Comments on: Do What You Said You Were Going To Do

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:20:31 +0000

It’s posts like this that truly lighter a fire under my arse. Many thanks.

By: Wes Mahler

Wes Mahler — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:23:47 +0000

Thanks guys, I appreciate all the kind comments!

@Jon sorry lately its been hard to get anything done with MSN on!

By: David

David — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:29:03 +0000

Nice blog post, Wes. Couldnt agree more

By: Jon Waraas

Jon Waraas — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:14:29 +0000

Yeah I have a hard time with this. Need to work on it hehe. Why havent u been on msn lately

By: Zpivat

Zpivat — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:30:28 +0000

This is trully an awesome post Wes!!!!! Unbelievable….not only are your products awesome, even your blog posts are too! Top notch! Kudos to you =) =) =)

By: Andrew Fashion

Andrew Fashion — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:30:04 +0000

So true! LOL.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:02:31 +0000

Hmm… I have never pictured it like that- lying to yourself.

I believe you are 100% correct in you philosophy that if you practice something, even achieving goals, you will become proficient at it. I’m not too sure why a lot of people don’t achieve their goals. It seems rather harsh to call them all liars. Then again, I guess procrastination really is just lying to yourself about something you said you were going to do.

Thank you Wes for an insightful post!

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:23:33 +0000

Great post, lying to yourself is the worst thing possible, like you said in your post you have to learn to say NO and that includes other people and yourself.

By: Dan Chmielewski

Dan Chmielewski — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:19:35 +0000

This reminds me of the introductory chapter(s) to Body for Life… it’s been a while since I read it so I might be way off(if anyone else knows the quote more accurately — please correct me), but roughly paraphrasing it states that we let ourselves down so much sometimes that we stop believing in ourselves. Just committing to something small that you know you will finish will help build your confidence and trust in yourself. Do this a few times and move onto bigger goals/commitments and soon you’ll form habits(important!) of completing everything you set out to do.

By: Work Plus Faith

Work Plus Faith — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:55:26 +0000

Wow, Wes! This is a very strong article! I said “ouch” a couple of times as I read it.

What you’ve shared is so true. One of the things I’m working on is not putting too much on my plate each day. I have a tendency to load up my schedule and only get 1/3 completed. I realize that’s a bad habit to get into, so this week my planner is much lighter and I’m feeling much better about getting things done.

“Do what you said you were going to do.” Simple but so true.

Tim

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