State Management Starts and Ends with YOU

Its 2 AM and I am up sitting in front of my computer typing. Common behavior these days. I can write during the morning or day, but late at night is when I do better: not always my best, but words flow off my mind faster.

I am in a great state for a number of reasons. The last week has been superior and I have made great strides on several projects. Lifting has been exceptionally good. DDN scored a ton of new equipment for his home gym which included a few pieces which let me move on goals I have set earlier this year. I have found my new gym location and I will be closing this deal quickly. Frankie, Marty, and I have had a few conversations which have allowed me to refine some important psych concepts. Headaches have been less painful this week. I picked up the slack on something I was delaying (for no certain reason) and closed it tonight.

Many people read that and think I am in a great mood because of the things which I listed. The opposite is true. I got more shit done because I was in a good state.

While an extensive bio-psychological educational system is being built right now, the prime association in the BioPsych course is state management. Simply put, “It’s not what you do, it’s how you do it.” To be even more specific, it’s how you feel as you perform the task.

The first BioPsych lesson I was taught by Frankie is that very same topic we return to daily in conversation. It is the most important conversation piece I have with my friends. It is the side I am learning to lead with every time with every person I meet.

“States Before Skills”

I am doing better now compared to any year I can remember. Sure, I still have days where I am crab ass. I still get upset. I still feel sad. But I am resolving these upsets better right now and getting better at it all the time.

The corners you have to turn in state resolution include: removing negative influences from your life, placing expectations where they belong and being ready to change up every situation in order to leverage yourself to bigger and brighter places.

I say my service to the US Military was the most decisive game changing event of my life thus far. I learned rules, doctrine, how to better lead, how to get shit done and what the cost of failure can be.

I was exceptionally good when this was good for me. During that time the lifestyle of the service was benefical to my state and my health. Towards the end it became the most negative impact in my life.

I dreaded waking up to shave and put on my uniform. I lost respect for the systems we honored. I was no longer able to ignore things which used to go right by me with no effect. Things which used to drive me crazy no longer mattered, and things which never in the past bothered me drove through roller coasters of epic disappointment and intense frustration.

So I stepped out. Nearly a decade of service, fast burning promotions and a resume which made me competitve for any job in my career field – I put it all down and walked away.

I did this for one reason. My state made my skills shitty. I became a problem for the people around me because I was always willing to question processes and procedures. I was no longer satisfied to accept, “Because I told you so,” as a reason to do anything.

In 2009 I began to push my limits to see how much chain this dog had and I found I could go too far too fast. In March of 2009 decision became an absolute. I choose to make my state the number one priority.

Coming back to why this week is great – I am able to break more and more negative shit out of my life. I am getting better at resolving my unwanted habits. I am getting better at modifying my behavior to suit the task at hand. I have made progress with my sticking point concerning expectations of others. None of this sounds like it is related to my best ever two hands pinch on Friday, or my best ever kettlebell Jerk speed I hit this week…it’s all touching and everything affects everything else.

Your starting point is here.

Everything you do, everything which is done to you, every action you make, every thought you have, everything you feel is either making you better or it is making you worse. This is a cornerstone of how The Movement operates. The more negative shit you can remove, the greater the good can be. Take the brakes off, set down the bricks, smack the monkey off your back.

When you place your state management at the top of your priority list, you can’t help but become better faster and faster. Where you start is not the most important piece of the equation. It is what you continue to do which matters. As far as I can see, there is no reason to hestitate. Get rid of the bad, get more of the good. Do not focus on the task (skills) until the person doing it is ready (state).

This is my challenge to you. I am calling you out.

Locate one thing right now in your mind which you can reshape, re-order, or dismiss in your life which you know is making you worse. Why wait to get better? Why wait for someone else to do it for you? Why delay?

Put it to the test, and report your results. Your success rests in your hands alone and your failures are all things you earned in one way or another. While many claim no man is an Island, you must become your own fortress.

Protect yourself against those things which would make you worse…and if it’s not making you better, it’s making you worse.

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My name is Adam T Glass. I am the apostate. I am the self exiled. I am The Movement. The Question is, Are You The Movement? Are you willing to turn your back on doctrine and dogma and question everything? If you are willing to do that, you will be incredible.