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Dan Sullivan
“The way to measure your progress is backward against where you started, not against your ideal.” —Dan Sullivan
“There is no way to happiness—happiness is the way.” —Thich Nhat Hanh
The GAP is based on an unhealthy “need” or attachment to something outside of yourself.
The GAP means you’re still trying to free yourself FROM something, and until you do you won’t be happy.
When you’re in the GAP, you’re avoiding “here” while trying to get “there”—but never ...
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The GAIN is based on being in harmony with what you want, and knowing t...
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When you’re in the GAIN, you live your life based on intrinsic motivation and harmonious passion, which creates flow and high performance.
When you’re in the GAIN, you’re completely free and happy right now. This enables you to commit 100 percent and pursue what you want without unhealthy attachments.
External reference points make it impossible to feel successful because no matter what you’ve done, the success criteria are always moving.
Getting out of the GAP and into the GAIN means you’ve made yourself your own reference point. The GAP means your life is determined by someone or something external. The GAIN means you’re living a self-determined life.
When your reference point is internal, you make the final call on what “success” means to you, regardle...
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With an implementation intention, you specifically plan for when things will fall apart or go wrong. You plan for obstacles and setbacks. You also pre-plan how you will respond to those obstacles. For example, if you’re on a diet, a great implementation intention would be planning how you will respond if presented with your favorite junk food, or if you’re stressed and triggered to binge on sugar.
Being in the GAP creates a negative compound effect in your life. Being in the GAIN creates a positive compound effect in your life.
Research shows that happy people often live 10+ years longer than unhappy people. How you frame an experience shapes how your body processes that experience.
It is incredibly easy to forget about your GAINS because your memories are always reconstructed in the present, based on your current perspective. Keeping a journal or annual review process is powerful because it allows you to tap back into the context of your former self, and see the massive GAINS.
Pearson’s Law states: When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.
Having a daily accountability partner combines tracking and reporting. Keep your accountability partnership simple. It shouldn’t take more than 2 minutes per day. Report your three wins for today and your three wins for tomorrow.
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” –Ernest Hemingway
