Do you make your life more complicated so you don’t feel like you’re making progress on your goals? Do your viewpoints and attitudes get in the way of your success? Do barriers always seem to inhibit your progress? Do obstacles have a negative impact on your self-confidence? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you may have a problem with identifying what you need, and taking action to get closer to achieving your objectives.

Successful people have learned how to overcome barriers that stand between them and the individual goals they hope to achieve. How can you be more successful? Read Simpleology – The Simple Science of Getting What You Want by Mark Joyner. Simpleology is an excellent resource for people who want to simplify their ideation and execution processes. Joyner asserts that we should plan to achieve what you most desire, not what you think you should desire by instituting a series of simple actions to get exactly where we want to go. As we become more aware of these barriers, the less negative influence they will have on our life.

The UMF Mental Model
The shortest path to success? Changing our mental models to a Utilitarian Model Flexibility (UMF) model, and then following the nine rules of applying the UMF approach to our lives. Below are the three characteristics of the UMF model:

• Utilitarian:  your ideas should directly serve your purpose (“I want to be a star!”)
• Model: your thoughts should fit your mental model
• Flexibility:  they should be adaptable and changeable in the face of new verifiable information

The 9 Rules for Applying Utilitarian Model Flexibility to Your Daily Life
The following nine rules enables you to adopt a more productive way of thinking:

1. Thoughts are not things; thoughts are models
2. You can select your mental model
3. These models can be used as tools (either for or against you)
4. Utility is the measure of a tool’s value
5. Utility is not the same thing as truth
6. No model is absolute
7. No two people share the same model
8. Models are not mutually exclusive
9. Models do not have to be accepted in whole

The 5 laws of Simpleology
Here’s Joyner’s five laws to live by as you accomplish your goals. The following laws enables you to focus on your key aspirations and achieve them:

1. The law of straight lines
2. The law of clear vision
3. The law of focused attention
4. The law of focused energy
5. The inescapability of action/reaction

Check out Simpleology, it will change your perspective on how to create action plans for success.

In the spirit of yesterday’s Altered Images music video, here’s Belouis Some’s 1984 video “Some People.”

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