Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week: October 2022

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - October 25, 2022

If you have answers to the "whys", it will direct you to the "hows". As simple as that! — Israelmore Ayivor

As long as you remember the whys, the hows will take care of themselves. — Richard Paul Evans

How is everyone enjoying their new activity/task/dream? The author can say that she is going to enjoy hers and it will also be a challenge.

As the author has said before, we will all have problems to solve and need to strategically solve them. These problems will potentially be pesky little issues that will require the reader to lead a team to cut through the muck and mire to discover the underlying cause(s). In the last couple of months, the author learned a new root cause analysis process that will be very beneficial to readers.

In the 1930s, Sakichi Toyoda, a Japanese industrialist and founder of Toyota Industries, developed the 5 whys technique. This technique became very popular in the 1970s and is still used today to solve problems at Toyota.

The author has been very open about her desire to understand why and she loves this technique. Since the author desires to have a broad knowledge and does not specialize in specific topics, she is always looking for new information to understand problems/processes, etc. so she makes the best decisions. 5 whys is great for the author because the intent of the technique is to develop that in-depth understanding of what is happening at all levels of a decision to help grasp the most complete understanding of the situation.

5 whys is straightforward and simple. It will be very helpful in quickly solving any problems that arise as the reader works on their activity/task/dream. When a problem arises, the reader should drill down to the origin of the problem by asking "Why?" five times. When a counter-measure becomes apparent to the problem, the reader will implement the solution to prevent the issue from recurring.

Resources below provide more knowledge and examples of how to implement the 5 whys technique in everyday situations.

ACTION: This week when a problem arises, use the 5 whys technique to drill down to the root cause of the problem. The information learned will help solve that particular issue and hopefully others.

RESOURCES

· https://online.visual-paradigm.com/knowledge/root-cause-analysis/root-cause-analysis-5-whys-technique/

· https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_5W.htm

· https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/quotes-about-5-whys/#:~:text=5%20Whys%20Quotes%20As%20long%20as%20you%20remember,big%20knot%20of%20whys.%20%E2%80%94%20David%20Mitchell%20

· https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anxiety-in-high-achievers/202209/how-talk-yourself

· How to Go Faster – Darren Hardy - https://dd.darrenhardy.com/how-to-go-faster?_hsmi=223509798&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9i3AphqaQEV8kWZ_eZsBMvMQRpTAhnuPUiBTtK2k4Po0pidhUy8GETfd8AuB8QvzuqUT6B2sUCUARtOfDkN3KHvFU1EQ

· Carl Lewis: The Master Finisher - Faster, Higher, Stronger - BBC Two –

· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhKI7sH0O20

· https://openviewpartners.com/blog/the-goal-of-conducting-quarterly-reviews/

· https://es.player.fm/series/darrendaily-on-demand/how-to-go-faster-a-surprise-twist

· https://succeedfeed.com/darren-hardy-quotes/

· http://brfitclub.com/6-steps-to-relax-and-go-faster#:~:text=6%20steps%20to%20relax%20and%20go%20faster%20%E2%80%93,movements%20and%20progress%20in%20complexity.%20...%20More%20items

· https://www.ramseysolutions.com/personal-growth/the-core-of-confidence

· https://happylawmom.com/talk-to-yourself-more-than-you-listen-to-yourself/

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - October 11, 2022

You become what you think about all day long. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

You are what you believe yourself to be. – Paulo Coelho

Has the reader ever completed a running event such as a 5k, 10k or a marathon? What about an iron-man, which is a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, and 26.2-mile run? What about completing a double-iron man?

