I want to share with you a technique that I sometimes use when I'm running. I don't know if you have ever experienced the sensation of only being halfway round a run and knowing that you still have a massive distance to go to the finish? It is usually about this time that your legs suddenly start to feel heavy and your internal chatter pipes up with useful phrases such as, 'why on earth am I doing this', or 'I'll just have a little walk' or I can't do this....Have you ever experienced that?
Here's the solution, if you find yourself struggling to continue, just look ahead and pick a fixed target (goal) to head towards. It could be a tree 50 metres away, or a post box, or a road junction. Just something that you know you can get to even though it might be a challenge. All you then have to do is get to that point and you have achieved your goal. Give yourself a pat on the back for having achieved it, and keep going. The trick is that just before you get to your goal set yourself another one, so that you have constant momentum towards the end goal. Using this method you will find that you finish before you know it.
This method of chunking a task down into manageable pieces can be applied to lots of areas of your life, whether it be at work when you've been given a seemingly overwhelming task, planning life at home or even stopping smoking or losing weight.
Ignore the little voices telling you that things are too difficult, chunk tasks into bite size pieces and rejoice in your success.
Go well,
Mark :-)
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