“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” – R. Buckminster Fuller.
We set resolutions, put vision boards, write goals and do all kinds of things and yet are carrying this bag of heavy rocks, so to speak, our patterns that are sabotaging us and our dreams.
Here are the four main patterns:
• Poverty pattern. I don’t have enough money. I’m so poor I can’t even pay attention. I’m broke. I can’t afford this and that! You’ve learned to think, ‘I don’t have enough.’
This scarcity of resources continually tricks you into thinking that you are at the limit of your resources. How can I do this without that? Start focusing on the ways you can be more resourceful.
• Busyness pattern. I’m so busy. I don’t have time to do this and that, Oooh my God I’m so busy. Too busy to respond to important calls and emails. Too busy to even take good care of your health. Sadly, busyness doesn’t equal progress. Re-evaluate your commitments and busyness. What do you really want for your life? What areas of your life are you going to stay committed to?
• The blame pattern. It’s not my fault, you know whose fault it is? The president’s. Many people specialise in fixing the blame instead of fixing the problem! Ask yourself, ‘What can I do now to make a positive change in my life?’ Then, you are taking a leadership role and it’s completely different.
• Procrastination pattern. Procrastination kills your better, bigger and more beautiful world every day because you keep on putting it off until tomorrow – ‘I’ll get to it later.’ You need to adopt the mentality that you are a person of action.
