Monday 29 June 2020

This is me, day 1 (Meet the Author)

๐ŸŒธToday is the day!๐ŸŒธ

The first day I'm actually going to sit and write my own words, my own thoughts, actually create my own content - and put it out there to the world - eek!

Why?

I started this blog for a reason; I have a message I want to share with the world........but I didn't know how to say it, or where to say it and, probably most importantly, I didn't know if anyone would listen or want to hear it! 

So, I'm just going to start......right now, right here......and see where it takes me;

My vision;

To have a positive influence on the world by sharing my journey and my experiences, the highs and lows, good and bad parts; where I've been, where I am now and where I'm going.....

AND 

As a result, spread hope, awareness and enlightenment to others. 

I want to help people, just like you, to embark on a journey of personal discovery and growth that enriches your life, reveals your true potential and shows you the way to 'Become the Best You'.

After all, that's the journey I have been on for the last several years and I've done it with the help of other awesome people who, just like me, have wanted to share their experiences to help others. 

I owe so much to what I've learned from all those people (most of whom I will probably never be able to thank personally) and so I'm doing the next best thing I can thing of to express my gratitude to them and paying it forward to help others 

Thanks for joining me on my journey, I'm looking forward to sharing it with you ๐Ÿ’—

With gratitude,
Karolyn ๐Ÿ’–




The skill of self confidence | Dr. Ivan Joseph | TEDxRyersonU

A great message to start your week with!

Happy Monday everyone ๐ŸŒบ


Wednesday 24 June 2020

Feeling grateful to be alive!

Some young children were asked by their teacher to list what they thought were the present “Seven Wonders of the World.” Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes:

1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids

2. Taj Mahal

3. Grand Canyon

4. Panama Canal

5. Empire State Building

6. St. Peter’s Basilica

7. China’s Great Wall

While gathering the votes, the teacher noticed that one student had not finished her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied, “Yes, a little. I couldn’t quite make up my mind because there were so many.”
The teacher said, “Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help.” The girl hesitated, then read, “I think the ‘Seven Wonders of the World’ are:

1. To See

2. To Hear

3. To Touch

4. To Taste

5. To Feel

6. To Laugh

7. And to Love.

The room went so quiet that you could have heard a pin drop.

The things we overlook as simple and ordinary and that we take for granted are truly wonderful!  We often forget how lucky and fortunate we really are. 

We don’t have to travel to exotic locations around the world to experience the real wonders of the world; we are each blessed with the real wonders of the world.

Today, wherever you are, whatever life has given you, take a moment to really feel grateful to be alive.

Then give back to life, something, anything, to show your gratitude for this miracle you’ve been given. Do anything: be kind to someone, create something, be gentle with your children, do something where your body feels full of life.

We often not only take life for granted, but complain about it. Life isn’t perfect, work is boring, people are too rude, drivers are idiots, nobody listens to me, I have too many things to do. But goodness, look around you! What a wonder life is! If only we would take the time to see it, to really appreciate it. This moment is a ridiculously generous miracle.

Gratitude comes from loving yourself and living your joy. Tune into what nourishes your soul and brings you joy, make a list of everything that brings you joy, and do more of it. Tune into what nourishes your soul and brings you joy, make a list of everything that brings you joy, and do more of it.

Remember you cannot be grateful and unhappy at the same time.

One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. So do it now………..

Tuesday 9 June 2020

*31 Days* "You'll Never Be Broke Again!" What Billionaires Knows and The...

How To Be Successful In Life - The Underlying Principles of Success

Everyone wants to achieve the highest level of success. However, reaching that desirable level of success is not as easy as most of us perceive. To be successful, you have to sacrifice and forego majority of life's pleasures. Below is a list of seven guaranteed ways to be successful in life.

