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SI 003: Fit like Darwin

You have probably heard the phrase 'survival of the fittest', right?

 

Good old Charlie Darwin and his incredible work 'On The Origin of Species'.

 

But this use of 'fitness' often gets misconstrued as meaning strongest, or toughest.

 

It is not necessarily the strongest or toughest species which survives... and nor is that true for individuals.

 

In fact, in 1963 Leon C Megginson, a management and marketing professor at Louisiana State University, paraphrased it like this:

 

"According to Darwin’s Origin of Species, it is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself."

 

Please note, that is not a quote from Darwin himself, as is often misquoted.

 

But the fact remains... a species which is to survive in a harsh and changing environment has to be adaptable to...

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SI 002: Your habit audit

Good morning!

 

Hey check me out, I’ve done two weeks in a row, GO ME 

 

Last week I wrote you a little message about setting the right kind of goals.

 

Goals which actually MEAN something to you.

 

This week I think it’s highly worthwhile to explain my concept of a ‘habit audit’

 

You see, it’s all well and good knowing what you want, and knowing where you are now in relation to those goals.

 

But without assessing your behaviours you can’t possibly know what changes to start making.

 

Most people jump in with activities they see other people doing, with no regard to whether it’s too much of a leap for them as an individual.

 

Does this ring any bells?

 

New Year’s Resolutions, anyone?

 

Instead of making blind changes, here’s what I recommend.

 

List all your daily behaviours under one or the other of the following headings:

  1. Habits which serve me.
  2. Habits which hold me...
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