You’ve heard of collecting Air Miles \/points using credit cards.
\nI propose you start to collect Gold Stamps.<\/p>\n
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You cash Air Miles\/points in for a \u2018free’ toaster, a free trip, whatever. <\/p>\n Say you give a weekly talk and are never satisfied with it. Eventually you give a really bad one and quit. “I’ve had it.” you say to yourself, “I never was really all that good anyways.” <\/p>\n The trick is to find REAL reasons to give yourself Gold Stamps. <\/p>\n Just look around mentally and you’ll see what needs changing but you’ll also see you’re improving in certain areas. THOSE are the source of Gold Stamps. <\/p>\n I’ll bet you’re surprised at how many credit card points you already have. That happens because they are automatically assigned every<\/span> time you use that card or fly that airline. Collecting Gold Stamps gives me a more balanced view of my actions. Nothing is all bad. I note the good things in what I do, experience, etc.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, find something\u00a0in everything you do — no matter how small! — that merits a genuine Gold Stamp and start collecting. <\/p>\n ————————–<\/p>\n These are related:<\/strong><\/p>\n 4<\/strong> Common Courtesy<\/a> – 6<\/strong> Feed Yourself<\/a> – 11<\/strong> Feedback<\/a> – 22<\/strong> Attitude<\/a> – 24<\/strong> Wedge<\/a><\/p>\n 26<\/strong> Discounting Self<\/a> – 27<\/strong> Responses<\/a> – 31<\/strong> Being at-Cause<\/a> – 40<\/strong> So What!<\/a> – 68<\/strong> Concentration<\/a><\/p>\n 73<\/strong> Killing Frogs<\/a> – 77<\/strong> Nine Cows<\/a> – 90<\/strong> Good\/Bad<\/a> – 96<\/strong> Habits<\/a> – 98<\/strong> Third Time<\/a> – 99<\/strong> Perfection!<\/a><\/p>\n 100<\/strong> Ransom Notes<\/a> – 102<\/strong> Response-ability<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You’ve heard of collecting Air Miles \/points using credit cards. I propose you start to collect Gold Stamps. You cash Air Miles\/points in for a \u2018free’ toaster, a free trip, whatever. I propose Gold Stamps for free mistakes! Say you give a weekly talk and are never satisfied with it. Eventually you give […]<\/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":[38,43],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-personal-growth","7":"category-self-image","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","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=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI propose Gold Stamps for free mistakes<\/strong>!<\/p>\n
\nCollect Gold Stamps and \u2018cash in’ those<\/strong> instead, means: “One bad talk out of sooo many OK ones isn’t all that bad.” You cash in for a free mistake (ie: no bad consequences)<\/p>\n
\nThis does <\/em><\/strong>NOT<\/em><\/strong> work when your reasons are contrived or phony.
\n<\/em><\/strong>Get triggered less quickly when someone brings up a long-standing argument? That deserves a Gold Stamp. Remember, the thin end of the wedge<\/strong> is how to get anything done (See\u00a0 # 24<\/a>)
\nAnd what if you overspend — again! — but less than before. That’s good for one too.<\/p>\n
\nLess irritable waking up in the morning = Gold Stamp!<\/p>\n
\nAfter all, what have you got to lose!<\/p>\n