Don't ever say you will do your BEST.

When faced with a challenge, I never say I will do my best because then it constrains me and you shouldn’t either. What we think is our “best,” is based on our evaluation of our past accomplishments. It’s a collection of successes and failures, which subconsciously creates a boundary in our mind that defines what our best is. So, when you are faced with a new challenge, your mind replays your success/failure video and tells you that when you encountered a new type of challenge in the past, your success rate was so and so when you did you “best”. Therefore, for this new challenge, your “best” effort will result in this type of outcome (based on your past subconscious evaluation).

So what should you do or say to yourself when faced with new challenge? I don’t know what you should do or say to yourself, but this is what works for me. When faced with new challenge, I go all out. I jot down what needs to be done and then go out and do it. I know it sounds simple, but it works for me.

I don’t give up unless the task at hand is finished, which means, I keep going even if I have failed numerous times and even when my “best” effort tells me that “you put in your best and it can’t be done so lets move on.” I go out and try it one more time. Because every problem in this world has a solution and it is on and in you, if you can move beyond the restrains of your “best” efforts to find the solution.