If someone tells you to “Walk the Talk”, what does it mean to you? In the majority of cases this means backing up your words with actions to achieve your goal or task you promised to achieve.
But, we all have been a bit loud, played in a way that was snarky and then never completed what we claimed we’d like to. Therefore, it may make sense to ask ourselves how we can improve our lives. your “goals” you have set for yourself and why been so many thrown to the sidelines?
The first step is to examine the 3 pound chunk of glial cells, neurons as well as neural stem cells and blood vessels that make up our brain. walk the talk The brain’s primary purpose is self-protection. When it is aware that you have everything you need to survive, you’ll be able to accomplish anything you want to do…
What could happen when the brain is in a new scenario where it doesn’t know the outcome, is that it is able to assume the worst case scenario that could result. The brain is not a fan of negative outcomes, and will seek ways to prevent it.
This self-preservation neural wiring creates “thinking” about achieving a goal challenging. We need to establish the meaning to move the brain’s focus towards “new is bad” to ” this is bad and so I need to change it”. Famous psychologist Louis Cozolino, said it best: “thinking serves at the pleasure of emotion”. Emotions drive behaviour, and it is our behavior that determines the outcome. The right emotion or meaning drives positive results. A negative emotion or meaning can lead to poor outcomes.
So , how can we solve this issue? My first suggestion might seem counterintuitive…at a personal level.
- Do not divulge your goals to anyone else.
The more dedicated you are to your goals as a person, the more secretive you must be about your goals. The psychologist Dr. Marwa Azab posits that we need to bridge the gap between intentions (thinking over it) and execution (finding significance and doing it). Her research has shown that when we announce our intentions to achieve them and when others recognize the greatness of these “potential” changes, we receive a dopamine boost in one go. walk the talk The more admiration others show for our goals, the more dopamine we feel, and less likely to carry out the actions required to achieve the goals. Instead of getting the dopamine by realizing your goal, you gain it from the admiration of others for our goals…before we even achieve them.
Let’s now the topic with regard with you and your teams and the organization you work for.
In their survey from 2015 of more than 90 businesses, McKinsey & Company identified the ways that good implementers perform differently than other organizations. “The most crucial factors when it comes to success or failure, according to survey respondents, are organization-wide ownership of and commitment to change, prioritization, and sufficient resources.“
As you can see, the necessary requirements to implement any kind of change are not difficult:
So…
The next time you’re faced with an objective you and your team want to achieve:
- Find out what this means to you.
- Consider what you will need to succeed.
- Each step should be planned and you will be accountable for the accomplishment of each step
- Share your joy with the world after you’ve accomplished your objectives
Simple…really!
