How many more books do I have to read before I grow up?<\/p>\n
\u201cJust a few more,\u201d<\/em> is correct.<\/p>\n Not 1,387 !!<\/p>\n At the rate the child can read now<\/strong> it’s actually misleading to state almost any<\/strong> number.<\/p>\n And so it is with our self.<\/p>\n The decisions \/ changes I make in life are valid at that time<\/em> AND lead me to then<\/strong> see other needed changes.<\/p>\n Things I could not see until<\/span> I made those first changes \/ decisions.<\/p>\n I am not continuously doing the same thing over and over.<\/p>\n I am doing different <\/p>\n things. (Look and see how this <\/em>is<\/em><\/strong> true in your life!)<\/em><\/p>\n It seems endless, in one way.<\/p>\n And, in one way, it is.<\/p>\n BUT the changes are always different.<\/p>\n The steps I took in my past seemed so large at the time and yet now seem so small, that the steps I see for my future will not be as daunting as they ‘now’ seem to be.<\/p>\n When you are \u2018low\u2019 or down, rather than agree with yourself (!) look at how hard you used to think things were,<\/p>\n things that you can now do almost without thinking.<\/p>\n And all this was accomplished One by One.<\/p>\n From now on separate things into individual actions \/ decisions and do them…<\/p>\n One by One<\/p>\n ————————–<\/p>\n To reinforce this read any two below:<\/strong><\/p>\n # 3<\/a><\/strong> Cumulative Knowledge<\/a> – 20<\/a><\/strong> The ‘Gift’ of Knowledge<\/a> – 24<\/a><\/strong> The Wedge<\/a><\/p>\n 32<\/a><\/strong> Red Light, Green Light<\/a> – 35<\/a><\/strong> One + One = Two!<\/a> – 49<\/a><\/strong> Sharks<\/a> – 73<\/a><\/strong> Killing Frogs<\/a> – 78<\/a><\/strong> Process<\/a><\/p>\n 106<\/a><\/strong> Plan B<\/strong><\/a> – 113<\/a><\/strong> Success<\/a> – 117<\/a><\/strong> Gold Mine<\/a> – 119<\/a><\/strong> Gears<\/a> – 152<\/a><\/strong> Just Do It<\/a> – 153<\/a><\/strong> All-At-Once<\/a><\/p>\n 157<\/a><\/strong> Self Assembly<\/a> – 163<\/a><\/strong> When I Grow Up<\/a> – 176<\/strong> “1-2-3”<\/a> – 185<\/strong> First, Get Alive<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How many more books do I have to read before I grow up? \u201cJust a few more,\u201d is correct. Not 1,387 !! At the rate the child can read now it’s actually misleading to state almost any number. And so it is with our self. The decisions \/ changes I make in life are valid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,20,35,40,44],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-decisions","7":"category-goals","8":"category-miracles","9":"category-problem-solving","10":"category-success","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}