1. Do what you love

Unfortunately, most of us end up settling for jobs or careers that do not offer maximum satisfaction. Put simply, it is important to understand your passion and pursue it with all your energy and resources. The greatest regret held by a majority of the elderly is settling for what they did not love. To avoid having regrets on most of your early life decisions, be sure to pursue your passion. Doing what you love will ensure you remain passionate and highly motivated in your day to day activities regardless of the income. Be sure to discover your true purpose and work hard to achieve your goals.

2. Identify with a successful individual

As you look to achieve your dreams and initially set goals, ensure you remember that success has no secret recipe. It is advisable to identify with a successful person in your field of interest, and do whatever your mentor does to achieve his or her level of success. Once you have a role model or a mentor you associate with, it becomes easier to emulate the positive traits while learning from your mentor`s mistakes. Pick up the positive habits and ensure you avoid the mistakes made by your role model. By emulating a successful person, you increase your chances of succeeding exponentially.

3. Anticipate failure of disappointment

Good things never come easy, and if they do, then they probably won't last. Do not anticipate a smooth sailing in your journey to success. Instead, be ready to pick yourself up whenever you experience failure or disappointment. After all, successful people are characterized by their ability to remain hopeful even in their greatest disappointments. Therefore, regardless of how many times you fail, ensure you remain optimistic and confident in your ability to succeed.

4. Practice makes perfect

No one can succeed without commitment and adequate practice. To achieve the highest level of success in your respective field, it is necessary to take your time to practice until your skills become flawless. Contrary to popular belief, success is attained by maintaining a high level of consistency. Thus, to enjoy success, you must be willing to put time into strengthening your skills through constant practice.

5. Plan

Unfortunately, most of us assume that success happens overnight. However, success more often than not occurs as a result of adequate planning and organization. To achieve your set goals and targets, it is crucial to have a plan that will act as a guide. Successful people know what to do and when to do things; they just don't go about doing everything simultaneously. As a result, be sure to take your time and adequately plan for all your milestones. Set a schedule and observe it to the latter. Once you have a plan in place, it will be possible to measure your progress and consequently ensure that everything goes according to plan.

6. Be true to yourself

As you embark on your journey to success, it is necessary to understand that the biggest obstacle to success is yourself. Procrastination never helps; in fact, all it does is rob you off the time that you would otherwise utilize to achieve your goals. Therefore, ensure you are hard on yourself. That is, avoid procrastinating or letting yourself off the hook whenever you lack the motivation to do an important activity. Without self-discipline, it is impossible to achieve your set goals.

7. Enjoy the journey

Always keep in mind that everyone has an independent journey and purpose. Avoid comparing yourself to others as aimless comparisons can derail your development. Be patient and ensure you reward yourself every time you achieve your goals or initially set milestones. Indeed, it is only through self-love and appreciation that you can achieve the highest level of success. As such, give yourself treats and rewards that match your achievements. Remember, if you do not appreciate your achievements, no matter how small, then no one else will.



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Sunday 7 June 2020

THE META SECRET(LAW OF ATTRACTION) - FULL MOVIE

Attitude is a big deal

Attitude has been defined as, "A predisposition or a tendency to respond positively or negatively towards a certain idea, object, person, or situation. Attitude influences an individual's choice of action, and responses to challenges, incentives, and rewards (together called stimuli) - Businessdictionary.com. The site adds that there are four major components of attitude which are "(1) Affective: emotions or feelings. (2) Cognitive: belief or opinions held consciously. (3) Conative: inclination for action. (4) Evaluative: positive or negative response to stimuli." There are essentially two attitudes that persons can have: a good attitude or a bad attitude. There is a misconception in some organizations that the only thing that matters to work success is persons' ability to get the job done. This view does not understand the critical importance of workers having the right attitude.

A bad attitude is responding badly or negatively to something or someone; it involves thinking negatively. How are bad attitudes developed? Bad attitudes develop when people allow themselves to become proud. Pride causes people to have an overinflated opinion of themselves while seeing others as inferior. Pride inevitably leads to a lack of love and respect for others. Proud people also think that they are larger than the organization or the common good. They believe that they are indispensable to the organization, and that they are superior in the execution of their tasks.

