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Repeat, Repeat, Repeat

by Rick Baker
On Apr 4, 2014

Chinese Proverb: The palest ink is better than the strongest memory.

So we must repeat, repeat, repeat. 

Many people get annoyed when other people forget this or that.

I smile and remind myself to repeat, repeat, repeat.

Actually - I use an autosuggestion [self-talk] process of repeating to myself the message "I must repeat my messages to others". In this way I am certainly practising what I am preaching.

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Tip: If you want to reduce your stress levels then focus your attention on how you feel when you find yourself in a situation where someone did not follow your instruction or, in some other way, didn't receive the message you were trying to send. If you feel annoyed by other people's failure to get your message or failure to remember your message or failure to act on your message then - replace your annoyance with a healthy dose of repetition. And, while you do the repetition test your pulse regularly to make sure you are not feeling annoyed.

Plan as you would for any important task.

Set strategies and tactics for repeating, repeating, repeating.

Then go about repeating your messages calmly and clearly and:

  • watch how repetition helps improve other people's ability to remember and take action,
  • watch how repetition improves results...the results you desire,
  • watch how repetition reduces your stress level, and
  • watch how repetition improves your attitude.

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rick baker
11/14/2014 8:47:26 PM #

"Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again."

Andre Gide
French writer, humanist and moralist, 1947 Nobel prize for literature (1869-1951)

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