Self Delusion

Sometimes, on the way to work I will try to set my mind into a certain 'track.' Today, it was "Smooth and Fast" - but that related more to my driving than my work style. Not really sure how I'd apply a "Smooth and Fast" mindset at work anyway.

I learned to do these self-affirmations not from a self-help book, or a pshrink, or a yogi, or any kind of personal mentor. I learned it from Scott Adams. Scott Adams who created and writes / draws "Dilbert."

Adams has some great thoughts in his regular books - you know, the ones without cartoons? Besides the self-affirmations, I learned of the OA5 work ethic. OA5=Out At Five. Unless the world is on fire, there is no reason to LIVE at work. So many people do it... but not me. Not any more.

Back to the self-delusional aspect of the self-affirmations. If I were to do one say, convincing my brain of something illogical - it's just a delusion. "I am the greatest blogger on the planet" comes to mind. So what's to make something so simple as "I will produce 10% more widgets than I did yesterday" be an effective mantra?

I think I'm going to start trying to convince myself that I've found a lottery ticket worth $34 million dollars. Let's start there and see what happens. If I'm successful, I'll buy all of my friends a car.