Bad attitudes may also be due to improper training. Human Resource managers have begun to recognize the necessity of training to achieving and maintaining competitive advantage. Greater priority is being placed on customer service, which requires workers to have a good attitude to the company, to their coworkers and to the customers. When workers are not trained to prioritize these three areas, as well as be held accountable for them, they are more likely to develop bad attitudes.

Bad attitudes often come about because of a negative home environment. Many families today are dysfunctional. The product is dysfunctional individuals who are filled with negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, stress and bitterness and who are unable to relate well to people. Homes are characterized by separation and divorce. These do not simply have a traumatic effect on children but also affect the spouses themselves. Families are also characterized by various forms of abuse: physical, verbal, sexual and emotional. There is typically a lack of healthy communication and a lack of healthy core values. It is no wonder then, that when people come into the workforce, they are unable to function effectively. The situation will soon reach a point where companies will have to hire mental and counseling professionals to deal with this deteriorating problem.

Regardless of the source of bad attitudes, all organizations need people with good attitudes. Persons must first have a good attitude toward themselves. Self-love is not the same as narcissism. Persons who love themselves treat themselves with respect and see themselves as persons of value and importance. It is impossible to have a genuinely good attitude to others when you lack a good attitude toward yourself. Further, persons must have a good attitude to others - to their superiors, their subordinates, their coworkers and to the customers. Persons must have a good attitude to their task. They must recognize the importance of the task to the success of the organization. They must be faithful to the task and always look for ways to improve. Persons must also have a good attitude to the organization. If you are dissatisfied with the organization and nothing is changing for the better than the best thing to do is leave. The rule of thumb is like the place where you work or you will be a miserable person throughout your life.

There are a number of positive things that happen when persons have good attitudes. One of the results is better work relationships. People are more willing to cooperate with each other. They tend to work as a team creating an environment of synergy. People look out for each other and spur one another on to better performance. A natural outcome is increased productivity as persons are not carrying around emotional baggage. People are also more focused. Better relationships mean better communication and cooperation, which lead to innovation and problem solving. Persons with good attitudes motivate others.

However, there are a number of negative things that result when an organization has persons with negative attitudes. One of these is low morale: persons are simply not motivated to perform at their best. This inevitably leads to low productivity; in some cases, productivity may simply be below what the organization is truly capable of producing. Bad attitudes result in conflict and division. Persons with bad attitudes are difficult to get along with. They could be too passive, unwilling to do what needs to be done. They can be aggressive, like corporate bullies. Or, they can be passive-aggressive, quietly working behind the scenes to frustrate progress. When persons with bad attitudes are not dealt with, affected persons begin to lose confidence in the leader. They expect the leader to do something and they are frustrated when nothing is done even though everyone knows who the problem person is.

Speaking of leadership, what do you do with people with a bad attitude? Early intervention is important; a classic mistake is to wait until too much damage has been done. Leaders can talk to persons with bad attitudes to assess the root of the problem. The problem may be quite fixable if leaders are willing to deal with it. Leaders can train persons to think differently and to maximize their abilities for the advancing of the organization; mentoring and coaching can help. A proper assessment of individuals may reveal that they are working in the wrong area: a simple transfer, then, may fix the problem. In worst case scenarios, when everything has been tried and has failed, the only other solution is to terminate persons with bad attitudes. Persons with negative attitudes will destroy what leaders are working to accomplish.

There are several right attitudes that should be encouraged. Here are a few. Organizations need persons with a can do attitude. These are individuals who are proactive and are committed to getting things done. There is also a need for persons with a sharing attitude - those who are committed to partnership rather than just working on their own. Greater results are achieved when we work with others. Organizations need persons with a people attitude, persons who have a genuine concern for others. Charitable organizations need persons with a reverent attitude - those who have respect for God and His work. Any organization that is progressive needs persons with an open attitude - those who are open to change. Finally, organizations need persons with a humble/learning attitude - people who are willing to learn. This has to do with the concept of constant improvement.

