2W2B: Analysis

By on April 10, 2007 in Blogging, Books with 4 Comments

This is part of an ongoing series as I journal my way through Lisa Haneberg‘s book, Two Weeks to a Breakthrough. Today’s entry is Day 7 of 14…

You may notice that it’s been four days since my last 2W2B post. Not only did I fall behind, I skipped a day in the series (Day 6: ‘What If’ is a great exercise). What do most people do at this point? Succumb to the barrier or create a breakthrough?

Beliefs-Actions-Results
Your beliefs determine your actions, which determine your results. Lisa coaches us into breakthrough mode by analyzing this model in reverse.

  • What is the desired result?
  • What actions will best support achieving the goal?
  • Based on the goal, which beliefs do we need to adopt?

Our beliefs are often the crutch we lean on that keep us from breakthroughs. Maybe it’s our version of "loser’s limp" that keeps us from the breakthrough.

Take blogging as an example (you knew I’d get around to this, yes?).

Our desired results:

  • Engaging Conversation
  • Better Search Results
  • Fame and Fortune

Beliefs that hold us back:

  • Not enough time; I’ve got other things to do
  • Nobody is reading my blog yet anyway, I’ll do it later
  • I’m not a good writer; I don’t know what to say

If we want the results…what actions do we need to take…what beliefs do we need to change?

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  • http://www.conversationagent.com Valeria Maltoni

    Mike:
    This is a great example of running a series of topical posts, broken down per question or chain of thoughts. I can learn a lot from you! And I am.
    Other beliefs I suspect hold us back on blogging:
    * My stuff is not as good as someone else’s
    * I cannot come up with good enough ideas
    * It’s too risky (read: unproven) to do “x”
    I’d be interested in reading what other people see as obstacles/assumptions.

  • http://www.coachingwizardry.com Joanna Young

    It’s an interesting set of questions. At the moment I’m swinging between fear that I have too many ideas = never get time to write them down, and momentary panic that I’ll dry up in a few weeks and never post again…
    I’m wondering which beliefs might be holding you back though – clearly not 2 or 3, so is it #1, time… or something else?
    Joanna

  • http://www.mikesansone.com Mike Sansone

    >Valeria, great additions (as usual). Thanks for teaching/learning.
    >Joanna, Hmm – for me personally – time has been a worthy opponent of late, but it will soon be an ally:-) And as you’re finding out – blogs are like self-storage for the brain. Keep storing your ideas

  • http://coachingwizardry.typepad.com/confident_writing/2007/04/are_you_aware_o.html Confident Writing

    How to write without limits

    Are you aware of your writing beliefs? One of the things we learn from coaching and NLP is the power of our beliefs. They are not facts, but we tend to treat them as if they were. They become the

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