Choosing My Birthday Location
I was just booking accommodation for my birthday which I will be spending in Australia.
And while I was booking the accommodation, all of these pop-ups were jumping at me throughout.
"Only 1 spot left!"
"3 people have already looked at this. Be quick!"
"Todays special deal!"
All of these reminders are trying to motivate me into a decision by making me scared that I will miss the opportunity.
You see, we are motivated in one of two ways.
Avoiding pain or receiving love.
We are either trying to avoid embarrassment, failure, missing out or being wrong...
OR
We are wanting attention, affirmation or to be recognised.
Personally, the fear of pain is the strongest one.
So when that reminder comes up and says that there is only one spot left, immediately I think what would happen if I missed that price and how that would feel if someone else got it over me.
It would hurt.
It would hurt because I would have to pay more for a less exciting accomodation and potentially have a negative impact on my holiday and therefore, my 26th birthday.
So you know what I did, I booked it.
But it had me thinking...
What if those reminders went off for us and our body?
"57,000 people have already worked out today, make sure you do too!"
"Aaron has already booked in for his Crossfit class, are you going to book in before it's full?
"You got half the amount of sleep you usually get last night, is it wise to train your hardest tonight?
"Now is the time when your energy is the highest, get to the gym and workout!"
If these reminders actually existed, they'd kick our ass and I think a lot more people would do what they need to do.
These reminders would lead you to do three things....
1) Avoid the pain of staying the same and promote proactivity and action for you to achieve the goals you have set for yourself
2) Receive the love of feeling good about yourself, having energy and feeling more healthy.
3) Join Team Brock Ashby
What ever one you do, you will be better than you were before reading this email.