Everything Takes Longer than you Think
Way longer, people who deliver great outcomes has this one skill. Your subconscious mind is behaving exactly as it is programmed. And ROI analysis of affirmations.
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Second Order Thinking
One thing I learned as a technology leader while building products and programs is, everything takes way longer than you think.
Achieving great outcomes depends on how small this gap is in your estimation and actuals. People who deliver great outcomes stand out from masses with their Second-order thinking.
Second order thinking is the process of tracing down and unraveling the implications of those first order impacts. Where first order impacts are result of obvious, intended outcomes from decisions.
Decision making itself is a complex process. Things are always different than what they seem. Intended results tend to vary from expected. Thinking beyond first order impacts, layered navigation through possible consequences, time makes difference. Second-order thinking is powerful tool to make long term impactful decisions.
How to practice Second-order thinking?
Layered Questioning - Going further after first solution that comes to our mind. Asking So what? Then what? If not true? questions at this level will lead us to next level thinking. So, next level solutions.
Time Test - Putting decisions, solution through 3 year, 5 year or 10 year time test will open up factors that weren't considered before.
Decision Ecosystem - How closely or loosely factors interact with each other in decision ecosystem. How likely their behavior is to change?
Iterations - Examine if reviewing situation after certain events or time will change things? Continuous feedback loop improves decision making systems.
Second order thinking is deliberate practice. Needs intentional efforts. However, it leads to extraordinary decisions and hence outcomes. And this is where journey from Good to Great happens.
When to use second order thinking?
Long term life decisions like Diet plans, Investments, Career Transitions.
Organizational processes revamp, Establishing/Changing culture, Performance improvement processes etc. You’ve Got This!
Life lessons that you can’t afford to ignore
Make your own affirmations
Affirmations are laws of attraction and have a direct impact in creating life of your dreams. The power of a subconscious mind. It stores and retrieves data. Have you ever wondered how in the dark in your bedroom you are able to trace, switch board or a bathroom door? It’s the act of your subconscious mind. Your subconscious mind is behaving exactly as it is programmed.
Hence it is effective and desirable to program your subconscious to positive thinking.
Make your own affirmations,
Today is a good day to forgive myself for…….
I can be hard on myself when I ……….So today I am letting it go
I am still mad at myself for ……but today I am forgiving and forgetting
For all these years that I held on to the pain of……today I am freeing myself to feel exonerated.
Today I am opening my soul to …..
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Muse
“If I talked to my friends the way I talk to myself, I’d have no friends.”
~Paul Jarvis
Is your self-talk inspiring or sabotaging?