Lash Tips
Lash Protocol
Your Lash is a five-second strike. Make it count. Twenty words or less. No softness. Maximum force. It hits every time mind chatter creeps in. That's the point—a jolt back to the mission.
Start with a trigger. A personal failure you refuse to become.
Mine is “McFly.” I once saw a future of promise. Now I fight to stay hard and purposeful. “Hey McFly” stops me cold. Private. Precise. Effective.
Follow the trigger with a direct order: a command, a task, a hard truth. Adjust it to the day's objective. Ducking a hard conversation? Force the words out. Procrastinating? Force the action.
Hey McFly. Can what you're doing be monetized? If not, do that which can.
Quitting alcohol is no different. The urge hits like enemy fire—dozens of times a day at first. Every time it comes, engage Shedooby. Deliver the Lash: “Hey Alchy. Order a seltzer.” or “No beer. Drop and give me 50.” Execute without hesitation.
Angry? Good. Weaponize it. Screenshot the insult. Turn their words into your Lash. If it stings, it has power. Aim it at the weakness. Fire for effect.
Mission Brief: Lashes
Shedooby was built to reclaim lost ground. No do-overs. The past is a closed door. The only question that matters now, how do you maximize the present?
Wherever you stand in life—if you're still breathing, you're still in the fight. That background noise between your ears? Mind chatter. Reallocate that wasted wattage. Focus it on your mission set. You'll be surprised what you're capable of building when you lock onto your AO (Area of Operations).
There was a Star Trek episode in which Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, et al, faced the Earp brothers in a simulation at the OK Corral? The landing party survived not through brute force but belief—mental training. The Vulcan Mind Lock wasn't sci-fi fluff. It was tactical focus. That is Shedooby. Train your mind to distinguish the real from the distraction. Techno static? Turn that shit off. Focus on targets that matter.
The image of John Lennon at 40 is an embarrassment to masculinity. Once the apex alpha who excited millions of fertile young women, he was reduced to something soft and infantilized. What the hell happened? What made him surrender? Let this be a warning: Don't become ornamental. If you're able-bodied and idle, you're not living—you're freeloading. Fix it.
Hey Lennon. An able bodied man should earn a living. Get off your wife's teat. (Don't be a man-child.)
Imagine you're an immigrant. This is your chance to reinvent yourself. Be punctual, reliable, competent. (I use this for the low-pay factory job I currently have.)
Name three things you accomplished today. (Hold yourself accountable.)
You can cry like Taylor Swift or you can drop and give me 50 pushups. (Depression.)
Take 10 tactical breaths. Do a round of yoga. Read 10 pages. Repeat. (Anxiety. Especially good when you're a passenger on a long trip.)
Make your bed. Dress appropriately. Stand up straight.(Self-Respect.)
Be punctual. Punctuality respects others' time. (Make it a habit. You won't regret it.)
Try and fail, no shame. Fail to try, no game. Get in the game. (Playing the game is a better teacher and more fun than being a spectator.)
Passivity now leads to aggression later. Don't be passive. Say what you honestly think. (Learning to deliver honesty with diplomacy is a skill.)
Hey Peter Procrastinator. Do what you want to do least, first.(Especially fun when Siri's voice is set to Indian male.)
Think of tasks you can accomplish in 15 minutes or less. Pick one and do it. (Good for building momentum.)