ziglar was famous for finding new ways of looking at old problems. Whenever his flight got delayed, he used the time as an opportunity to work on his current project. The magic of delays can do even more than provide time. It takes some practice, but you can gain power over your motivation and willpower by delaying gratification. Now, I realize that once you hear that phrase, you might be picturing all manner of Puritanical and/or perverted situations. Hear me out. Two of my favorite websites are ArsTechnica and TheVerge. I haven’t visited those sites in a few days, because I don’t allow myself to type them into the address bar until I have edited and posted two podcast episodes. At the moment, I don’t even have recordings that I can edit, so I’m going to use delayed gratification to catapult my willpower to record. What’s one thing you can make yourself wait to enjoy?
Today’s concrete challenge is to write down one activity that you can make yourself wait to enjoy. Use this strategy to make yourself wash dishes, finish your homework, or whatever else you have a hard time doing.
If you want to commit, say the following phrase: “I will write down a delayed gratification and what I’ll use it to do.”
I’ll keep the music playing while you get it done, and don’t miss the soundtrack at the end of this episode.
Before you go, repeat the following soundtrack, “I am the kind of person who delays gratification.”
Let me know if this made a difference in your day by leaving a comment in your podcast app or at concrete.win/today.
Check back tomorrow for a new challenge. Until then.
References:
Zig Ziglar
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/today/donations