achieve. Gap-focus can be healthy and productive if it comes from a
positive, proactive, “I’m committed to and
excited about fulfilling my
potential” perspective, without any feelings of lack. Unfortunately, it
rarely does. The average person, even the average high achiever, tends
to focus negatively on their gaps.
The
highest achievers—those who are balanced and focused on
achieving
Level 10 success in nearly every area of their lives—are
exceedingly grateful for what they have,
regularly acknowledge
themselves for what they’ve accomplished, and are always at peace
with where they are in their lives. It’s the dueling idea that
I am doing
the best that I can in this moment, and at the same time, I can and will
do better. This balanced self-assessment prevents
that feeling of lack
—of not being, having, doing enough—while still allowing them to
constantly strive to close their potential gap in each area.
Typically, when a day, week, month, or year ends, and we’re in
Gap-focus mode, it’s almost impossible to maintain an accurate
assessment of ourselves and our progress. For example, if you had 10
things on your to-do list for the day—even
if you completed six of
them—your Gap-focus causes you to feel you didn’t get everything
done that you wanted to do.
The majority of people do dozens, even hundreds, of things
right
during the day, and a few things wrong. Guess which things people
remember and replay in their minds over and over again? Doesn’t it
make more sense to focus on the 100 things you did right? It sure is
more enjoyable.
What does this have to do with writing in a journal?
Writing in a
journal each day, with a
structured, strategic process (more on that in
a minute) allows you to direct your focus to what you did accomplish,
what you’re grateful for, and what you’re committed to doing better
tomorrow. Thus, you more deeply enjoy your journey each day, feel
good about any
forward progress you made, and use a heightened
level of clarity to accelerate your results.
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