Comments on: When Your Dream Becomes A Nightmare http://www.startbeingyourbest.com/2009/08/dream-to-nightmare/ Become Who You're Meant To Be Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:28:31 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Leszek Cyfer http://www.startbeingyourbest.com/2009/08/dream-to-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Leszek Cyfer Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:20:43 +0000 http://www.startbeingyourbest.com/?p=853#comment-471 Anytime you did something, whether it turned good or bad, take a minute and feel it through. Ask 2 questions: - "What did I do well?" and - "What would I do differently?" And never dwell on what did you do wrong. I first heard it from Brian Tracy, and the logic behind it is that this way the next time a similar situation will come up, you'll have a ready plan to implement, whereas if you were concentrating on your mistakes, you'll subconsciously repeat them because that's what you concentrated on. Additionally, the first question pumps up your self-worth and it helps you to cope with the doom and gloom of failing :) Anytime you did something, whether it turned good or bad, take a minute and feel it through. Ask 2 questions:

- "What did I do well?"

and

- "What would I do differently?"

And never dwell on what did you do wrong.

I first heard it from Brian Tracy, and the logic behind it is that this way the next time a similar situation will come up, you'll have a ready plan to implement, whereas if you were concentrating on your mistakes, you'll subconsciously repeat them because that's what you concentrated on.

Additionally, the first question pumps up your self-worth and it helps you to cope with the doom and gloom of failing :)

]]> By: Tyler http://www.startbeingyourbest.com/2009/08/dream-to-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Tyler Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:56:19 +0000 http://www.startbeingyourbest.com/?p=853#comment-375 People who think that "if only I had this or that and then I would be happy forever after" are dreaming and I'm not talking about ambition. Every new goal entails new challenges and even problems that have to be worked out. While I personally have never had a dream turn into a nightmare, I suffer from the complex of being chronically unsatisfied. In the past that has meant that I bounced around from goal to goal without much consistency or direction. Now I am focusing on channeling that energy so that I have a progression of goals that will, in theory, build upon themselves. Great post, something that everyone should keep in mind as they make goals. People who think that "if only I had this or that and then I would be happy forever after" are dreaming and I'm not talking about ambition. Every new goal entails new challenges and even problems that have to be worked out. While I personally have never had a dream turn into a nightmare, I suffer from the complex of being chronically unsatisfied. In the past that has meant that I bounced around from goal to goal without much consistency or direction. Now I am focusing on channeling that energy so that I have a progression of goals that will, in theory, build upon themselves.
Great post, something that everyone should keep in mind as they make goals.

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