The beginning is always today. -Mary Shelley
You are never too old to start over. Every day is a chance to
make changes to create the life we want. – Karen Waddell
Over the
last couple of weeks, blog posts have been about creating a personal growth
plan. One might ask why at the end of
summer would one discuss creating a personal growth plan. As the quote indicates, it is never too late
to start.
You can start anew at any given moment. Life is just the passage
of time and it’s up to you to pass it as you please. – Charlotte Eriksson
With summer
over, the time has come to reestablish a regular routine. This is also a great time to implement a
personal growth plan that will continue for the rest of the reader’s life. How does one carry out this new plan (habit)? Here is an excerpt from Terri’s Tuesday Tip
of the Week on March 7, 2017:
Tony Dungy,
one of the greatest football coaches of all times, incorporated this concept
with his football teams. During
practices, his goal was to train his teams to stop thinking and instead react
to normal on-field cues. When they experienced
a normal “cue”, they inserted a new routine (response) and received the same
reward. By continually practicing this
process, it became automatic during football games. Dungy used this process with both the
Buccaneers and Colts and both of these teams greatly improved.
In her
article “BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT: The Power of Habit to Determine Our Behavior”,
Deborah Mackin gives a great example we can all probably relate to. When we hear the “ding” of a new email, we
immediately stop what we are doing to deal with the email in anticipation that
it might be important. Our “reward”
might be that we caught an important email early and resolved the issue. To change, we have to hear the “ding” of a
new email (cue), develop a different routine of waiting to review email until a
set time (response) and still feel rewarded when we are able to clean out our
email before we leave for the day (reward).
ACTION: How will you
take Tony Dungy’s advice to implement a new personal growth plan (habit) in
your life?
Resources
·
Duhigg, C. (2012).
Habits: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Work. Random House.
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http://www.espn.com/blog/afcsouth/post/_/id/50292/on-tony-dungy-changing-player-habits
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http://www.newdirectionsconsulting.com/leadership-engagement/behavioral-management-the-power-of-habit-to-determine-our-behavior/
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http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gttc/presentations/8eStagesofChange.pdf
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http://www.deconstructingexcellence.com/the-power-of-habit-summary/
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Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week: Terri's Tuesday Tip of the
Week - March 7th
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https://www.success.com/15-personal-development-quotes-to-help-you-invest-in-yourself/
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Are you
growing strategically? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zchBipamqZE
·
https://www.johnmaxwell.com/blog/the-maxwell-plan-for-personal-growth/
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https://www.maxwellleadership.com/blog/growth-plan-for-significance/
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