Have Be Do VS Do Be Have
Posted by: Bob Firestone under Personal Development
People are fascinating. The power of what one person thinks shapes their entire future. Taking this idea to the next level this means if we control what we think we control our future. So why do so few people do it?
People are like water they usually follow the path of least resistance. The path of least resistance usually takes you through places you don’t want to be.
On of these unfortunate easy paths is the structure of how people think about work and compensation. The current economic melancholy was a direct result of the Have > Be > Do pattern of expectation.
Have > Be > Do
- Have – Gimmie it now. I want the reward up front.
- Be – Now that I have the stuff I will become the type of person who has it.
- Do – Now I am ready to do the work.
It is pretty obvious why this way of thinking fails. There is no internal change so the person who didn’t have the stuff is still running the show. This is why so many lottery winners are broke shortly after winning millions of dollars.
Successful people have a different pattern of thinking. Do > Be > Have.
- Do – I am going to go out and take action.
- Be – Doing the work and succeeding at the task shifts thought patterns writing a new internal program installing the belief that they deserve the rewards.
- Have – I am now ready to be in possession of the reward.
Do > Be > Have thinking succeed because the pattern necessitates providing value first. Working in the proper order builds confidence with victories coming along the way and the understanding of where real wealth is created.
Tags: personal mastery, thinking
