By: Brian Tracy
Have Everything At Hand
One of the best ways for you to overcome procrastination and get more things done faster is for you to have everything you need at hand before you begin. When you are fully prepared, you are like a cocked gun or an archer with an arrow pulled back taut in the bow. You just need one small mental push to get started on your highest value tasks.
Clear Your Workspace
Begin by clearing off your desk or workspace so that you only have one task in front of you. If necessary, put everything on the floor or on the table behind you. Gather all the information, reports, details, papers, and work materials that you will require to complete the job. Have them at hand so you can reach them without getting up or moving. Be sure that you have all writing materials, computer disks, access codes, email addresses and everything else you need to start and continue working until the job is done.
Make It Comfortable
Set up your work area so that it is comfortable, attractive and conducive to working for long periods. Especially, make sure that you have a comfortable chair that supports your back and allows your feet to sit flat on the floor.
The most productive people take the time to create a work area where they enjoy spending time. The cleaner and neater your work area before you begin, the easier it is for you to get started and keep going.
Assume The Position
When you sit down, with everything in front of you, ready to go, assume the body language of high performance. Sit up straight, sit forward and away from the back of the chair. Carry yourself as though you were an efficient, effective high performing personality. Then, pick up the first item and say to yourself, "Let's get to work!" and plunge in. And once you've started, keep going until the job is finished.
Action Exercises
Here are two things you can do immediately to put these ideas into action.
First, take a good look at your desk or office, both at home and at the office. Ask yourself, "What kind of a person works in an environment like that?"
Second, resolve today to clean up your desk and office completely so that you feel effective, efficient and ready to get going each time you sit down to work.
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2015-07-31
2014-10-03
Believe And Succeed
You will agree; I am sure, that all thinking people have a sincere desire to succeed. You want to win; I want to win. No one sets out to deliberately destroy themselves - although I must admit, at times it certainly appears as if some people do.
If everyone wants to win - why don't they?
After more than 50 years in this industry and coaching thousands of people, I have come to the conclusion that the answer to success is locked up in a seven letter word - "Believe."
Losers do not believe they can win. Why don't they believe?
If you are having difficulty making something big happen in your life, read closely. All the great religious leaders, philosophers and self-help gurus have told us to believe and succeed. "All things are possible for those who believe."
William James said, "Believe, and your belief will create the fact."
I have found that our belief system is based on our evaluation of something. Frequently when we re-evaluate a situation our belief about that situation will change.
Half of my life was wasted. I never even tried to accomplish anything of importance because I did not believe in myself. The truth was I knew very little about me. When I was encouraged to begin studying and re-evaluating my beliefs. I began to gain an understanding of my marvelous mind. Every day I learned a little more, and with that knowledge came faith and belief in myself. You see ... I learned to believe I could win.
Re-evaluate yourself. There is a sleeping giant in you. Release it.
Believe in yourself.
Bob Proctor
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2014-09-12
Choose Love
My wife Abigail was pregnant with our fifth child. She was two weeks overdue and the last couple of days we’d been in and out of hospital, but still no sign of baby Shine! Then on Monday night, at about midnight, just as I was drifting off, the contractions started to come, and we knew it wouldn’t be long. By about 3am we were in the car driving (fast!) to the hospital. At 4:30am our baby was born.
The doctor said congratulations - it's a boy! And then there was an eerie silence. The doctor brought the baby across the room, put him down and went back to helping my wife. Still, an eerie silence. Something was wrong - but what? I edged closer to our newborn, he was clearly very purple, but was breathing and looked alert. He'd already given a short cry, so what could possibly be wrong? All sorts of ideas went through my head at that moment. Did we come to the hospital too late? Had we damaged our baby?
As I took a closer look, I saw that the head and eyes were slightly unusual, and I suspected Down Syndrome. By then a pediatrician was checking the baby and I asked if this was the case, and she solemnly muttered something I didn't fully understand about how they couldn’t say for sure until they had done some tests.
In that moment there was fear for sure. What extra help will he need? How will we pay for the extra care? What will people think? Am I inferior? How will my wife take it? What will our parents say? Who will look after him when he’s older? What about my work – will I be able to do the traveling I intended to do?! Would I be able to love this child fully? Would I be able to give this child what he needed and still give our other children what they needed?
In that moment, I made a decision - I chose love over fear.
Choosing love didn’t mean I had all the answers, it didn’t mean I had resolved all my issues – in fact I knew full well that I didn’t even know what half the issues were yet!
But I decided to focus on love. What that meant to me, was embracing the situation, really DECIDING that no matter what anyone else said or felt, I’m going to be proud of this little boy, and I’m going to do my best to MAKE this situation into a blessing. It meant looking at this shock as an opportunity. Fortunately, some of the positive possibilities immediately started to shine through. What better opportunity could there be for our whole family to become closer, to become givers, to love unconditionally, to stop judging and start just doing the best we can?
This experience has transformed me. The love I chose was not only love for my boy, but also love for myself. For perhaps the first time in my life I decided that it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks. I decided on a deep level that I am OK. I am doing the best I can with what I have, and if that isn’t good enough for someone else, it won’t affect my okay-ness.
The decision to focus on love over fear meant no regret, no sadness and no disappointment. Challenges? Yes! Emotion and tears – Yes! But the focus on love ushered in all the new possibilities that a challenge brings with it.
Since that moment, the love has come back to us thousands of times from our son, family, friends, neighbors and even complete strangers! Since my decision, my relationships have reached new depths, and my experience of life has taken a quantum leap.
Can you see the paradox in this? Our unexpected challenge was the catalyst for a new dose of love and acceptance and I have changed faster and more profoundly ever since. I can accept people’s comments as valuable feedback and have no need to be defensive. I can offer love without worry that it’s non-acceptance will break me. I can be myself without fear of rejection. I can take on projects with way less fear of failure. In my mind, the best thing you can do for yourself and the world is to choose love over fear every day. There are many ways to do this, but how to do this is irrelevant until you DECIDE TODAY to make that choice over and over again, no matter what. When you make that decision, paths to your goal, and to your love, will open up before you and you allow more and more happiness to flow into your experience of life.
Eli Shine
As an internationally trained psychologist, Eli Shine has invested the last 15 years in study and service to Cultivating Happiness. He has worked with some of the most well known names in personal development worldwide. He helps people to shift out of anxiety and negativity and into Unconditional Gratitude.
Eli is a proud father of 5 children and a dedicated husband living in Israel, committed to the message that happiness is available any time, even when it is far from obvious. To learn more about Eli and the Happiness Challenge visit www.onlinehappinesschallenge.
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