Six And A Half Minutes That Could Change Your Life.

Six and a half minutes that could change your life. Well, how am I going to justify, or qualify,

such a gargantuan statement. REM are playing in my headphones, digitally remastered and recreated with a 'House' vibe, so I'd say the odds are pretty good.

If, you're like me, then you'll have the occasional email come through from something you've subscribed to. For the most part I delete and move on. Today I didn't. Maybe it was that catchy first line that piqued my interest enough to click on through to the body of the text. Happy to do so today.

I followed a link that took me to a video, loosely described as a 'must' to watch and listen to first thing in the morning, motivational stuff. Why not. I had purpose though. I wanted to get something from this, it was more of an exercise in gaining inspiration. If I'm going to lose six and a half minutes I'm darned well going to make sure I get something in return.

Two and a half pages worth of notes later and here I am, ready to impart what I have learnt. Whether you find it of use, who knows. Maybe if you read this with the same intent I had then you will come away with a little gem, or not.

As an aside and going back to the title, life can change in much less time than six minutes. Think about that for second. For good or bad. "You're fired" and "I quit" two sides of the same coin with very different outcomes. Digression over, I move on.

I have found that I learn best with note-taking, adding into that a visual element and it took it up a notch, hence the amount of notes. Short form coming up, with a few of what I thought worthy enough to write down.

The first things that came out at me were the following statements:

'I am the one who controls my day. No one can affect your day but you. Create a morning routine that puts you in control. Be bigger than your excuses.'

I love that last part. Be bigger than your excuses. We can all find an excuse not to do something.

Most of the what we do comes down to one thing, well two but they're the same, sort of. Decisions. Do I or don't I ? There might be some prevaricating along the way but when you get to a point, it's going to be down to whether you do it, or don't. Very binary. You can dress it up all you want, crossroads, choices, difficulty, ramifications, consequences and so on. Press the button or don't. Simples.

The next section of the video was harder hitting, which I liked because it made me stop and pay more attention. How many times do we watch or listen to something and so want to remember it because it just hits the mark. How many of those things can you remember today? I'll wager (Old Skool) not many and how many words have you read over the years ? Millions.

Here it is:

Get up and out of bed. Do not press 'Snooze'

No longer are you going to be a victim of the past, or a victim of the future, where you have projected negativity.

No longer are you going to be a victim of anything that anyone has ever said about you. Or be a victim of the things you've said about yourself.

Prefixes (In a loose way) like "I'm trying" "I wish" and "I want to" need to be replaced with

"I AM"

Doing the above can make a difference, a big difference in how you approach your day and in turn, your life.

The next and last part gave me three, er four actually, lines that I may well stick on the wall I stare at from time to time. Currently it's blank which is just like my look,plenty of the time.

1. How Can I Grow ?
2. What Can I Give ?
3. What Can I Celebrate ?
4. I don't want to be the same anymore, I want to evolve.

Coincidentally(As it was just once 😉) I read this the other day and it compliments the second one. Picasso wrote,

"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away"

Nicely done Pablo. Now ending with two quotes from Alice In Wonderland. This fits with how we can control ourselves by the choices and decisions we make now. Start that post, buy that domain, make that phone call, send that text. Change that life, be it yours or someone else's.

The first fits again but this time with number four. The second just works with life in general.

"I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then."– Alice

Alice: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
The Cheshire Cat: “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.”
Alice: “I don’t much care where.”
The Cheshire Cat: “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.”

Cool then, that's page one sorted, only another one and half to go.

Have a splendid day.