Riddle Me This Answer
Ten days ago I presented you with a riddle and challenged you to solve it. We had some good guesses, but no one hit the nail on the head. The correct answer is HABITS.
For those of you who said (read all of the responces), thoughts/voice in your head, you might remember the quote by Frank Outlaw that says, “”Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”
So you’re not too far off. Here’s the difference–
As the riddle said, your habits are at your command and are easily managed. I don’t know about you, but the voice runs free in my head! I can certainly affect it’s volume and frequency, but it is not always at my command. However, your habits are. For good or bad, the majority of your actions are habitual. Are you managing yours for success or letting them “destroy you”?
Your comment, Alan, is exactly why it is HABIT and not thoughts. According to Shad (and others), mental chatter is constant and 77% negative unless you create a HABIT to counteract that. Thanks for sharing.
If you are not sticking with a healthy diet, managing your stress, systamically saving for the future, managing your own schedule, getting enough exercise, etc., you are practicing habits that are destroying you. PLEASE, be firm with your habits and make sure they are serving YOU!
Be Free!
Leah Simpson
Instructor
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In case you missed it, the riddle asked:
I am your constant companion,
I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am at your command.
Half of the tasks that you do you might just as well
Turn over to me and I will do them quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed,
You must merely be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done;
After a few lessons I will do it automatically.
I am the servant of all great people and
Alas of all failures as well.
Those who are great I have made great,
Those who are failures I have made failures.
I am not a machine, but I work with all the precision
Of a machine, plus the intelligence of a person.
Now you may run me for profit or
You may run me for ruin.
It makes no difference to me.
Take me, train me, be firm with me,
And I will lay the world at your feet.
Be easy with me and I will destroy you.
Who am I?
Leah-
I completely agree with you- your thoughts definitely translate into your habits at some point. Your subconscious mind is where all of your habits are formed. Combine these visualizations with mediation and self-affirmations, and the seed of your goal in your subconscious mind will begin to grow, sprouting a newly developed habit that is oriented towards your desired outcome, or goal.
John Assaraf does a better job of explaining this and showing you how to do it in his new book “The Complete Vision Board Kit.” I downloaded the free chapter here at http://www.TheVisionBoardKit.com.
Comment by Ron Towns — November 10, 2008 @ 2:20 pm