Let's look at some ways that can help in developing a good attitude. If you have a bad attitude, then you must recognize that you have a bad attitude. I think there will be sufficient clues to let you know that you have a bad attitude! You must not see yourself as indispensable to the organization. This is not to say that you aren't important, but that you must not be so proud to think that you can't be replaced; a little humility goes a long way. Further, practice the Golden Rule - do you want others to treat you the same way you treat others? If not, then treat others with respect and don't do to them what you don't want them to do to you. Further, see the bigger picture - it's not all about you; the organization exists for a reason. Do you know the organization's mission statement? Christians need to cultivate the fruit of the Holy Spirit: these include such qualities as love, joy and peace. Further, see your work/service/ministry as unto God. Finally, deal with the demons of your past - those unresolved issues that block you from having a good attitude. There are mental health professionals and religious ministers who can assist in this area.

Leaders need to recruit people with good attitudes who are talented, not people that are talented with bad attitudes. Sometimes desperation can cause us to use people with poor attitudes. We must always remember that character is more important than talent alone. Bad attitudes will have a detrimental effect on an organization. Good attitudes will have a positive effect.



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Friday 5 June 2020

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What Is Law of Attraction and How to Use It in Your Life?

The Law of Attraction is among the most ancient universal laws. It just means to depict that whatever circumstances we face in our life are the result of what we thought in our past. Thoughts dominate our mind, they have to manifest in our life. The circumstances we face, the people we meet, the relationships we make, the money we make, the house we live in; these all are the outcome of what we have been thinking with little bit more concentration or simply saying what we have been thinking the most. Have you ever observed when you get angry or frustrated in the morning, it often happens that your whole day sucks. The "whole day sucks" is a phenomena that is happening because we attracted it in the morning.

What is Law of Attraction?

The law of attraction is a belief or theory, that "like attracts like," and that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts, one can bring about positive or negative results.

Speaking shortly I will define the law of attraction in one line:

"What we think, we manifest"

It's simple. We attract in our daily life with our thoughts and feelings. For example, if we keep thinking that we have no money in our bank account, we will be attracting "no money" in our life. Similarly if we feel like depressed due to workload or other anxieties, we will be welcoming more "depression and anxieties". So we are using this universal law all the time whether we know it or not. Things happening in our daily life are due to this law of attraction.

What Science says?

Thomas Troward, who was among the big guns of the New Thought Movement, claimed that:

"Thought precedes physical form and that "the action of Mind plants that nucleus which, if allowed to grow undisturbed, will eventually attract to itself all the conditions necessary for its manifestation in outward visible form."

Later on metaphysicians also supported the existence of the law of attraction in our daily life. After that the arrival of the book "The Secret" brought up a great revolution in the societies and religious beliefs. So The Law of Attraction is much more the game of your mind set. If you are sincerely able to abide by the principals of the law, you will discover that you can get anything in your life that you love to achieve.

How to Use Law of Attraction:

As I told you earlier that "What we think, we manifest". What we are going to keep in our mind and concentrate on it, we are actually bringing it in the process of manifestation. Using law of attraction is very easy if you keep a firm belief on your thoughts and visualization. Here I will teach you how you can use the law of attraction in your life to get anything you desire to achieve. It consists of only three steps:

1. Ask

2. Feel

3. Give

Ask:

The first step is desire what you want in your life. Definitely you cannot get money if you have not planned to get it. Similarly you will not go for vacation in Spain until you have not planned it. So asking is the first step towards using law of attraction in your life. Sit down, take a pen and paper, relax and think what you desire in your life. Write down everything that comes into your mind whether it's lot of money, a good life partner or whatever... just note it on the paper. Once you have prepared the list of your dreams (wishes), proceed to the next step that is 'feel'.

