We have all heard of the phrase history repeats itself. And most of us have, at some point in time, agreed with the statement. We've taken a look at history, and saw similar trends to what was currently happening and thought to ourselves "oh, history does indeed repeat itself."
I want to add a twist to this ... I want to challenge you to look at it differently. Because I have, and it wrecked my brain and shifted how I think about and approach things in life. I want us to make it personal.
What would your life looked like if you applied the above-mentioned statement to your life? History repeats itself.
Let me phrase it differently. I once heard my friend say this and it blew my mind, literally.
Past performance is a good indicator of future behaviour.
Past performance (what you have done before) is a good indicator (to us, and most importantly to you) of future behaviour (what you are capable of, and most likely will be, doing). If you have done it before, you can do it again. History repeats itself.
Disclaimer: This is one of those double-edged sword things. It can work for you or against you. So one can say it this way (for the middle crowd), you are most likely to continue on a trend of what you've been doing and achieving, unless you decide to do things differently.
This is the thought that wrecked my mind for a very long time. At first I just took it as one of those "if somebody has behaved in a particular way before, they will behave that way again". But as time went on, I started thinking to myself ... what happens if we flip the principle?
What would it look like if we tried to use the same principle to maintain a good track record or influence a change in behaviour?
Maintaining a good track record is easy ... you just use your previous wins to fuel your next win. What wrecked my mind is the realisation that the same thing applies to influencing a change in behaviour. All you need to do is get that one win. All you need is to do it once.
The minute you finish doing it, it becomes a past performance. It becomes history. And what have we been saying this whole time? History repeats itself. As soon as you finish, it's past performance ... past performance is a good indicator of future behaviour.
If you have done it before, you can do again.
A lot of us often come across points in our lives where things aren't looking like they're set up for a win, and we start doubting ourselves ... it is at this point where we simply need to remember that we have won before, and if we have won before we can win again.
Some of us are scared of change. We have questions and doubts of how it will turn out ... before you write the whole thing off, challenge yourself to take one small step, do one seemingly small thing, secure one win! And build on it! If you can win once, you can win again, and again, and again. Secure today's win ... and remember that today is tomorrow's yesterday.
Past performance is a good indicator of future behaviour. If you have done it before, you can do it again. If you do it once, you can do it again, and again, and again.
Take in win in your life, and use it to fuel your next win ... and before you know it, you will be singing:
"All I do is win, win, win
No matter what ..."
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