Every day I make it a priority to brainstorm, write down and formulate an action plan on how to live a better life, AKA how to be a better person, AKA getting my act together. Getting your act together is the one single thing that would make the biggest difference in most peoples' lives, yet it is the one thing they hesitate to do; some people never manage to do it because their heads are so infested with excuses.
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Is it human nature to hesitate when it comes to following through with actual improvement? I don't know. My first thought is that it's learned behavior of some sort. I know that I personally have a laundry list of detrimental automatic reactions/behavior patterns that I have to unlearn. Unlearning can only be achieved through rewiring our brains, which requires dedicated focus and practice. The unlearning process isn't what I want to write about here, though.
The first step of my personal quest to get my act together is to become more effective at managing myself and my emotions. Being effective and efficient do not come naturally to me because my thoughts are always all over the place. My first attempt at unlearning chaos is reading The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker. Look for a summary and analysis post after I finish reading it. :)
