Lash Tips
Lash Protocol
Your lash is a five-second strike. Make it count. 20 words or less. Don't wimp out. Maximum impact. You'll see it or hear it every time you slip into mind chatter. That's the point. It's a jolt. A snap back to now.
Start with a trigger. A personal pain point. Something you never want to become.
Mine? I've got several: “Hey Lennon, Taylor Swift, ShooShoo, ...McFly.”
Gen X knows that reference. I used to see a future full of promise. Now I fight to avoid ending up soft and aimless. “Hey McFly” stops me cold. It's sharp. It's private. It works.
Your lash follows that trigger. A command. A task. A truth. Tweak it for the day. Adjust it to your mission. If you're ducking a hard conversation, write a lash that forces your mouth to move. If you're procrastinating on a problem, make the lash push you to engage.
Hey ShooShoo. Do 25 weight reps and 50 sit ups.
ShooShoo was my great grandmother, who cried through life, helpless and numbed by drink. If you must cry, cry while doing push-ups. Do not drink. Alcohol is a depressant. Would you take a laxative when you have diarrhea?
Still angry? Good. Use it. Anger is rocket fuel. Screenshot the insult. Use their words for your lash. If it stings, it's got power. Aim it at your weakness. Fire for effect.
Mission Brief: Lashes
Shedooby was built to reclaim lost ground. No do-overs. The past is a closed door. The only question that matters now, how do you maximize the present?
Wherever you stand in life—if you're still breathing, you're still in the fight. That background noise between your ears? Mind chatter. Reallocate that wasted wattage. Focus it on your mission set. You'll be surprised what you're capable of building when you lock onto your AO (Area of Operations).
There was a Star Trek episode in which Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, et al, faced the Earp brothers in a simulation at the OK Corral? The landing party survived not through brute force but belief—mental training. The Vulcan Mind Lock wasn't sci-fi fluff. It was tactical focus. That is Shedooby. Train your mind to distinguish the real from the distraction. Techno static? Turn that shit off. Focus on targets that matter.
The image of John Lennon at 40 is an embarrassment to masculinity. Once the apex alpha who excited millions of fertile young women, he was reduced to something soft and infantilized. What the hell happened? What made him surrender? Let this be a warning: Don't become ornamental. If you're able-bodied and idle, you're not living—you're freeloading. Fix it.
Hey Lennon. An able bodied man should earn a living. Get off your wife's teat. (Be a man, not a man-child.)
Imagine you're an immigrant. This is your chance to reinvent yourself. Be punctual, reliable, competent. (I use this one often for the factory job I currently have.)
Name three things you accomplished today. (Hold yourself accountable.)
You can cry like Taylor Swift or you can drop and give me 50 pushups. (Depression.)
Take 10 tactical breaths. Do a round of yoga. Read 10 pages. Repeat. (Anxiety. Tactical breathing is breathe-in, hold, breathe-out, hold, each for a count of 4. If you don't know any yoga stretches learn a few. Read something, preferably related to your business, profession or hobby.)
Make your bed. Dress appropriately. Stand up straight. Live within your means. (Self-Respect.)
Be punctual. Punctuality respects others' time. (Make it a habit. You won't regret it.)
Try and fail, no shame. Fail to try, no game. Get in the game. (Playing the game is a better teacher than being a spectator.)
Passivity now leads to aggression later. Don't be passive. Say what you honestly think. Be assertive. (Learning to deliver honesty with diplomacy is a skill.)
Hey Peter Procrastinator. Do what you want to do least, first.(Especially fun when Siri voice is set to Indian male.)
Where are you at with your MISSION GOALS? What have you accomplished so far? What's left? (Keep track of your progress. Adjust your daily practice if needed.)