Creatures of habit we are indeed

And negative habits for the most part at that.

Luckily, we all know that life is all about choices and we can make a conscious decision to change our ways.
So; what exactly got me thinking about this?

Well I was actually sitting on a golf cart one day and observed some players swinging away at the tee-off in front of me, and I realised that every time one of them hits a near perfect swing the air is immediately filled with a sense of accomplishment fuelled by congratulations, however when the same player hits a hideous swing he and his fellow players immediately turn to their analytical skills to try and determine what went wrong. It baffled me that you barely ever noted a single player analysing a great swing to try and figure out what went right!

I remember hearing a saying (quoted from Tony Robbins if I am not mistaken) many years ago that stated:

“If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. ”

And before this observation I have always made a direct association with this when I struggled to reach a given goal, after this I started applying this saying in my life in order to replicate my success. Don’t get me wrong, I do not allow this to restrict me, I still peruse new avenues and embrace new opportunities when they pose themselves. It is just that when you find a recipe for success you hold onto it.

At the same time analysing failure is also not necessarily a bad thing, it teaches us to activate the lateral way of thinking and problem solving, and also teaches us what to avoid in the future.

But I still think that we should embrace both teachers; the evaluation of fault as well as the analyzation of success, for they teach us equally valuable lessons!