Have you already identified your Precursors of Failure? This would be of greater benefits to you if you have done that.
Now that you begin to become more and more aware of your patterns, you can too now make use of these patterns to work for you.
How?
Start sharing them.
With whom?
Those you mix around with most often. Like your closed ones, friends and colleagues.
Why share your patterns?
1) When you start sharing with another person, you would have to describe in more specific details to the other party for him/ her to understand. In a way, this helps you to clear up any shady areas.
2) Reminder, reminder, reminder. To enlist their help to remind you when you begin to exhibit those old patterns.
3) Because you’re committed to success!
And of course, How you are going to deal with those patterns when they begin to surface.
I’ll be sharing a few tips on the “How” in the next post. So if there is any specific pattern you want me to mention, just leave your comment or drop me an email.
October 28th, 2005 at 12:43 am
I think another huge advantage of sharing them with your friends would be that they might have noticed some patterns of yours that you missed out on!
You: And then there’s this…
Friend: Did you realize you do this too?
You: Ooooooooh…
October 28th, 2005 at 12:45 am
Oh, and let me share first…one of my ‘Precursors of Failure’ patterns is very easy to spot. When I start drinking a lot of Vanilla Coke. A lot.
October 28th, 2005 at 6:35 am
Oh, mine is pretty simple too.
When I start to be overly civil and lose sharpness in my response to people’s words. Especially so when I withdraw from a verbal sparring without putting up too much of a fight. Heh heh.
October 28th, 2005 at 1:45 pm
Wah, have you ever done that, Pete? Seems extremely extremely rare
October 29th, 2005 at 2:40 am
Ha ha ha!!!! I agree with Alvin. What I’ve noticed abt Pete is if he ever withdraw from a verbal sparring without putting up too much of a fight… it’ll usually means that the other party (the person he withdraw from verbal sparring) is in BIG trouble! Kekeke… Am I right?
You guys are fantastic! I can feel the “fun” reading this blog. A round of applause for all of you. These contributions from all of you are useful tools for our daily life. Thank you.
October 29th, 2005 at 3:33 pm
Thanks Tracey! I’m glad you found this useful, we’ll continue to keep up the good work, it is rather fun after all
October 30th, 2005 at 11:36 pm
Hello there, I have one to share too. Whenever I’m uncertain of what to do next, my brain freezes and I take no action.
Good job to all of you who are maintaining this blog. Reading these articles set my mind thinking and reflecting in my daily life.