One of the strongest effects from this course has been the “DO IT NOW’ process which has taken over my life. It is now so entrenched that I am getting used it it and not noticing when it manifests.

There was a small experience last week that I was even surprised with. It involves doing a simple meter read. When I go out to my farm I have to call in the meter read around the beginning of each month. Sometimes, because I am always putting it off, I go out and forget to do so.

If you get too far behind they send out a person to read it for you and you get charged. I normally take a picture of the meter, then when I am inside I write down the reading and call the gas company.

I have to write it down because when I call on my cellphone I cant be seeing both the information on my account AND the meter read because they are in different parts of my phone.

I have been using this pattern AS A HABIT for almost 20 years. Anyway this time, as soon as I got out to my farm I automatically walked over to the meter (aka do it now) and took my picture. My mind pictured me going into the building, writing down the reading and making my usual phone call by landline.

My MKE training though resisted this, because it was slow and had the possibility of me not finishing up with the call. Somehow without conscious thought, I just phoned the company from outside while I was looking at the meter. I didn’t need to go inside, I didn’t need to write it down, it was just done instantly.

I was surprised at this and wondered how many other habitual patterns I have which slow my actions and my life down. A very small thing but over time this can and will have big consequences.