The core theme is bridging the "intention-intervention gap" – the disconnect between knowing what you want to do and actually doing it – by implementing specific strategies to align desires with actions for goal achievement.
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visualization without skill doesn't work
but closing the intention intervention
Gap does and by the end of this video
you will know what that is and you will
have the exact tools you need to
completely reinvent yourself with it so
the intention intervention Gap refers to
the disconnect between knowing what you
need to do intention and then actually
taking action to do it intervention the
strategies I'm going to talk about in a
little bit is they're going to help you
align your desires with your skills to
get your goals the first time I realized
that this was a thing it was early in my
business and I took over my sales team
from a manager who was underperforming
deadlines were being missed morale was
low nothing I tried seemed to work and
my instinct was that I needed to control
every detail of everything that was
happening but what happened was that I
actually made things worse suddenly
Revenue was stagnating and it was even
starting to drop and so I felt like the
weight of the world was on my shoulders
my ability to pay my entire employee
base relies on the company making sales
and continuing to get customers and so
that's the first time that I applied the
intention intervention equation what I
realized is that I had actually not
clearly communicated what success looked
like or why it mattered so my intention
was that the team performed better but I
hadn't set clear expectations or aligned
them with the bigger Mission and so the
first thing I did is I started by
clarifying my intention I wanted better
performance stronger collaboration a
culture of ownership then I identified
what specific actions I needed to make
that happen weekly check-ins to align on
goals and priorities role Clarity
session so everybody knew their
responsibilities regular recognition so
that they're actually engaged within
weeks the entire energy of the team
shifted the team knew what was actually
expected from them and they felt
connected to the mission and to my
intention we started hitting and then we
exceeded our sales targets so we went
from a 30% close rate to a 55% close
rate and it was that experience that
taught me the power of aligning clear
intentions with focused interventions
because it is not about working harder
it's about working smarter on the right
stuff the more skills you have to bridge
the gap the more likely you are to hit
the goal here's an example it's the new
year you want to improve your health and
so you decide that you're going to work
out every morning for 30 minutes before
work now where's the intervention Gap
despite having a very clear intention
when your alarm goes off the morning you
hit snooze you tell yourself you'll work
out later and then you start skipping
the workout entirely so how do we bridge
the gap one clarify the intention
instead of a vague plan like I'm going
to work out in the morning specify the
time specify the type of workout specify
the exercise you have to get specific
intention is not good enough vague
directions don't work we've got to get
specific with Our intention then we want
to create environmental triggers how do
we create a trigger that makes it easy
for us to remember Our intention going
with that example we would lay out our
workout clothes and our shoes next to
the bed the night before something I've
done for the last 12 years is I lay out
my outfits the night before it's not
that I'm smarter or have more willpower
in fact I don't use any willpower I just
see it and then I go do it I don't have
to think at all then we would set a
visible calendar reminder on our phone
so that we remember what Our intention
is so here's a pro tip for me the
easiest way that I can create
environmental triggers is I put it on my
calendar I use my calendar for
everything I even put like do my laundry
lay out my clothes pack my bag I put all
things on my calendar because it reminds
me and then also removes friction of
remembering it ahead of time so I have
certain things programmed on my calendar
that I know I'm going to do every week
so not only do I have things sitting out
physically I also have reminders on my
calendar that I check every day which
brings me to the next point which is
minimiz in friction going with that
example of working out what would I do
to minimize friction so that I've
clarified my intention I have put
triggers in place and now I'm going to
minimize as much friction as possible to
get that workout in I would prepare my
workout space the night before so
there's no need to set up in the morning
if I know I'm going to be doing
deadlifts I'm going to set up the
deadlift workout if I know I'm going to
be squatting heavy I'm going to preload
the bar another thing you would do is
you might use an app that's comes with a
pre-planned routine so that you don't
have to think about what you're doing
when you go to the gym I have two apps
that I use on my phone and they tell me
exactly what I'm going to do what
machines what exercises how many reps
how intensely and when I'm done if one
of your goals is doing less of something
maybe eating less junk food then you
would want to increase friction then I
would say okay let me get all the junk
food out of the house so if I need to
eat junk food I have to literally buy it
there and then you could go even further
you could delete door Dash from your
phone or Uber Eats I have actually
hidden both of those so I do not have
the apps on my screen because my goal is
to eat less ordered food and so if I
don't have easy access to the apps I
have to redownload the app to get it and
that's a huge pain in the butt so I've
really got to want that food so now that
we have clarified the intention created
our environmental triggers and minimize
as much friction as possible or
maximized it now we're going to set if
then plants nothing ever goes as planned
there's always going to be things you
don't expect and it's never the right
time we're going to talk about what to
do when all those things happen so like
if you feel too tired to do a full
workout then what what are we going to
do to maintain consistency for me for
example if I feel too tired to lift
heavy then I will go for a long walk or
do the stair Master if I don't have
access to healthy meals when I go out
then I will eat a protein bar or beef
jerky ask yourself where have I failed
in the past and then we want to write
those things down and decide ahead of
time what we're going to do when those
things happen another example is when I
was competing in a bikini company
comptition I would go out to dinner and
I would go to parties and they had all
this food so what I realized is that if
I was going to go to a party that had a
lot of food that was tempting I would
eat ahead of time and so I would always
eat a meal before I went to the party or
before I went to dinner and I would
order tea or a Diet Coke and I knew that
that that would help me stay on plan and
the last piece is we want to track and
celebrate so we want to Mark our
calendar with each day we complete a
workout we want to reward ourselves at
the end of the week if we stay
consistent we want to think how can I
look forward to the discomfort of the
process because I'm really excited for
something I get at the end whenever I
have to do something really hard to
achieve a goal I ask myself what's
something i' would really look forward
to or something I really want that I
would put at the end of this so every
time I want to quit every time I think
it's really hard every time it feels
really inconvenient I think about that
thing I want and I think what's even
better is you can get other people to
help with this the next Pro tip is
social commitment when we commit to
doing something with somebody else or
for somebody else you are so much more
likely to actually do it in fact I think
it's like four times more likely to
follow through so if you're trying to
work out every day and you're having a
hard time showing up at 6: a.m. get a
friend to do the same thing if you feel
like you're accountable to somebody else
you are so much more likely to do it
than if it's just you for example I have
certain goals that I say if I achieve
this goal then I can get this thing and
I let my husband know and so then I say
great if I achieve this goal will you
get me this thing will you take me on
this trip will you buy me this thing I
want and he says yes if you achieve
those goals then I will get you that
thing and that is even more
incentivizing because I can't BS
somebody else we can BS ourselves it's
really hard to BS somebody else use what
you can to reward yourself at the end of
these things we don't want all of our
motivators to be the things that we lose
if we don't achieve it we want to also
have what we can gain if we do achieve
it if we do stick with the process so
for example something that I used to do
for myself when I was competing in the
Bikini competition and I would want to
do something nice for myself at the end
of the week if I had hit all of my goals
every day I would go to the store that
had puppies and I would go there so I
could pet all the little puppies and
play with them and I would stay there
for like an hour sometimes 90 minutes
and I would just go and play with all
the puppies and all the pens it was just
something I always look forward to how I
had set that in my mind was like hey if
I'm consistent every day this week then
I'm going to take myself Saturday I'm
going to grab a coffee and I'm going to
go pet the puppies for an hour it sounds
silly but I looked forward to that so
much that it made the week worth it no
matter how hard it was here's the thing
I know that was a lot of information and
if you need more help you can go ahead
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