How to Practice Unstoppable Sunday
These two questions of Where am I? and What do I do next? are seemingly simple. Here’s how to think about answering them and why they are just so powerful.
Where am I?
This question is designed to help you take stock of where you are right now in your life.
How would I describe my current situation?
What am I feeling? Anger? Frustration? Happiness? Anxiousness? Worry?
What are my current sources of anxiety? What am I worried about?
What’s going on in my inner monologue? You know… that pesky voice inside our heads…
Not only is it incredibly cathartic to get it all out of my head and onto paper, but this process of writing and articulating what is going on in my head and my subconscious also allows me to gain a deeper understanding around exactly what I am feeling, and it’ll do the same for you.
What Do I Do Next?
One of the core principles of Unstoppable is purposeful and focused ACTION. Raise hell and be badass, I say. Go punch that obstacle in the face! reads my iPhone wallpaper.
If all I did on Sundays was spend 30 minutes pontificating about my thoughts, I would not have experienced the decade of productivity that I just did.
In this part of the exercise, I look at “Where I am...” and then create a bulleted list of the action steps I need to take in the coming week in order to start moving forward in terms of my goals for the year.
Mind you, this isn’t meant to be a to-do list; you keep that elsewhere. THIS is more of your inner voice syncing with YOU on… “All right… Given everything that is going on, here’s what I’m going to do to move forward.”
I capture these items in bullet points, a few paragraphs, and, honestly, it varies from long ramblings to succinct bullet points. It doesn’t matter how you capture it; what does matter is that you take the time to pause and reflect on where you are and then to define/refine and write down your action plan to move forward.
Note that your action plan may not vary wildly from week to week. That's OK. Sometimes, I’ll look at my action plan from the prior week and just copy-paste the same. Sometimes, I’ll realize that last week’s plan just doesn’t make sense, or that it isn't realistic, and I’ll chart a new approach. Either way, what matters is that you do have a plan, that you are proactive, and that you write down your plan and commit to it so that you can keep yourself honest.
To make it even easier for you to begin the practice of Unstoppable Sundays, we’ve created a web-based application for everyone reading this book and practicing Unstoppable Sunday to become a high performing person and living a proactive life.
Something magical will begin to happen as you start to practice Unstoppable Sundays. First, you’ll find that you’re going into each week with a plan. That alone should put your mind at ease as you execute on your week. But, more importantly, as you start the ball rolling on Unstoppable Sundays, and as this becomes a habit week after week, you’ll start to ask yourself: Well…. Here’s where I am… Here’s what I’m going to do in the coming week… But where am I going?
The first hurdle to overcome as you create a life strategy and plan you can tether yourself to, is to establish the practice of pausing and reflecting on a weekly basis. In the next chapter, we’ll help you think through how to start reflecting on your life through a broader, 365-day aperture, so that you can tether these weekly sessions to a broader plan for your life.
Lastly, do remember that you’re not in this alone. There’s a whole community of people who practice Unstoppable Sundays.
If you learn something new every Sunday (from our community) and spend 30 minutes every Sunday to become proactive about your life -- can you even begin to imagine what you’re going to accomplish over the coming decade? Onwards!
Now here’s the thing: You can just read this book, make a bunch of mental notes, and just move on with your life. That is not going to be what brings about transformative change in your life. The only way you will change the trajectory of your life and get to a proactive lifestyle is if you actually start practicing now. So for this chapter and onwards, there will be a worksheet for you to follow right now as you read so that you can start taking focused and purposeful action right now in changing your life.
Let’s start making a change in your life right now. Let’s practice Unstoppable Sundays together, right now. The easiest way to do this is to sign up for our Unstoppable Sunday web-based application.