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Nov

19

How to Overcome Procrastination – 2 Ways

November 19, 2009 | 9 Comments


Your best friend, procrastination.

“What!” you say, “My best friend, how could you say that?” The reason procrastination is your best friend is because it’s on the teetering edge of motivation.

Let me explain.

For a behavior to be classified as procrastination, it must be counterproductive, needless, and delaying. Here are some other examples you may be familiar with:

  • putting off an important decision
  • leaving a critical task undone
  • becoming counterproductive and keeping “busy” on needless work

To start behaving this way it takes real mastery. You’ve got to learn how to procrastinate – it doesn’t just happen.  You’ve got to use your physiology, create the right emotions and get it all working perfectly and in the right sequence.

And when you get really good at it so you can do it without thinking…. then you’ve really mastered it.  What an accomplishment!!

Most people don’t look at it this way. They think procrastination is a negative thing, but what they don’t realize is that you learned this behavior.  If you can learn how to procrastinate and do it well, then you can just as easily learn how to become motivated.

You see, all you’re creating is a result.  You’re teaching yourself how to get motivated or how to procrastinate.  To get really good at procrastination you had to learn how to use your emotions because your emotions are what drive your behavior.

Here are 2 ways to overcome procrastination:

#1. Eliminate Fear

You see, you’ve got these emotions pulling you back and forth. It’s like an internal tug of war.  Some days you’re good and others days – not so good.   Positive emotions can pull you towards what you want and negative emotions can push you away.

In a sense, procrastination is a form of self-sabotage. If negative emotions are pushing away the important then your negative emotions must be stronger than your positive emotions to pull you towards – and that fear is winning the tug of war.

If you want to eliminate procrastination, then eliminate your fear.   Just ask yourself: Are you pushing away the things you want?   And if you are, are you pushing them away because of your fear of success or a fear of failure?

Once you get clear on what’s stopping you, you can reframe those fears and empower yourself to take action.

#2. Cultivate Desire Click here to read more…

Nov

9

How to Get and Stay Motivated in Less Than 5 Minutes

November 9, 2009 | 257 Comments


Have you ever felt totally beat up and out of control?

Like no matter what you did, you couldn’t get yourself motivated?

Sometimes it can be hard to stay focused and centered as you move through your workday.  It’s hard to get control.  You have good intentions at the start of the day, but things seem to go off track.

You know what I mean?

Well, here is something that has helped me quite a bit.  Not only has it helped me gain control, but it’s also helped me rekindle that inner fire.

It’s an important technique that I haven’t seen anywhere else on the web.  And the best part is that you can use it over and over again once you “get it.” Here’s the video: Click here to read more…

Jun

24

Two Types of Motivation: Which One Do YOU Use?

June 24, 2009 | 9 Comments


I’ve been playing the game of self-motivation for a while. It’s one of the perks of being an entrepreneur – you get to learn more about yourself so that you can see what works and what doesn’t. If you’re having trouble getting motivated, watch this video:

Two Types of Motivation: Which One Do YOU Use?


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Jun

22

How to Follow Through With Your Goals

June 22, 2009 | 4 Comments


Recently I was asked a question via email.  I’ve left the person anonymous.  Here’s the question:

Q: I have some issues with starting things and not finishing.  Any suggestions on getting people like me to follow through on their tasks?

I answered this question with some of my own insights and experience in today’s video:

How to Follow Through With Your Goals

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Aug

28

5 Killer Commitment Strategies

August 28, 2007 | 5 Comments


Sometimes it doesn’t seem like it’s worth it to stand for something, to really commit to something. You have to put your word on the line. It’s not easy to commit to something and keep your word. It’s not easy to keep working at your goal until you get the result you want. Some days you may get that little gremlin buzzing inside of your head saying, “What’s the whole point? Maybe I should pack it in. It isn’t worth the trouble anyways.”

It’s this gremlin mindset that got me thinking, “Is it really worth it to go the extra mile so that I can achieve the results I want?” I was mulling this over in my mind when I came across this quote,

“You can take your word back, and what you get then is your old life back.” ~ Werner Erhard

The gremlin isn’t around anymore. In the spirit of commitment and achieving the results you want for your life, I’ve put together my 5 killer commitment strategies,

1) Tell Everyone. At the very least tell as many people as you can. The more people who know about your commitment the more accountable you will be. Ask them to call you when you’re commitment is completed. Most importantly don’t forget to celebrate when you’re complete!

2) Write Out Your Commitments. When you write out your commitments you are accessing the visual, auditory and kinesthetic senses in your nervous system. When writing down your commitments, you are powerfully connecting to the energy of your sub-conscious mind.

3) 100% Effort. When you commit to something, do it all the way or don’t do it at all. Put 100% of your energy into that goal. Half assed actions get you half-assed results. Commit 100% of your energy and effort into your commitment.

4) Add Emotional Juice: One way to really get charged about your commitment or goal is to add some emotional intensity. Start by asking why this commitment is important to you and it will generate the juice you need to help motivate you.

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May

10

Pain VS Pleasure: Which One Controls You?

May 10, 2007 | 4 Comments


Why don’t you do some of the things you know you should do? The reason for this is because of the hidden forces behind human behavior. These hidden forces are driven by the pleasure principle. Quite simply, the pleasure principle drives one to seek pleasure and to avoid pain.

Let’s put this into context by defining what pleasure and pain are.

Pain: “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience”
Pleasure: “the state or feeling of being pleased or gratified”

These two towers are the evil twins of our emotions. They are the same and they are also different. They are the same because they are both emotions. They are different because they are on opposite ends of the emotional spectrum.

Our emotions are delivered through our sensory experience, which is through our visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory and gustatory senses. The net result of these five senses creates our subjective experience and our emotions.

For example, I really like sausages. They bring me pleasure. Ask any of my friends and they’ll tell you. Some of them are probably laughing right now because I’m writing about sausages, but it’s true. I could eat sausages every day and then some even though I don’t. I love the taste, the smell, the spice and the juices as I bite into them. Basically, I feel really good when I’m preparing and eating them. I love sausages! Man, am I ever getting hungry, I wonder what’s for supper Hmmmm. Sausages. I think you get the point.

The reason I love them is because they bring me pleasure. There is no tricking my mind here, my senses are saying, “Sausages, come to big daddy! The more pleasure they bring me the easier and faster I’ll move towards them.

Some days Trish, my wife, will see me in a sausage frenzy running around the house like a mad man. She’ll gently come up to me and suggest an alternative. In some cases her suggestion is very helpful and gets me to turn things around and look for other options. Trish may say something like, “Honey, you know those aren’t very good for you, why don’t you have something else to eat?”  In this case I’ll think about what she said and come up with reasons why she might say something like that.

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