Day: May 18, 2021

It is with excruciating pain if you ever have a back pain like sciatica or scoliosis.  Back pain is one of the worst pain of all.  At one point I had to crawl because every movement hurts. 

My first experience was when I turned 40 year old.  Certainly 40 year of age hit me with a back pain that lasted for a month.  It became an unproductive month.  Your physical ability become restricted and hindered you from being active. 

The second back pain happened most recently and it was the worst of all.  I barely could walk or stand straight.  I had to crawl to the car to go see the chiropractor.  Fortunately he was able to re-adjust my herniated disc.  No pain medication was needed.  After a few days I’m functioned normally. However, my scoliosis back is still not straight yet.

The experience with back pain is temporary.  Whereas the experience of not doing what we wish in life results in more pain, a lifetime of regrets. Imagine a month wasted, half a year or even a year wasted without taking action or implementing on the things we want to do.

And let’s be honest. We operate the same way with our business.  We treat it blindly until something happened. Only when business hurts then we’re motivated to set plan. 

In my line of business with CRE, many brokers treat it like a hobby.  We don’t have a plan or keep record of our numbers.  We don’t know our expenses and potential income.  We don’t know what’s working and what doesn’t.  We move forward blindly. 

The cause of one issue can easily cured.  The cause of not putting plans into action is a life long issue.  We need to fix that mentality. Take action now.

Life goes on with or without us.

Cohort is like a companion, a supporter or a group.

I first learned the about cohort from the book by Seth Godin called The Practice.  It’s especially good for those who desire to deliver the work.  It makes you grounded in your thoughts to create the change you seek to make, then practice and finally ship the work.

Now I parttake in a cohort group through Ship 30 for 30.  It is effective to share and engage your works to the community of cohorts. 

What I discovered amid an incredibly difficult time is that we become more refined, recognizing our capability to define what needs to remove, delegate and improve upon.

My work allows me to work independently.  Boredom easily becomes the enemy.  Lack of interaction and collaboration slip my foundation. To improve my foundation I need to renovate it. Connection with cohorts encourages engagement, support and growth.

• Cohorts raise the bar and they provide a strong foundation for what’s next. 
• Cohorts are the sphere of influence that are worth to connect and engage with. 
• Cohorts are the ones we can learn from and they can help level us up.

Have you taken on a difficult mission? With cohorts’ support we can create possibility:

• bounce ideas off of each other
• challenge each other
• improve each other works
• make change possible

Increase your motivation bandwidth by participating with a cohort community.

The world is noisy. Noises that serve as distraction. What keeps us steady and focus while everything spins around us?
The basis of all distractions are social media, TV, our phone and an abundance of applications, the news outlets, pleasing others and allowing others’ opinions to affect our own inner voice.

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Have the courage to follow your own heart and intuition.” – Steve Jobs

Some experts and influential leaders remove noises with the following:

• Put away their phone in a different room before sleep.
• Turn off the wifi while working or doing creative activities
• Turn negative feedback into opportunity
• Surround with people successful than them

Some of these strategies are temporary.  We often get loss crawling back to our normal self.  We talk ourselves into by making up excuses.

The brain without stimulation our thinking become limited. Our trajectory becomes less important. Life becomes complacent, without attainment. A decade easily passed by without our permission.

How would we solve this destructive problem?

Demand more of ourselves. We’re capable of more than we know. Give us the abundance mindset. Focus on the process to reach attainment.

Work on the simple tasks first. Phone stalled away until morning. Wifi off during creative works. Make no exception.

Work on the best version of ourselves. Deliver what we promise. To remove some of the noises, demand more of ourselves.