Category Archives: Mindset

21 Ways to Overcome Procrastination, part 1

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While there are common causes and reasons for procrastination, there are even more “cures”. Pick through these twenty-one ideas to find strategies that work for you.

  1. Banish Guilt

If you’ve been a procrastinator since childhood, it may have been made worse by overly-authoritarian parents or teachers. Procrastination can also be a type of avoidance behavior, where those who feel habitually feel powerless take back personal power in the only way known to them—procrastination on tasks they are ordered to do.

Along with avoidance-based procrastination unfortunately goes its offshoots—guilt and shame. We hear the voices of those authority figures telling us that we “blew it again”, “can’t be depended on”; even all-or-nothing statements like “you’re a complete failure” (usually accompanied by comparisons to a perfect sibling or neighborhood example)—long after we’ve grown up and supposedly left all childhood voices behind.

Guilt and shame have no place in working on becoming the person we were born to be. One good dose of shaming (especially from yourself) and you’re likely to revert to the one defense you’ve truly mastered—the mental equivalent of curling up in a fetal ball in a darkened room—procrastinate.

Learn to banish guilt by using cognitive reframing. Replace those excoriating self-lashes with phrases based in reality. For example, instead of saying to yourself, “I did it again. I’m a complete screw-up!” try stating just the facts. (“I spent an hour of `me’ time. Now it’s time to put that aside and go to work.”)

It feels much better when you take the blame-and-shame out of your procrastination habits, and focus on realistic solutions.

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Eliminating Distractions

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EliminatingDistractions_coverEliminating Distractions is a 23 page (~6000 word) report that teaches you how to block distractions in key areas of your life.

Sections Include:

  • Distraction – The Enemy Of Productivity
  • Eliminating Distractions At Home
  • Eliminating Distractions At Work
  • Eliminating Technology Distractions
  • Eliminating Social Distractions
  • Eliminating Inner Distractions
  • What You Can Do Right Now
  • 10 Steps To Eliminate Distractions In Your Life

 

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How to Make Habit Change and Visualization a Part of Everyday Life

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A journey starts with a single step. Why not take that first step right now? Go ahead and visualize one of your small goals, right now. What would you like to accomplish today that you’re having a hard time doing? What are you procrastinating about, right now, that you know you really should be paying attention to?

Close your eyes and see yourself going through the motions of getting that task done or accomplishing that goal. Use all of your senses in your vision to really bring it to life. Remember to bring your emotions into it. Bring those happy, confident emotions into play. See yourself smiling and completing the task. Once you’re finished visualizing the task, you’ll instantly feel more ready to do it. You can rinse and repeat this strategy whenever you need to.

Do the same thing for whichever habit you’re trying to implement. See yourself doing it, loving it, and making it a part of your daily life. Repeat your visualization related to that habit every day, and it will become a true habit before you know it.

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Law of Attraction: Attract What You Desire

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Law of Attraction: Attract What You Desire is a bonus report designed to teach people how to tap into the power of the law of attraction.

This guide provides the reader with a basic level understanding of Law of Attraction.

Sections Include:

  • What is the Law of Attraction
  • How to Begin Using it in Your Life
  • Extra Tips to Implement LOA
  • LOA Examples
  • Pitfalls to Avoid

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Entrepreneur Toolbox

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This bonus report was designed to educate people about skills required to be a successful entrepreneur.

Included topics:

  • Do What You Like, Within Reason – Simply following your passions won’t work. However, you do need to like what you do in order to achieve success.
  • Be Serious – You have to take what you are doing seriously. You are your own boss. Treat your behavior accordingly
  • Plan Your Actions – Effective decision making requires effective planning. This means that in order to be an effective entrepreneur, you have to plan your actions ahead of time.
  • Keep Your Mind on Your Money – Good money management skills are a perfect example of an entrepreneurial skill that often goes unnoticed by the general public, yet is an indispensable part of every successful entrepreneur’s armament.
  • Be a Closer – It is your job as an entrepreneur to successfully sell your product or service.
  • The Customer is Always Right – Every successful entrepreneur understands that while they may be the face and voice of their business, the business is not about them. iIt is what the customer wants that is important, not what the entrepreneur wants.
  • Bang Your Own Drum – When you bang your own drum, your audience begins to associate you with what you sell. That association has the potential to be a fruitful one.
  • Show Me the Money – As an entrepreneur, being able to successfully raise investment funding is an essential skill.
  • Networking is Life – You want to make very sure that you are surrounding yourself with people who not only complement your worldview and outlook, but who are also able to challenge your set beliefs and teach you a thing or two.
  • Let Go of Stress – All successful entrepreneurs know how to let go of stress. They understand that all work and no play is not a recipe for success.
  • Maximum Productivity – Do things that will help you achieve success on a daily basis.
  • Self-Analysis – True entrepreneurs are capable of meaningful self-analysis.
  • The Future is Now – Successful entrepreneurs are never content. They are constantly scanning the horizon, in search of the next wave.
  • Failure is an Option – As an entrepreneur, you must be prepared to accept failure.
  • Clear Communication – Communicating your intentions clearly to those around you will make the road to where you want to go that much smoother.
  • The Forest vs The Trees – The ability to change focus and viewpoint as required, is a vital tool for any successful entrepreneur. When you own a business you have to be able to visualize the big picture.
  • Ethical Ambition – There are ways to get what you want in life that do not involve damaging the environment, bending the rules, bribing authority, using insider information or hurting others.
  • Visualize Outcomes – You can visualize important events before they occur in order to maximize your performance and increase your chances for success.
  • Adapt and Survive – Your business must be like a tree. Strong and secure, but flexible enough to survive whatever storms come your way.
  • Give More Than You Get – Make it your goal to be the best person that you can when you conduct business.

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