Two of the recent articles here talked about the benefits of following a certain routine during the first 30 minutes of the day and the last 30 minutes of the day. I gave some specifics there, and you would be free to add or remove certain items to have the routine fit you better. However, one added item that can’t be neglected is that the routines have to be protected from the interests of others. Here I discuss defending your routine from sabotage by other people:
The Underlying Problem Is Being “Nice”
Why are “nice” people always described as unable to become big successes, less likely to achieve their goals, more likely to be mentally stepped on, etc.? This is because the standard connotation of “nice” breaks down to meaning “willing to give up one’s dreams and desires to please or appease others”. When someone is told that you are a nice person, if they are a person on the ruthless end of the personality spectrum, they will see you as easily usable and tractable. A person who is nice will be guaranteed to not reach their goals, because someone, or multiple people, will always be asking them to do things or help them with things that don’t fit the routine they know is best for themselves.
Think About The Long-Term Effects Of Dealing With Certain People
Often, we try to cover up for others damaging our routine or plans by telling ourselves that they have been helpful in the past, but a small bit of help from the past can often become overblown in your mind. This is the time to take a minute to assess if the person really is having a positive effect in the long-term, such as in the past month or three months. Think about if some of the goals you have have been put off by your own incompetency or lack of diligence, or if it is that another person or set of people has been holding you back by making you feel guilty if you don’t do things for them.
C++ Programming Passion Example
If you have a strong desire to learn C++ programming, and have found that your routine makes it most doable at 6:30 PM every day, but are constantly being derailed in your study routine by a friend who wants you to go play soccer with him around that time, you have to be tough enough to put one interest over another. If you don’t point out the problem to him today, or don’t cancel playing soccer with him for a certain amount of times a week, you will neither enjoy soccer as much as you would, or get to fulfill your interest as you see fit. This is a lose-lose type predicament. The longer you hold back from pointing out your interests, the longer the time before you can tell yourself “I should have done this sooner”.
What Does It Take?
The easy part is to have a passion. That comes naturally. The part you have to struggle with daily if you want to persist with the passion is letting others down in their requests for your time. This is easily done when you realize that you are not letting them down. Their job is to focus on their own time usage. It isn’t of their interest or duty to fit their day into your time slots, and this works both ways. When you cut off the things you are not interested in doing, you won’t be punished for it. Instead, the other person will fill the gap sooner than you would think, and you will now have an open slot to place time for your interest or passion of choice.
It takes boldness to say “no”. When someone presents an item that would take up a time slot you wanted to use, you can think about it like they want to steal a portion of your time. This will make it easier to turn the offer down. You might think that saying “no” to more offers from others would make you look bad, but it will work in reverse, in that people will see that you value your time even more.
Another Way To Look At It
No one looks back and wishes they had done less of what they wanted to do. Many people look back and wish that they had done more of what they wanted to do, and less of what others wanted them to do.