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We’ve mentioned many times that the words we use are powerful drivers of our behaviour.

Our words drive our thoughts……….

Which drive our actions and behaviours………

Which drive our results.

If we can challenge and tweak the way we describe things, the results can often come more easily than before.

Sometimes we can use terms that make our behaviour sound almost kind of cool.

But a quick look in the thesaurus for other words and phrases that mean the same can quickly change that.

“I’m a procrastinator” we might say.

To explain why we haven’t done something.

Sounds a bit like we’re a deep thinker and something amazing is on it’s way.

Or maybe maybe we’ve been doing some great work elsewhere whilst allowing this to ‘percolate’.

The thesaurus gives us;

dawdle
dilly-dally
loiter
stall
drag one’s feet
shilly-shally
lolly-gag

Doesn’t sound quite so cool, does it?

Or we might say “I’m a perfectionist”.

Again to explain why we haven’t done something.

Same thing with what the thesaurus gives us;

fusspot
quibbler
fussbudget
daydreamer
fantasizer
woolgatherer

And is it worth considering that, maybe, perfectionism is another word for;

fear of criticism?

After all, how often do we not do something that no one else will see because we’re “a perfectionist”?

Rarely, if ever.

It’s when we have to put something out to the world that sub-optimal that we struggle.

I’m approaching 2,300 days in a row of doing these blogs.

Have there been any that could not possibly have been improved with some more editing?

Doubtful.

None have been perfect.

But “ok and done” always, always beats “perfect and not done”.

If we do some sub-optimal exercise today, that’s more than the vast majority of the population will do.

If we make some “good enough” food choices then we’ll win over time.

If we’re willing to do that thing we’ve been putting off and are happy for it to be “good enough” but actually done, that will beat that endless cycle of “perfectionism” and “procrastination”.

Much love,

Jon ‘osaurus Rex’ Hall

Jon Hall
Jon Hall

When not helping people to transform their lives and bodies, Jon can usually be found either playing with his kids or taxi-ing them around. If you'd like to find out more about what we do at RISE then enter your details in the box to the right or bottom of this page or at myrise.co.uk - this is the same way every single one of the hundreds who've described this as "one of the best decisions I've ever made" took their first step.