The Inner Engine

When someone claims that we can do anything, it’s not a direct lie, but an obvious exaggeration.

Our achievements are limited by our abilities.

Inner engine is a key ability to achieve business success.

What is inner engine.

Inner engine represents our innate desire to generate willpower and work persistently towards intended goals.

It is important to understand the difference between inner engine and productivity — the rate at which one produces results at a given time.

Inner engine is a subjective category – our ability to keep focus and undertake meaningful actions.

Productivity is an objective measure of what we can accomplish on a regular basis.

Without  inner engine, there would be no productivity — a normally productive person might be sitting on a couch, sipping beer and scrolling smartphone.

To illustrate, productivity describes how much we run on a treadmill per training, while our inner engine is what makes us go to the gym in the first place.

Why is inner engine important.

For an average person, which is not dealing with any significant challenges, the concept of the inner engine may not be that crucial.

However, for entrepreneurs, the capacity of their inner engine defines overall business success.

A weak inner engine will hinder focus and the ability to work towards goals, impacting business perspectives negatively.

If we want to grow our businesses, we want to grow ourselves first. And developing our inner engine is the main object to deal with.

It would be fair to say, that the inner engine has something to do with our focus and our general attitude to life.

Let’s imagine you want to keep yourself in an athletic shape.

When your inner engine works, then you go to the gym today.

If it does not work, then you go to the gym “tomorrow”.

We like to think big about ourselves and picture ambitious plans in our imagination.

Still, without a working inner engine, all our plans and projects will remain illusory – we will never generate enough willpower to take tangible steps toward achieving our goals.

How does inner engine work.

The inner engine works upon the following cycle:

Think – Plan – Create – Record

First, we think about our ideas and intentions, then we plan particular actions to bring our ideas to life, then we undertake those actions and finally we record results.

Recorded results give us some additional ideas to think about and cycle repeats over and over again – inner engine works!

As only we start to ignore this cycle or even its stages, we move into illusionary world. We start to pay attention to meaningless objects and our performance deteriorates drastically.

To keep inner engine working, we want to keep thinking, planning, creating and recording. These four activities constitute to the core module of our inner engine.

Practical tips on inner engine.

Inner engine is an ability which can be developed and grown. There are some practical tips on how to increase the power output of your inner engine.

1. Follow the 16-hour rule. Nothing destroys our inner engine heavier than the idea that everything can be done tomorrow. Understanding that 16 hours is all we have, encourages us to bring more meaningful activities into the current day. Instead of scrolling social media, we start to think, plan, create and record results.

2. Stay focused and concentrated. The attention we pay to short videos, social networks or media, is the energy we take away from our inner engine and literally waste it. Instead, we can focus on our goals and use this energy for achieving them.

3. Set a daily regime. Chaotic lifestyle leads to chaotic behavior and chaotic activities. Under such circumstances, our willpower to pursue particular goals will diminish quite easily. A structured day allows our inner engine to work consistently and efficiently. Important note – healthy sleep is the main part of any daily regime.

4. Be humble with food. Over-eating, frequent-eating, late-eating, particularly in response to a stress, put unnecessary pressure on our body. Which on its turn worsens energy supply. Reasonable eating routine saves energy for the inner engine and allows us to generate more willpower.

Plenus venter non studet libentur.

These tips are simple to grasp, but are challenging to follow. Still, utilising them in our everyday lives will bring a massive improvement in final results.

Develop your inner engine with ByCycle.

Most of us are trapped in a sort of a rat-race – we put too much efforts into dealing with current events.

In such conditions, it is difficult to see the entire picture and respond to major challenges.

We encourage you to record all your daily activities with ByCycle Calendar and use Time Report to analyze your time expenditures.

This way, you will see what captures your attention and get a better understanding on how to improve your performance.

Try ByCycle and see how it works for you.

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