I’m going to be blunt: You need to begin to say NO to 80% of what you’re asked to do.

This Past Summer I took on the theme of one of Football Coach Bill Belechick’s more memorable press conferences.

He kept repeating one phrase when the media was trying to bait him into saying something about his Quarterback, Tom Brady or admitting the dynasty was over.

“We’re on to Cincinnati,” he said.

“We’re getting ready for Cincinnati,” he would repeat.

He was only focused on their next move and what was ahead.

I adopted that same mindset this summer and not only did I smash my goals for the summer, I obliterated them.

Even better, with no distractions from that which was a complete waste of my time, energy, and resources I was able to accept and embrace opportunities that: were EXCELLENT, in line with my mission, and these opportunities will help me to grow to be who I need to become in order to hit my goals. I also attracted the right support system to assist me in my goals.

Sometimes you just have to throw in the towel and it’s okay.

There are times we’ve invested time and emotions into people, places, and things that turn out not to be what we had hoped for.

When this happens We must face reality and move on when we realize this is not it because we will waste valuable time, resources, and energy attempting to make fetch happen.

This was something I had to confront and I asked myself several questions regarding the situation:

Would this be an asset or liability?

Is this in alignment with my mission?

Would this make it for where we are currently going?

The answers were:

Definite liability: Nowhere near an asset

Not in alignment with the mission and could possibly derail due to being a liability. Derailing the mission is simply out of the question.

I said out loud: “[This] just ain’t gonna make it. DONE.”

While I had held out hope that the situation would change, it did not and I decided enough was enough. It was Time to move on.

I tell you that to let you know that it’s okay sometimes to SAY NO when something is just not cutting it.

Review and Revise Your Direction

One of Brian Grasso and Carrie Campbell’s 4 Pillars for Eliminating Your Limits is to Review Your Direction. Too many of place self imposed limits on ourselves by continuing to move in the WRONG direction when we should be constantly reviewing and revising our direction.

Reviewing and Revising our direction doesn’t give us permission to abandon commitments but it does mean that we need to learn to be honest and revise our direction when we see that we are going down the wrong road.

If you were traveling and you realized you were going the wrong way, then You wouldn’t keep going because you would never get to the destination!

When you realize this is not it, change course!

Why you need to PUSH yourself this Fall

Todd Durkin says that one of the best pieces of advice he has received is that life is a series of sprints and recoveries and I believe there is a lot of truth in that.

When it comes to training, sprinting and recovery is a great way to improve your conditioning. I think it’s true of life as well.

What better way to finish the year strong than to PUSH hard for the next 13-14 weeks (Let’s be honest…the last 10-14 days of the year aren’t the most productive…That’s the recovery time)

The Fall PUSH is a great time to get focused, cut the unnecessary, and finish the year STRONG!

What are you NOT going to do?

The first step to getting focused is to commit to getting focused.

The next step is to decide what you are NOT going to do. I shared some of my decision making process above and I just give out a flat out NO to anything that is a waste of my time, energy, and resources.

Life is too serious to be spending it wasting time, energy, and resources!!