Feel:

Once you have prepared a list of all of your desires, you have instructed your mind to get ready to achieve. Now start feeling like you have everything in your life that is on that piece of paper (your desires note) and already be grateful for it. If you wrote that you want a lot of money then from now onwards, start feeling like you have lot of money in your account. Bring up that joy in you when you have $100000 in your account. Feel like you have a perfect partner in your life and you are living a prosperous life. So start imagining that you have access of everything that you have written on that piece of paper and feel gratitude for this abundance. What happens here that the universe begins to listen to your these consistent thoughts and the manifestation process comes into being. So the main theme of this step is:

"What you want to achieve in your life, feel like you already have it"

Give:

The last step in the completion of the law of attraction is "to give". There is a principle in this whole process that states:

"The more you give, the more you get back"

So give from whatever you have in your life. If you can give happiness to someone, go ahead. If you have money, give it without worrying about the amount. Many people get stuck on this step and have some doubts in their minds and they are right at it. As a common person we think that dividing something reduces it. But it is opposite in the law of attraction. This law states that if you give something to someone, you shall get it back multiplied. The question is "How is it possible?" The answer is quite simple and logical. During the give process, you think like you have a lot of something say its money, and you give some money to others. This feeling of abundance ignites the second process that is 'Feel'. So when giving, feel like you already have abundance of it and you shall have abundance of it. So 'give' process helps in firming your belief that you already have abundance of everything.

This is so Easy!!

This is what law of attraction states.. Ask, feel and give. So the crux of this law lies in your thoughts. Negative thoughts will bring up negative circumstances and vice versa. So start using the law of attraction in your life from now onwards. In the beginning it will take some time to control your thoughts and keep them positive but gradually you will start to have grip over your thoughts and things will start working as the law of attraction will come into action. Its you who can change your life right now and forever. So go ahead and take advantage of this law and be happy. Good luck.



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Wednesday 3 June 2020

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Eliminating Procrastination Through the Tools Already in You

Oops - I did it again
It would seem, that with all our will power and need for accomplishment, we could take the ideas for action that we have and accomplish them. I have the power to stop others from performing flawlessly in a timely manner, but why do I stop myself from performance? Why would I stop myself from completing a task when it needs to be completed? This seems a bit counter intuitive, well at least I think so.

I mean, for those of us who procrastinate, we become our worst best enemies. I mean, think about it; I have a task to complete and all I have to do is accomplish it. There is no one standing in my way, but low-and-behold, the day goes by and I have not completed my task. I venture to bet that everyone of us has had these times of procrastination. And what do we get from it? Ill tell you what we get. Stress.

Don't you feel stressed out when you know you must accomplish a task, you push it off, you make excuses, you expend energy on everything else, but the task. And sometime, procrastination can even cost us money. How many people miss that April 15th deadline for Uncle Sam? Yes, that dreaded tax day. I even know people who are getting a refund and yet they fail to complete and submit their taxes in a timely fashion. But, nope; days and weeks go by and the taxes are not done.

Frankly, I don't see much value in procrastination, but all of us do it anyway. Hmmm. Do you remember Charlie Brown, ya, that block-head. He was good at procrastinating. As he is faced with his own loafing skills of procrastination he says, "If I start writing now... when I'm not really rested... it could upset my thinking which is not good at all... I'll get a fresh start tomorrow... and it's not due till Wednesday... so I'll... have all of Tuesday unless... something should happen... Why does this always happen... I should be outside playing... getting fresh air and sunshine... I work best under pressure and there'll be lots of pressure if I... wait till tomorrow... I should start writing now but if I... start writing now when I'm not really rested... it could upset my thinking... which is not good at all."

