Are you training your delayed gratification muscles?
Mindset #8 – The “Time” Lag Effect
The “Time” Lag Effect is a DELAY in seeing results. You do the actions, you do the actions, you do the actions, then you have to wait to see the results.
This is where 99% of all people (myself included) who set out to reach a goal, fail.
People who DON’T train their Hope,Trust, Faith Muscles
They do not see immediate results
They FEEL frustrated
They THINK about how much of a loser they are
They FOCUS on that bullshit Story
They DECIDE to say screw it and give up.
Try this instead…
They do not see immediate results
They FEEL frustrated
They THINK about how much of a loser they are
They EXERCISE and change state
They REFRAME the story and flex their Muscles
They DECIDE to Flex their Delayed gratification, HOPE,FAITH,TRUST muscles
It comes down to training the right skills that will help you reach your goals. These people are NOT training these skills daily, weekly, monthly, yearly.
Skills like these below need to be trained on a weekly basis or else they will lose their sharpness.
So what skills are required:
Skill #1 – Delayed Gratification
Skill #2 – Hope Muscle
Skill #3 – Faith Muscle
Skill #4 – Trust Muscle
Skill #1 – Delayed Gratification Muscle
“the act of resisting an immediate impulse in the hope of obtaining a more-valued reward in the future. The ability to delay gratification is essential to self-regulation, or self-control.” britannica.com
Skill #2 – Hope Muscle
“an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes…As a verb, its definitions include: “expect with confidence” and “to cherish a desire with anticipation.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope
Skill #3 – Faith Muscle
“complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
Skill #4 – Trust Muscle
“assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something” merriamwebster