Bryce Peterson Coaching
Barnacles & Adjusting Course
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Weekly Agenda
Learn
- The 50/50 rule
- Fine tuning your ship
- Honoring the Calendar
- Letter to self (seal and set a reminder to read six weeks later)
- Read your sealed letter from Week 1
- Thought download: What barnacles have attached to your ship? What are you going to do to remove them?
- Thought download: What’s been contributing to your progress? Why?
- A Model a day (practice makes progress)
- Discuss your progress, insights, and next steps
Learn: The 50/50 Rule
The Importance of the 50/50 Rule:
The 50/50 Rule is a crucial concept in Undaunted because it reframes our understanding of emotions, particularly negative ones, in the context of growth and progress.
Here's how it breaks down:
By internalizing the 50/50 Rule, we can approach challenges with a more balanced perspective. We can focus on the bigger picture, recognizing that negative emotions are simply part of the journey - a journey towards achieving our desired outcomes.
The 50/50 Rule is a crucial concept in Undaunted because it reframes our understanding of emotions, particularly negative ones, in the context of growth and progress.
Here's how it breaks down:
- Acceptance of Emotional Fluctuation: The rule acknowledges that even the most well-adjusted individuals experience a spectrum of emotions, positive and negative, with roughly equal weight. This normalizes the feeling of negativity and removes the stigma associated with it.
- Destigmatizing Negative Emotions: By understanding that negative emotions are part of our human experience, we have the honor of viewing them not as failures, but as signals. Discomfort, for example, can be a sign of growth as we push beyond our comfort zones. Remember, our lower brain wants to stay in the familiar, and when we venture beyond, we're going to experience some pushback.
- Focus on Progress, Not Perfection: The emphasis shifts from maintaining a constant state of positivity to recognizing that growth often involves navigating challenges and setbacks. These "negative" emotions become indicators of progress, not roadblocks.
- Building Resilience: Accepting the inevitability of negative emotions equips us to be more resilient when we encounter them. We can view them as temporary states rather than permanent roadblocks, fostering a more proactive approach to managing our thoughts and emotions.
- Embracing Discomfort: The 50/50 Rule encourages us to see discomfort as a natural part of the learning process. It becomes a currency invested in achieving our goals and aspirations.
By internalizing the 50/50 Rule, we can approach challenges with a more balanced perspective. We can focus on the bigger picture, recognizing that negative emotions are simply part of the journey - a journey towards achieving our desired outcomes.
Learn: Fine Tuning Your Ship
Cast Off the Barnacles: How Regular Thought Downloads Fuel Your Voyage
Imagine your life as a magnificent ship, charting a course through the vast ocean of possibility. You, the captain, stand at the helm, eager to navigate towards your dreams. But there's a catch: clinging to the hull are barnacles, negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and self-doubt. These barnacles, like unseen anchors, create drag, slowing us down and hindering our progress.
Undaunted has continuously utilized the powerful tool of thought downloads for a reason. Just like a sailor regularly inspecting the ship's underbelly, a thought download is a mindful practice of identifying the barnacles clinging to our vessel. It's about bringing these thoughts to light, without judgment. Remember, there's no such thing as failure or success in this process, only outcomes and results.
Think of negative self-talk as a barnacle whispering, "You're not good enough." Or limiting beliefs like, "This is as good as it gets," another barnacle clinging on. During a thought download, we acknowledge these whispers, but we don't have to listen to them. We simply recognize their presence.
The beauty lies in the self-awareness that emerges from regular thought downloads. By becoming more familiar with our internal dialogue, we gain the power to choose. We can choose to leave the barnacles in place, resigned to their drag, or choose to scrape them off.
Here's the key: scraping them off doesn't mean forcing positivity. It means replacing limiting beliefs with empowering affirmations. It means challenging negativity with a healthy dose of self-compassion.
By regularly conducting thought downloads and practicing self-awareness, we'll nurture the ability to realign our vessel with our highest personal standards. We'll start to see our goals not as distant shores, but as achievable destinations.
So set sail with confidence. Let's embrace the regular thought download as a vital part of this voyage. By identifying and removing the barnacles, we ensure a smoother, swifter journey towards our dreams. Remember, the vast ocean of possibility awaits, and our ship is built for exploration!
Imagine your life as a magnificent ship, charting a course through the vast ocean of possibility. You, the captain, stand at the helm, eager to navigate towards your dreams. But there's a catch: clinging to the hull are barnacles, negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and self-doubt. These barnacles, like unseen anchors, create drag, slowing us down and hindering our progress.
Undaunted has continuously utilized the powerful tool of thought downloads for a reason. Just like a sailor regularly inspecting the ship's underbelly, a thought download is a mindful practice of identifying the barnacles clinging to our vessel. It's about bringing these thoughts to light, without judgment. Remember, there's no such thing as failure or success in this process, only outcomes and results.
Think of negative self-talk as a barnacle whispering, "You're not good enough." Or limiting beliefs like, "This is as good as it gets," another barnacle clinging on. During a thought download, we acknowledge these whispers, but we don't have to listen to them. We simply recognize their presence.