I can relate. So here I am writing an article about how to reduce procrastination and I am admitting to procrastination. Yes, we all have the thoughts and the ability to put off what we should do today until tomorrow. Maybe this is just hard wired into us and we should just go with it? Ya, that's my reasoning. But you know, that's not good enough, bah-humbug to that. Well, procrastination does really have a biological foundation.
This may just read like mumbo-jumbo. The blame the brain game, or the genetic game. Hey, I say if it works and makes me feel better, why not? Ah, why not? Because if I do that, I lose the sense of control. I need some control of my actions, so I can get things done and procrastination is not getting things done. But, let's take a quick look at some of the science of why I procrastinate and then maybe grab this genetic disposition by the hand and lead it away, so it serves our needs and not us serving it.
OK, here go, lets jump right in.

1. Procrastination affects some more than others. Some people are more predisposed to procrastinate than others. Omg, that does not sound too good, or maybe it does if we are looking for an excuse for our procrastination, but it sucks if we want to reduce our procrastination. So, whatever method or way that I try to reduce procrastination, I must get around this predisposition to procrastination; if after all, maybw I am one of those sorry people whose genes pour information into my brain to procrastinate. Let's laugh at those genes, heck I probably get my genes from K-mart anyway. Genetics, in this form are predispositions and not commands. With our frontal cortex and even a trained limbic system we can over-ride a predisposition. I will discuss this how in a bit. I don't think it's a clever idea to have scientific reason 1, and then a solution, scientific reason 2, and then a solution because we are systems, and it does not work that way.

2. Procrastination feels good. Until it doesn't. Us humans (and other species) have feel good chemicals that get released in our bodies and because these neurotransmitters; (who has not heard of serotonin and dopamine?) humans have this pain/pleasure mechanism. If an action creates pleasure, we tend to remember that pleasure and then return to it. When we feel pain, we tend to retract from it, so we do not feel it again. Ah, but here is the catch, sometimes the pleasure centers out weigh the pain centers and induce memories of the pleasure rather than of the pain. You can ask any overweight person who suffers pain and ill health because of being overweight and yet, bring out the cake.

3. The brains decision making process is a constantly a tug-of-war. Most of us wake up and then just want to go back to bed. Maybe we even hit the snooze several times. There is that struggle. I must go to work, but I want to stay home. And for most of us, the work wins. For those who stay home, the unemployment line is probably enough pain. Thus, there is a constant struggle in our brains to act or not act. In almost all decisions, in a fraction of a second the brain is working to have fun. Hmm. Have you seen cartoons or movies with the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other? Yup, that is how the brain functions at times. Procrastination is much like that, we know we should do what we need too, but we have our mind chatter like good old Charlie Brown and at the days end, we have an emotional hangover.

4. Self-control. We all want it. But let's get down to the brass tacks. When we procrastinate we have a breakdown in our self-control. Or do we? Our self, our conscious self knows it should be behaving in a specific way, but our unconscious urges have us behave in a different way. And so, it seems we have no self-control, and in fact, we do lose our conscious self-control.

5. Now the good news. Scientifically and experimentally we can beat back the forces of procrastination. If we couldn't, I guess me writing this article would be a complete buffoonery act. So, the gist of this article, well I guess the whole of this article is that we can do something about procrastination. I feel trapped in my own promises! If you are interested, you can read more depth to the science of procrastination. But, I have learned, more information does not always bring about different actions. It is though, when one learns how to use information to bring about change; that is when the miracle happens.

OK. There are as many methods to reduce or eliminate procrastination as there those who write about. The good thing to remember though, for the articles, like mine that are written like this one, you at least know that the authors have some semblance of veracity because if they could not have overcome their procrastination to write, they would not have written the article; they are proof in the pudding.

As mentioned, there are many ways and methods developed and proposed by different people. I will add one more voice. Here is the challenge. Procrastination can be deep rooted in an individual's life. It can be hardwired, and our brains can actually drive this behavior. It may bring a good feeling to procrastinate at times, like not mowing the lawn but putting it off, but in the end, now you have snakes in the grass.

