Editor of "The View From The Cabin" newsletter
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Problem:
People procrastinate because many are paralyzed with fear of
failure, loss, pain and some, success! What we fear becomes our reality.
Solution
1. Fear is “False Evidence Appearing Real.
2. 90% of what we fear never becomes reality.
3. The best way to overcome fear is to do what we fear.
4. It helps if you visualize the worst case scenario and accept it as
a possibility and realize it will probably never come to pass.
5. Our imaginations exaggerate negative fears completely out of
proportion and in most cases never occur!
Problem
Few have a strategy to accomplish their goals.
Solution
1. Make a contract with yourself.
2. Identify specific
rewards for positive action.
3. Establish certain penalties for procrastination.
4. Break your goals down into small steps.
5. Schedule
a time segment for each activity.
6. Give yourself rewards for correct action and penalties when you do
not follow through.
Problem
Many have a lack of discipline. It takes 30 days to break old
habits and establish new ones.
Solution
1. Create a Success-Habits-Reminder card with boxes for
checkmarks to record your daily activities.
2. Tape it to your bathroom mirror.
3. Stick it on your desk to keep track of your actions.
Problem
Most people do not have a plan or assign priorities.
Solution
1. Create a “To Do” List.
2. Determine immediate, intermediate and long-range goals.
3. Plan the goals that are in immediate reach of your abilities and
assign priorities: Important & urgent, Important but not urgent, Not
urgent or important.
4. Do the urgent & important tasks first.
5. 80% of your activities are not important to your goals.
6. Only 20% are urgent & important.
7. Learn to eliminate the 80% activities that do not help you attain
your goals.
Problem
Many try to complete the most urgent & important activities
at the last moment.
Solution Every day schedule a block of prime time to work on an important
activity that is due in the future. Soon you will find the time to
analyze and polish your projects many times before they come due.
Problem
There never seems to be enough time to contemplate your decisions
Solution
Schedule quiet time to make important decisions. Listen to relaxing
music that balances both brain hemispheres. If you do not schedule
time for exercise, rest, entertainment, fellowship and prayer your
will spin out of control.
Problem
You are overwhelmed.
Solution
Learn to say, “No!” to activities and individuals that do not contribute
to the attainment of your goals. Often, people take advantage of your
kindness and generosity without ever realizing you have better things
to do with your time.
Problem: Most people do not have a master plan.
Solution
1. Create a master list of all personal, spiritual, physical, emotional
and financial goals for 1 year.
2. Assign priorities for each.
3. Predict a date for completion.
4. Write everything in pencil so you
can change it.
Problem: Few people use an organizer or daytime planner to coordinate
their activities.
Solution
1. Transfer the things on your master list to the correct dates in your
organizer.
2. Check off each item as it is completed.
3. At the end of each day, reschedule the things that were not completed.
4. If an item is rescheduled twice, you are procrastinating.
5. Ask yourself, “What if I never do this?”
6. If the answer is, “No big deal!” Delete it.
Problem
Some people suffer from perfection paralysis.
Solution
1. Make the decision that you are not perfect and never will be.
Everything you do will be imperfect in some way.
2. Realize that if it is worth doing, it’s worth doing wrong until you get
it right.
3. Stop judging yourself according to your accomplishments.
4. Learn to trust yourself by developing intuition and following your hunches.
You will find your first premonition is usually the correct one.
5. Discover just how right you are by making predictions and observing how a
high percentage of them are correct. (Predict the line at the supermarket or
bank that will move the fastest and take action accordingly.)
6. Make quick decisions in 20 seconds or less.
7. Make your decisions the correct ones by believing in your choices and
acting with confidence.
8. In difficult situations, flip a coin, choose heads or tails and then observe
how you feel about the outcome of the toss. Your response to the coin toss will
help you make the right decision.
Tom Taylor
BSc, MSC, PHD (School of Hard Knocks and Real Lessons)
http://online-business-centre.com
Editor of "The View From The Cabin" newsletter
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