OH! Magazine - Australian Version August 2015 | Page 22

GREG
SELLAR

YOUR BEST YOU:
ESCAPING THE FAIL CYCLE
Greg Sellar shares his tips to help you
escape the fail cycle and be your best you.
need to change. In order to move forward
a shift in mindset is required.
3. Inclined – You’ve accepted where you
are but realise that the ‘now’ is temporary
and will change in the future. Positive
action is all that is required for success.
Action your goals and the motivation will
come. The message here is to take that
first step.
Can you identify yourself or those around
you in one of the stages of inertia?

he word ‘fail’ might seem harsh,
but if we can’t recognise that we
all have tendencies that stop us from
being the best version of ourselves, then
it’s appropriate.

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We see people not being the best version
of themselves in two spaces – physically,
where they’re not looking after their
wellbeing, or psychologically, where their
mindset isn’t right.
The modern world is complex. It operates
at a pace that many are ill-equipped to
cope with. We deal with an estimated
60,000 thoughts per day (mostly
negative), repeating thought patterns and
behaviours that see us slip back into
repeated cycles of failure. We see
momentary blips of positive action and
results (in finance and stock trading they
call it the ‘dead cat bounce’), but it’s an
otherwise downward trend.

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So how can we close the gap between who
we are, and who we know we can be?
The three states of inertia
We need to recognise the three states of
inertia and how they stop us from
becoming invincible – a state where we
are flourishing in wellbeing, finances,
career and relationships. This is where
‘your best you’ lays dormant, ready to be
activated.
1. Inanimate – You are stuck, not
necessarily accepting of the situation
you’re in, but indecisive over first steps.
You can be ‘paralysed by possibilitiy’ and
need support with formulating goals and
actions.
2. Indifferent – You are too comfortable
with the status quo, sailing up the ‘river
denial’ seeing no problem with being
below the success line. You don’t feel you

‘Everything is as it should be’ means you
are where you are right now, based on the
decisions you have or haven’t made, and
the actions you may or may not have
taken. Once you accept that statement as
true, it’s a lot easier to