Start – Do – Notice – Think
Hey E-con Insiders, Mind Hack Monday and I said in the last video that I was going to follow on with what SDNT is all about so let me get to it. It will just be a short one today. It’s a little tiny mind hack. Now the ‘S’ as you remember if you watch that video stands for start and the key mind hack we talked about last week was learning and what understanding that you can actually break down a task into the start of the task and the finish of the step of the task. You actually need to learn to start the finish because the finish is where so many people get stuck. Even if you’re a great starter of the start, there’s no point having a whole bunch of unfinished projects because you need to get a finish in order to make it work. So, that was what that mine hack was about.
What does the DNT stand for? What it stands for is do, notice and think. So, SDNT stands for [Start Do Notice and Think]. There’s a little software app that I want to upload into your brain if you were happy to go ahead. The way you upload it is just repeat it after me a few times; start, do, notice think, start, do, notice think SDNT. I find that if I write it out quite a few times will type it out that it just goes into my brain and it’s a thought pattern. That’s all you’re really doing is creating a thought pattern; a way of thinking or a thinking tool. That’s what these are they help you better.
So, the whole idea is I walk you through and it’s pretty straightforward. You have to start something. This represents the very beginning of the taking of the action. But then you need to follow through which is the doing part. You need to do it. Once you’ve done it you notice what happens which means you need to be observant and notice it. Then notice it and take some time to think about what you notice. Think what you notice; start-do-notice-think; start-do-notice-think.
Now where this fits into this other pattern I’m going to teach about which CVS to BVS and current version of your situations is moving to the better version of your situation. You need to know how to move there and the way you then move there is by starting, doing, noticing and thinking. Starting, doing, noticing and thinking. This is how you get CVS to BVS this is the two parts. This is the part that you use that actually gets you there. Now my camera keeps moving on its own accord for some reason.
So, that’s just a software app I want you to upload, but here comes the mind hack. Let me get my rubber and rub this out. I’m now going to get into this. I would this now qualify as the worst rubber in the history of rubbers. Start-do-notice-think. What I want you to notice about that is there is nowhere in that little formula for blame or judgment; that’s the mind hack. The formula itself is phenomenal to help you just get into a pattern. They use another one in the military called the ‘OODA Loop’ which we won’t go into, but there are all these little patterns. There’s all the things that can help you think in a certain way. CVS to BVS is one of them. SDNT is another, but the thing that I want you to notice is there’s no room for judgment or blame in that thought pattern.
You do something you want to start it. You start a Facebook ad campaign so you follow through and do it. You notice what happens and then you think about what happens in the context of CVS to BVS. Did it bring me toward my BVS; If it did you keep on doing it. If it didn’t then you need to start something, think about it and what you’re going to start, start something new, do it, notice and think. Start-do-notice-think. There is no room in there for this version which is start something, do something, blame people, fight with people, feel bad– well that’s actually feel bad [Inaudible 4:21], argue, feel defensive, blame people, get frustrated. There’s no room for any of that in start, do, notice think. You don’t need it. You don’t need to buy into any of it at all. I mean you can if you want to, but it is only your choice then if you do it. If you’re running this particular formula here there’s no need to enter into it at all. All you’re having a top of your mind the whole time is my current version is this. That’s what I notice. I want to move to a better version of the situation CVS to BVS. How do I do it? I start and have a plan of what I’m going to do. Then I start and I do and then I notice and I think. What I notice is that it either worked or it didn’t work and if it didn’t work what can I do to help me get to my BVS. So I need to now start that. Do notice and think. Start to just get busy starting, doing, noticing and thinking. Just do that as a cycle over and over again. Don’t get pulled into anyone else’s drama. Don’t get pulled into anyone else’s frustration. Don’t get pulled into other people’s paranoia, concern or whatever drama is going on for them.
As real as it might be for them for you the best thing you can actually be for yourself and for everyone around you is to start-do-notice-think. That is the leader you need to be to lead the business that you want to build start-do-notice-think. That is a highly evolved leader. It’s not getting stuck in all the other judgment stuff. So, the mind hack that I really want you to get is that part. If you just get this formula in your head start, do, notice think backed up by what you actually want. What do you want? If I want that I’ve got no business doing anything else than the thing that’s going to get me that. So, I just need to start-do-notice-think.
We’re six minutes in and I hope that’s been repetitive enough to begin to go into your brain that’s why I like to repeat it over and over again because this is how I upload it into your brain; start to notice think SDNT- SDNT- SDNT- SDNT. You can tell that I’ve said it a lot because it works. It works as a program in your mind that no matter what situations you’re in, you just go start-do-notice-think.
Now I must do one thing the footnote to this is that I didn’t come up with this myself. This was taught to be my mentor who is a cognitive scientist who consulted to GE and helped him grow into a multi-billion dollar company. His name is Dr. Michael Hewitt Gleason and so I pay respects to him. He installed that in my mind and this is what a meme really is. I’m now installing in yours and it is a gift. You should install it in everyone’s life that you have. If you’ve got kids install it in their mind; start-do-notice-think. I can’t do my math homework; start-do-notice-think. I’m crap at math. I’m so bad at math. I’m never going to be good at math; start-do-notice-think. You don’t need to enter into any of that negative stuff at all.
I’m Dr. Nic. Let me know what you think in the comments below. We’re just building as you can see on concept after concept and spiraling around to really begin to give you a mental framework to be a highly successful entrepreneur. Leave your comments down below. Let me know what you think and just say hi if you want to. I will catch you in the next video soon.