Two weeks ago I attended the 11th annual Texas Conference for Women in Houston. Begun in 2000, this 1-day annual women’s conference is hosted by the Texas Governor and First Lady. The conference features many amazing attendees and information-packed speaker sessions!
I attended several talks, but one of the best ones was a SRO (standing room only) session given by Mel Robbins. In case you don’t know, Mel Robbins hosts her own national radio show and is the star of the new hit TV series “Monster-In-Law” on A&E.
According to Robbins, “People who get what they want are strategic rather than emotional,” and “When something bad happens to you, that can often be the best thing that happens to you. Change can force you to do something you wouldn’t do otherwise.”
She offers four (4) specific ways to accomplish your goals and deal with different situations (and the discomfort that goes along with them) that potentially hold you back:
1) When you feel overwhelmed, it is the signal of a full brain. You need to do a brain dump! Solution: Write down everything you need to do on a piece of paper (Create a huge TO DO list)! Highlight the 3 most important things to do on the list and take some time to take care of them and get them done.
2) When you feel tired, you need oxygen! Your brain is throwing the emergency brake to keep you from doing something outside your normal routine. Solution: Remove yourself from the situation and look at from a different perspective (this is a coaching technique by the way).
3) Do you feel uncertain or indecisive? Solution: Just pick something! Set a goal. Make it specific and selfish! Go public with it! Even if it’s something as simple as “Having a happy and stable family.” (Not always so simple, I might add!) <wink>
4) Don’t feel like doing it? Solution: Do it anyway! If you never feel like it, you won’t do it (this applies when going to the gym). Everyone has things in life they don’t want to do! Force yourself to do and try new things.
So what do you say?
Do you like these tips?
Do you have any additional tips to add?
