Comments on: Change Your Environment… Change Your Life.

By: Environment Changes Everything | The Great Family Escape

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By: change your life

change your life — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:58:28 +0000

I recently heard someone say, “focus on the donut, not the hole” and that statement really impacted me. Don’t get excited

By: Kerry D.

Kerry D. — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:24:03 +0000

Hi Heather,

Although getting your daughter out of the class is not likely, I’d request a meeting with the teacher, preferably with the principal or other administrator present. We have had a number of insensitive teachers for our kids, who are ignorant of student’s challenges, and P.E. teachers top the list. It IS reasonable for your daughter to improve her running skills, and that may require hard work. But, it is NEVER ok for a teacher to make demeaning or negative comments. (As a dance teacher at college/university level, I find it takes about 3 weeks to improve strength and endurance, so she should hang in there and challenge herself to improve, not because of negativity but for her own satisfaction.)

By: heather

heather — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:53:32 +0000

This is so helpful. My 13 year old just had a hideous experience with her gym teacher the other day. The teacher is one of those nightmare, out-of-shape, former jocks living through her students type teachers and I haven’t slept much all weekend trying to figure out how to help my duaghter face the thought of two years with this gorgon.

My initial thoughts were to get her out of the class, get the teacher fired etc. Not likely and not very positive.

This post made me think that I can try to change the “environment” for her. Maybe help her pick out shoes that would make the required running more comfortable, see if she can run with her ipod, maybe work out with her during these first few weeks of school to get her in shape faster (and get the negative comments from the teacher reduced)

Thanks so much!

By: Moneyedup

Moneyedup — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:23:33 +0000

Trying to work in a cluttered room can be just as distracting as trying to work in front of the tv. When I was in school, right around exam time, things would get messy because I would forget about cleaning up an only focus on studying. Then it got to a point that the mess was a distraction so I would avoid studying by cleaning up. I clean work space can make all the difference!

By: ChristineWithRegence

ChristineWithRegence — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:27:22 +0000

Great tips! For ideas on how you can take charge of your own health care costs, check out Whatstherealcost.org.

By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:49:50 +0000

Nearly a year ago I made what I thought would be a fairly minor change — I swapped out grains and sugar in my diet with healthy fats (gotta get the fuel from somewhere!). I didn’t do anything fancy, I didn’t count anything (grams or calories or anything), I just decided to eat “real food, mostly meat and veggies”. This change in my environment (no more pasta/bread at home) has had a huge impact on me — I lost about 50 lbs, and feel way more energetic… but it also changed other things that I thought were completely unrelated. I’ve learned a lot more about cooking and cooking techniques. I sleep better. My hair and skin look better, and require less product to look healthy (even more money saved). I’ve gotten more interested in things like barefoot running. Even though I’m buying more meat I spend far less on food because I no longer buy snacks and candy and soda and a gazillion other things that I used to be hooked on. It sounds like a diet, but it wasn’t meant to be one, and hasn’t felt like it (I eat when hungry, and I cook delicious food). It’s been an experiment, not a regimented thing. I found a bunch of folks over at marksdailyapple.com that were experimenting with the same sort of thing, which helped with inspiration. Gawd. I sound like an infomercial! Anyway, I’ve mused a lot about how this change seemed like such a simple thing and has had such a profound impact on me in so many unexpected ways.

By: Fred Schebesta

Fred Schebesta — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:19:57 +0000

The part I struggle with the most is the distractions. Other things that I distract myself with that prevents me from maximising my productivity.

That is why I find the most productive work that I get done is at night when no one else is around. I guess that is sort of a change in environment?

By: poch

poch — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:56:40 +0000

Excellent comment. This reminds me of a book by Paolo Coelho where the main character travels the world searching for something only to find out that what he’s searching for is just in his own backyard.
But of course there are situations where we really need to change environment which is my predicament.

By: Brecht

Brecht — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:42:46 +0000

Sometimes “motivation” isn’t what’s holding you back or why you’re not doing what you “know” you should be doing. Sometimes what’s holding you back is your perception of you.

I have often seen in my career especially with salespeople (and independent business owners/professionals) that periods of success can be followed by periods of inaction, loss of motivation, and low activity.

If you perceive yourself as someone who makes a certain amount of money or as someone who has a certain lifestyle you will find it almost impossible to make any more or live any better. You will stop what you are doing that is good and productive and you will find reasons to waste time and do nothing as soon as you are close to your “limit”. Your subconscious will prevent you from succeeding because you have already decided what you’re worth and what you can do and the universe will not allow you to surpass those expectations.

In the last sales management role I had we set regular weekly activity goals for everybody, as a baseline, for what they should be doing (calls etc). Regardless of what the goal was almost everyone would do just a little bit less… with only one exception and she would always do just a little bit more…. bizarre.

Maybe I’m just talking out loud and I’m certainly not saying that this is why your May was what it was, but I know that I have been a victim of myself on occasion and I’ve seen it in many, many others.

The only cure for this is of course to raise your perception of self.

Do change your environment, I do it occasionally and its a great idea, but if you’re rearranging deck chairs….