The beauty lies in the self-awareness that emerges from regular thought downloads. By becoming more familiar with our internal dialogue, we gain the power to choose. We can choose to leave the barnacles in place, resigned to their drag, or choose to scrape them off.
Here's the key: scraping them off doesn't mean forcing positivity. It means replacing limiting beliefs with empowering affirmations. It means challenging negativity with a healthy dose of self-compassion.
By regularly conducting thought downloads and practicing self-awareness, we'll nurture the ability to realign our vessel with our highest personal standards. We'll start to see our goals not as distant shores, but as achievable destinations.
So set sail with confidence. Let's embrace the regular thought download as a vital part of this voyage. By identifying and removing the barnacles, we ensure a smoother, swifter journey towards our dreams. Remember, the vast ocean of possibility awaits, and our ship is built for exploration!
Learn: Honoring Your Calendar
Honoring Your Calendar: Small Steps, Big Impact
Undaunted emphasizes taking consistent, deliberate action towards your goals. A crucial tool in this journey is honoring your calendar.
Here's how you can leverage it effectively:
1. Break Down the Big Dream: Our goals often feel overwhelming initially. But it really just boils down to breaking them down into smaller, more manageable steps. Schedule dedicated time slots in your calendar for these individual steps.
Think of it like building a house: you wouldn't try to construct the entire building in one go. You'd schedule time for laying the foundation, framing the walls, and so on. Similarly, your calendar becomes your blueprint for progress.
2. The Power of Two Choices: When faced with a scheduled activity, particularly one we might find challenging, you might consider this little "Jedi mind trick". Instead of feeling overwhelmed with the "shoulds" of writing, for example, give yourself two options:
3. The Inevitability of Progress: Here's the magic – often, after a period of staring out the window, the discomfort of inaction becomes the catalyst for action. We choose the more fulfilling option: writing.
This seemingly mundane choice reinforces an essential truth: progress often emerges incrementally. By taking consistent action, even for short periods, we move the needle forward.
4. Building Trust with Your Past Self: Scheduling creates a commitment between your present and future self. When you honor your calendar, you build trust. You recognize that your past self, free from the distractions of the moment, made a sound judgment about what was important. This trust fuels future planning. You know that by scheduling time for specific goals, you're setting yourself up for success.
Ultimately, honoring your calendar is about respecting your own design. It's about acknowledging that even small, consistent steps, celebrated and repeated, pave the way to achieving your grand vision. So, grab your calendar, break down your goals, and get ready to experience the joy of incremental progress!
Undaunted emphasizes taking consistent, deliberate action towards your goals. A crucial tool in this journey is honoring your calendar.
Here's how you can leverage it effectively:
1. Break Down the Big Dream: Our goals often feel overwhelming initially. But it really just boils down to breaking them down into smaller, more manageable steps. Schedule dedicated time slots in your calendar for these individual steps.
Think of it like building a house: you wouldn't try to construct the entire building in one go. You'd schedule time for laying the foundation, framing the walls, and so on. Similarly, your calendar becomes your blueprint for progress.
2. The Power of Two Choices: When faced with a scheduled activity, particularly one we might find challenging, you might consider this little "Jedi mind trick". Instead of feeling overwhelmed with the "shoulds" of writing, for example, give yourself two options:
- Option 1: Write during your designated time slot.
- Option 2: Stare out the window (most of us would determine to write instead)
3. The Inevitability of Progress: Here's the magic – often, after a period of staring out the window, the discomfort of inaction becomes the catalyst for action. We choose the more fulfilling option: writing.
This seemingly mundane choice reinforces an essential truth: progress often emerges incrementally. By taking consistent action, even for short periods, we move the needle forward.
4. Building Trust with Your Past Self: Scheduling creates a commitment between your present and future self. When you honor your calendar, you build trust. You recognize that your past self, free from the distractions of the moment, made a sound judgment about what was important. This trust fuels future planning. You know that by scheduling time for specific goals, you're setting yourself up for success.
Ultimately, honoring your calendar is about respecting your own design. It's about acknowledging that even small, consistent steps, celebrated and repeated, pave the way to achieving your grand vision. So, grab your calendar, break down your goals, and get ready to experience the joy of incremental progress!
Personal Outputs:
- Letter to self (seal and set a reminder to read six weeks later)
- Read your sealed letter from Week 1
- Thought download: What barnacles have attached to your ship? What are you going to do to remove them?
- Thought download: What’s been contributing to your progress? Why?
- A Model a day (practice makes progress)
Personal Output Notes:
Personal outputs for this final week are first, read the letter your wrote yourself six weeks ago. You're going to write a thought download comparing yourself now to how you viewed things at week one. Next, you'll do a thought download about any barnacles that have attached to your ship. That is to say, what challenges have the waters of Primal Tension presented. What are you going to do to address them? Next, you'll write a letter to yourself and seal it to read six weeks later. Talk about where you'd like to be in your journey in six weeks. What are you going to do to continue to propel yourself forward on your chosen journey? Finally we're going to write a model per day. Never underestimate the power of CTFAR. It's been driving the results of your entire life.
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