Comments on: The “Kaizen Mind Trick”

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:42:41 +0000

Good article and true that you can often make small changes that do not threaten or stir fears and negative thinking. This is a good strategy for creating permanent change in behavior.

By: D

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:14:50 +0000

Hi, Ryan and Glenn:
I am reading this post about the Kaizen Mind Trick. I teach it and call it The Diane Plan. Just take one step. Then take another step. Two successes. Wow!

Easy to know. Rewarding to teach. Implementation is the hardest. Especially when in a sea of so many desires and directions.

By: Anatoli

Anatoli — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:09:47 +0000

Hi Ryan.
Couldn’t agree more.
I am studying Internet marketing almost five years and often tell other people
about it. They just laugh at me like that tribesman.

I take Kaizen’s steps and now I have published six books and can not stop.

Thanks.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:25:28 +0000

Continual reminder of the language in this post is always helpful in achieving meaningful results. Some of us do it better than others. A continual reminder of these principles is important in all facets of life, in my opinion. Thank you for this article.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:12:00 +0000

Ryan and Glenn – good stuff! Liked how it ties into the amygdala and the cortex.

I applied this when I did an Ironman (it’s a triathlon 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and a marathon 26.2 miles). I had done marathons, centuries (100 mile bike rides) and many triathlons before and even a half Ironman. A full Ironman is a much different beast. You simply can\’t \"fake it\" or use good ole determination and will power. You can get by with that for shorter distances, but not this distance. You will kill yourself.

I was feeling very overwhelmed and not sure what to do and found myself \"seizing up\" and not getting training in. It was pretty useless.

That all changed when I found a great coach that has done many Ironmans himself and helped 2-300 others accomplish the same feat. He put together a training program and I would get an excel spreadsheet with my workouts for the month. (sound familiar… HyperResponsiveClub…).

All I had to do was do the workout and trust in the fact that I had a great coach that knew what the heck he was doing.

The result… worked like a charm! I finished the Ironman despite have unusually high temperature of 104F. He got me there safe, completed the race safe and I had energy (a little) left to play with my kiddos after! (I\’m hooked now and want to do more!!)

Your Hyper-Responsive Club does the same thing. That\’s why I\’m such a big fan!

Blessings eh!
Chris.

By: Dr. George

Dr. George — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:12:04 +0000

Glenn,

Thanks for allowing Ryan the opportunity to share – I’ve enjoyed Parts I & II very much. Also, great comment, Yoav, and tremendous response by Ryan. The story of the alchemist really hit home with me. Thanks again.

Dr. George

By: Ron W

Ron W — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:06:02 +0000

There’s a basic rule of project management:

If you don’t know *what* to do, jump *up* a level and look at a bigger picture.

If you don’t know *how* to do something, drop *down* a level and break it into the next discrete action.

But either way, DO SOMETHING! Time management, or controlling events in time, requires events!

By: Orestes

Orestes — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:48:33 +0000

Hi! Ryan,

Thanks so much for your great story. It´s like you talking to me and I think at some point we all suffer for things like that. It´s been of geat help to me as I´m going through at lot of that problem right now in my life. For sure today I will start with a tiny first step and I´ll take it from there.

God bless you my friend!

By: joe

joe — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:10:38 +0000

this was spot on – very timely for me… thank you…

By: Yoav

Yoav — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:15:39 +0000

Ryan – that’s a great story. I’ll use that