Success Tip #84 - Take the Word "Try" Out of Your Vocabulary
Copyright 2005 Ike Krieger
How many times have you heard yourself or other people make the
following statement?
"I'll try."
I'll bet you've heard it a lot.
Well, what's wrong with that? After all, from an early age
you've been told. "Whatever you do...always try hard."
The act of trying may actually be counterproductive. Trying is
not doing.
What price do you pay in your business and in your life for
trying rather than doing?
The following exercise should clarify this abstract concept.
Ready? Place your pen or pencil on the table or desk in front of
you. Now... try to pick it up.
Did you pick up your writing utensil?
If you did, I have one thing to say, "You didn't follow the
instructions."
You weren't asked to pick up your pen or pencil... you were
asked to TRY and pick it up.
Trying will rarely produce your desired result.
How often have you said to yourself... or others... "I really
want to accomplish my short and/or long term goals?" How many
times have you followed that statement with, "and this time I'm
really going to try?"
You can probably remember a project, a task, or even a New
Year's resolution that was left incomplete, about which you can
sincerely say, "Well, I tried."
You had every intention to complete the task. You remember
trying to accomplish what you'd intended. You remember the task
being left unfinished.
"Trying" dilutes intention.
The more you want to or try to accomplish a task, the more
challenging the completion of that task becomes.
In Episode V of the Star Wars saga there is line of dialogue
delivered by the character of the Jedi mentor, Yoda. Yoda gives
a set of instructions to his pupil, Luke Skywalker.
Luke responds to Yoda's instructions with the words, "I'll try."
Yoda counters quietly, and with conviction. He says, "Try not.
Do, or do not. There is no try."
I urge you to adopt this cinematic saying. Keep it close to you
at all times. Make it a part of your daily action plan. Write it
out. Paste it on the wall.
We all want to do the right things. We all try to do the right
things. However, the mindsets of wanting and trying come with a
cost.
That cost is best summed up in this excerpt from the first in a
series of books entitled "Conversations with God" by Neale
Donald Walsch. Walsch's literary depiction of God shares these
words, "You can not have that for which you ask. Nor can you
have anything you want. The very request is a statement of lack
and your saying you want produces only want in your reality."
Here's your success tip. Remove statements that include the
words "try" and "want" from your personal vocabulary.
Those who follow my work know about the "Secret Language of
Success"