So, no matter what you do, the first thing you need to recognize, mentally, as you are trying to get things done, this is a mind game. You don't play chess without strategy. You don't cook a meal without a recipe; even if the recipe is in your head. You don't get a college education without going to college. You will find that overcoming procrastination, even in the moment will take some, but not much, mental exertion and energy. I can't give you a magic spell or voodoo touch, but I can give you a tool that is reasonable and that factors in human biology and human psychology. It is possible to overcome procrastination and finally have a life where the ego, the 'you' in the body is in control and the demon of procrastination whimpering and trying to find another home.

Lists, goals, plans, arg. Who has time for them? The real question is, who does not? We all plan in our heads. Some people just put these plans to paper. We all implicitly choose what we will do first, second third, etc. We just don't write it down. Ah, and that is part of the failure we experience when we procrastinate. The thing, or action that we put off, may be in our minds the first item of duty, but we can convince ourselves that it can be the 10th and then it does not get done at all.

So, how do we take all these seeming hindrances to action and change those into accomplishments? When it comes to the brass tacks, we must be convinced that we really want to create action. There must be a psychic change. We get sick and tired of being sick and tired of our procrastination. Its time for a change. There is no ritual you must follow to bring about this change, just a wiliness and an honest look at the problem. Are you sick and tired of procrastination and are you willing to just do a little thing, a little behavioral modification? I mean, it sure would be nice to brag "I don't procrastinate" no one will believe you of course, but you have a tool, a method you use.

Let's get back to goals and lists. Sometimes its important to write them down, I don't know if you have heard the jingle, the saw, if you 'fail to plan, you plan to fail'. For this tool, you don't have to write anything down, you can do it in your head, but I write mine down, so I can look at them and thus they are not only ghosts in my mind, but mental pictures to my visual system. Writing my goals down just strengthens and reinforces what I am going to do, and because I am taking this seriously, I must be serious.

We are almost done, yes it seems like I am rambling, I even feel I am. Here we go, most of us have a few fun things, things that bring pleasure to us throughout the day. Even eating brings pleasure. Do you remember when you were younger your parents used a strategy on you. "Johnnie, you can't go to Billie's until you clean your room". Most of us, if you really wanted to go to Billie's, you cleaned your room. Your parents have held the key to reducing or even eliminating procrastination all along.

What if your parent's simply said, clean your room. Off went dad and mom to work (or play) and when they got home, the room probably wasn't clean because you were at Billie's instead. But when we grow up, we change or eliminate that strategy. That strategy was successful about 90% of the time, it was a strategy that worked. Yet when we got older and on our own, we switched to a strategy that works about 30% of the time.

Let's go back to our parent's strategy; it worked, and it will work for you. When you start your day and have your written or mental list, 'you can't go to Billie's until you make the bed'. Billie's stands for any pleasurable activity, including even eating. In fact, some parents went as far to state "you can't have ice cream or even lunch until you take out the trash". It worked. Now use that same ideology, that same technique in your life.

The things that you procrastinate to do, must be accomplished before the things you would never procrastinate. Eating, TV, Sports, after work activities, etc. Those items that must be accomplished but be accomplished first. Nothing should be accomplished before those things. You can't go to Billie's until you remove that item from you list that causes this procrastination. You may even want to hear mom or dads voice in your head. You can't have lunch, or you can't go golfing until you clean your room, or until you cut the lawn. Make this a lifestyle change, and in about a month, that will be your pattern of behavior.

Before I let you go, are you going to immediately put this into action or wait until tomorrow? You can start NOW. I don't know if you are reading this in the am, mid-day, or pm. But what is it right now that you have procrastinated with? Whatever pleasure awaits you by days end, put into action this plan, and if you have heard mom or dad say, "you can't x until you do y", then go do y.

I hoped this article helped you in your journey of life and helped you with that lingering badger of procrastination. It is possible to eliminate procrastination, your parents guaranteed that in your early years, the baton is now yours, you carry it for yourself.



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