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117 - Consequence
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 consequence. I’m afraid that I’ve trained my kids to believe that all consequences are negative, but a consequence is just an outcome. This story is about a negative consequence. [sad trumpet] We recently received a letter from our local water company saying that our house was leaking. I was nervous that one of the PEX joints from my bathroom renovation was spraying water under our house, but I found no swimming pool in our crawlspace. It turned out that I had set the fill level of an old toilet too high, and it was constantly leaking water into the tank’s drain. Not a huge deal. I adjusted it back, and the water company reimbursed us for the charges. About a month after that, we got another letter saying that we were leaking again. That same old toilet had its flush mechanism stuck open because I had used a zip tie to make it work. The water company wasn’t as convinced this time that we had fixed the leak, so it seems like they’re not going to reimburse the charges, plus I had to pay for a new tank kit that I probably should have bought before adjusting the fill level way back at the beginning of this story. The moral is: Consequences follow you. Do it right the first time, and you’ll hopefully stay on their good side.
Today’s concrete challenge is to use a full measure, even when you’re tempted to do it halfway. I don’t recommend the approach taken in Breaking Bad, but I agree with the intent. Think through your to-do’s and pinpoint one that you want to do all the way, just for the practice.
If you want to commit, say the following phrase: “I will write down a task that I will see all the way through today.”
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 does it right the first time.”
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:
"Wah Wah.wav" by GeraRamirez
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 consequence. I’m afraid that I’ve trained my kids to believe that all consequences are negative, but a consequence is just an outcome. This story is about a negative consequence. [sad trumpet] We recently received a letter from our local water company saying that our house was leaking. I was nervous that one of the PEX joints from my bathroom renovation was spraying water under our house, but I found no swimming pool in our crawlspace. It turned out that I had set the fill level of an old toilet too high, and it was constantly leaking water into the tank’s drain. Not a huge deal. I adjusted it back, and the water company reimbursed us for the charges. About a month after that, we got another letter saying that we were leaking again. That same old toilet had its flush mechanism stuck open because I had used a zip tie to make it work. The water company wasn’t as convinced this time that we had fixed the leak, so it seems like they’re not going to reimburse the charges, plus I had to pay for a new tank kit that I probably should have bought before adjusting the fill level way back at the beginning of this story. The moral is: Consequences follow you. Do it right the first time, and you’ll hopefully stay on their good side.
Today’s concrete challenge is to use a full measure, even when you’re tempted to do it halfway. I don’t recommend the approach taken in Breaking Bad, but I agree with the intent. Think through your to-do’s and pinpoint one that you want to do all the way, just for the practice.
If you want to commit, say the following phrase: “I will write down a task that I will see all the way through today.”
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 does it right the first time.”
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:
"Wah Wah.wav" by GeraRamirez
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/today/donations