The author has run a marathon (26.2 miles) and is currently training for the Navy 5-Miler in Fort Worth. However, she has never consider completing an iron-man. Recently, the author heard the story of a man that completed 6 double iron-mans in his 50s. That is running 4.8 miles, a 224 bike ride and 52.4 miles run each time he competed. Dr. James Gills completed this astonishing feat and he discussed how he did it:

I’ve learned to talk to myself instead of listen to myself. If I listen to myself I hear all the reasons why I should give up. I hear that I’m too tired-too old-too weak to make it. But if I talk to myself I can give myself the encouragement and words I need to hear to keep running and finish the race. (happylawmom.com)

As the reader and the author have taken on new goals/dreams/tasks before the end of the year, there are a lot of competing thoughts in one’s mind as they work toward completing the dream. As Dr. Gills said, we each have to talk to ourselves to encourage ourselves to accomplish it. Others may say it is not possible, but we have to stay positive and adamant about completion.

ACTION: Start each day deliberately telling yourself encouraging words and thoughts. By saying them, you will retrain your old default thoughts with new encouraging thoughts.

· https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anxiety-in-high-achievers/202209/how-talk-yourself

· Carl Lewis: The Master Finisher - Faster, Higher, Stronger - BBC Two –

· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhKI7sH0O20

· https://openviewpartners.com/blog/the-goal-of-conducting-quarterly-reviews/

· https://es.player.fm/series/darrendaily-on-demand/how-to-go-faster-a-surprise-twist

· https://succeedfeed.com/darren-hardy-quotes/

· http://brfitclub.com/6-steps-to-relax-and-go-faster#:~:text=6%20steps%20to%20relax%20and%20go%20faster%20%E2%80%93,movements%20and%20progress%20in%20complexity.%20...%20More%20items

· https://www.ramseysolutions.com/personal-growth/the-core-of-confidence

· https://happylawmom.com/talk-to-yourself-more-than-you-listen-to-yourself/

· https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anxiety-in-high-achievers/202209/how-talk-yourself

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - October 4, 2022

If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win. - Carl Lewis

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. - Helen Keller

As many readers may remember, the author loves bridges. One of her favorite pictures is from a bridge she walked in Maryland from the parking lot at the Assateague Island National Seashore to the sand and the sea. The sky is an absolutely beautiful blue and the sand is crisp, white. The author has visited many places and this is one of the most memorable to her. Loving the ocean, this bridge is always a reminder that she has to walk across it to get to her dreams and her passion.

In the same way, we have all taken on a new project/task to accomplish before the end of the year. As we are all relaxed when we walk on the beach and hear the waves crashing on the seashore, we need will be relaxed when we accomplish the goal. Until that time, we are walking on the bridge that may be scary when we hear the creaking of the boards or a nail that may hurt us if we stub our toes. Most of the time, we continue to walk on that bridge even though we hear weird noises because we have the confidence the bridge will hold us up to get to the other side.

Just like walking on that bridge with confidence that we will get to the other side, we have to have confidence that we will make it to accomplish our dreams. How do we have that confidence to accomplish our dreams? The author has a couple ideas:

1. Remind yourself of success in the past.

2. Speak to yourself more than you listen to yourself.

Next week, the author is going to tell you about a man that has accomplished 6 double-ironman’s. When the author heard this story, she knew she needed to incorporate the runners thinking into her life.

ACTION: As you progress toward your goal/dream before the end of the year, how will you build confidence?

· Carl Lewis: The Master Finisher - Faster, Higher, Stronger - BBC Two

· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhKI7sH0O20

· https://openviewpartners.com/blog/the-goal-of-conducting-quarterly-reviews/

· https://es.player.fm/series/darrendaily-on-demand/how-to-go-faster-a-surprise-twist

· https://succeedfeed.com/darren-hardy-quotes/

· http://brfitclub.com/6-steps-to-relax-and-go-faster#:~:text=6%20steps%20to%20relax%20and%20go%20faster%20%E2%80%93,movements%20and%20progress%20in%20complexity.%20...%20More%20items

· https://www.ramseysolutions.com/personal-growth/the-core-of-confidence

· https://happylawmom.com/talk-to-yourself-more-than-you-listen-to-yourself/