The Pressure Cooker Technique

Yes I know, this time of year might feel like you're in a pressure cooker, with all the shopping and the madness that surrounds the holidays, but that's not what I mean.

What I'm talking about is a technique that guarantees you'll follow through on your new year resolutions and goals.

My father didn't call it that when he told me about it but it sure does feel like you're in a pressure cooker when you're using it.

It's purposely putting yourself in a position where you can't fail, can't give up or can't change your mind or else, you lose all of your self-pride and respect.

The idea is to put yourself in front of your peers, someone you respect or look up to (a role model, a close friend, someone influencial in your life) or someone who would love to see you fail (maybe secretly or has voiced it in the past) but it works better if it's someone you love and cherish whom you know also looks up to you (like your kids for example), someone you wouldn't want to let down.

You voice your plans to that person or group of people. You make your goals public.

When you do that you've just stepped into a Pressure Cooker.

Now all these people are looking at you and expecting to see you do, what you said you were going to do.

If you keep your goals to yourself and don't follow through on them nobody will ever know and your ego will stay intact.

Adding the Pressure Cooker element is a very powerful technique. I've used it many times in the past to get myself to act on a project, start a new one, or complete one.

It doesn't mean you're trying to impress or accomplish the goal you've set for somebody else. It just means you're using other people as leverage against yourself so you're held accountable.

The fear of letting them down, passing for a big talker, or seeing the disappointment in their eyes if you fail to follow through is enough to keep you focused and determined to accomplish what you said you were going to at all costs.

Another way to keep the pressure on yourself is to join a group of like minded individuals who share some of the same goals and aspirations as you do. A team that will never let you down.

I'm talking about the F.I.C (Fang Shen Do Inner Circle). Ready to step in the pressure cooker and beat procrastination forever? Follow this link.

Master Yourself,

Sifu Martin