Brian
00:01
So, like many of you, I am not always the most planful person in the world. And so even when I do sit down and make, have ideas about the way I want my, you know, projects that to advance or my life or my career to advance, I don't always do the step by step or turn by turn directions for how I want that to go or how it's gonna, how I expect it to progress. So what I'm left with in many cases is kind of an evaluation on a, in the moment or in the moment or in the situation, I'm, I'll sit down and I'll think, okay, where am I relative to where I want to be? Am I making progress on an adequate timeline? And what does that look like? And then if, if I'm not progressing the way I want, what are my blockers?
Brian
00:53
What's holding me up? Where can I, where can I remove some of those obstacles? One of the things that comes up when I do those sort of inquiries is just a, kind of a existential impatience. And Freemasonry has a lot to say about this. It it, you know, we talk a lot about patience, as you, you'll hear it out in the, in the world, that patience is a virtue. And there is a, a, a lot to be said for that. There's a lot to be said for everything having a time, everything having its season. In fact, the, the very, you know, core of the heroic legend can be summarized as some impatient people.
Brian
01:45
If, if you wanna reduce it to the absurd. But the, the idea here in general is that every one of the things that you're gonna do, every one of the tasks, every one of the goals you're gonna try and achieve does require incremental steps. And so, along the way it's important to, I think on a, on a daily, weekly, monthly basis to find success and not just describe it in the terms of the outcomes you're trying to create, but in terms of the, the daily experiential things that are going to indicate that you're headed the right path. It's those kind of daily or in situation or in situ check-ins or flags, red flags, rain flags kind of concept that are going to really make the difference for you moving forward. And, and so with that, you know, defining those red flags, green flags, how do I know I'm on the right track? Even if I'm not at the destination, I expect you, you know, a lot of that is, did I put myself in the right place at the right time or did I put myself in
Brian
02:58
The right, right place at all? So a, a buddy of mine are regularly now going to the gym, for example. And the real achievement isn't the number of times we lift weights or the amount of time when the treadmill, the real achievement is getting to the gym. That is the, the green flag for us if we get there. Now, we've never done this, but if we get there and turn around and go home, we're still gonna count that as a win. That's part of how we're gonna track success. And it's having incremental progress towards our goals. Because every time we get there, that's a win. And we do something which is also really nice. So with your goals and objectives, use those concepts as well to find, you know, first and foremost, find patience and compassion for yourself, and then redefine kind of what winning looks like for you on a, on a much more microscopic level. And I think you'll find that gives you a little bit more space to better control your behavior and a little bit more compassion and care for yourself as you're evaluating your progress towards your overall objectives.
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