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7 Reasons You Should Do The Hard Stuff First

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7 Reasons You Should Do The Hard Stuff First

How often have you delayed starting a task because you’re basically fearful? That fear can be tangible even if you can’t quite put a name or reason to it. So in today’s post I’m going to attempt to articulate some of those fears and encourage you to do the hard stuff first anyway!

It Gets The Hard Task Off Your To Do List

Let’s start with some common fears: maybe you’re afraid it’s going to take up too much time, afraid you might not be able to do it or maybe it’s just an overwhelming fear of getting started.

I’ve experienced this many, many times. But the irony is that once I start, the task is usually quicker and/or easier than I expected it to be. But let’s break those three thoughts above down a bit further: [Read more…] about 7 Reasons You Should Do The Hard Stuff First

How Can I Change My Life?

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How Can I Change My Life?

One of the things I notice when I’m asked “how can I change my life?” is that the person asking is often really resistant to being told that they need to be taking action. They are adamant that they want to achieve their goal and it’s the most important thing to them right now, but taking sustained action doesn’t fit in with their day-to-day lives.

People are often dismissive of attempts to encourage or cajole them into action. Plus, I can usually visibly see them digging their figurative heels in to do it their own way, and only that way.

People appear to be defensive of their actions and have a long list of reasons why they can’t do the things I suggest.

Fighting For Your Limitations

There’s a great quote which refers to how we fight for our perceived limitations.

If you fight for your limitations, you get to keep them.

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How To Make Yourself Do Something Even When You Don’t Want To

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How To Make Yourself Do Something Even When You Don’t Want To

This is a backwards post.  It’s also a raw and honest post that lets you into the weird workings of my brain on an off day.

But, to make the post at least sort of sensible, and, hopefully useful too, the lessons are listed first.  You’ll see why when you start reading!

(You can also choose to ignore the Case Study and still have a useful and short list of lessons!) [Read more…] about How To Make Yourself Do Something Even When You Don’t Want To

Making A Comeback

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Making A Comeback

It’s Been A Long Time

The last time I published something new on my blog was in June 2018. That’s over 8 months ago and makes me feel really sad 🙁 .

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Nelson Mandela

That’s not to say that I haven’t been writing or that I haven’t been active on other areas of my Achieve Your Best Life channels. If you follow me on other social media platforms, then you’ll know that I have been putting fresh content out, intermingled with my older ‘evergreen’ blogs. [Read more…] about Making A Comeback

Patience Will Help You Develop These 4 Life Skills

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Patience Will Help You Develop These 4 Life Skills

If you’re pursuing goals that have significant meaning to you, then you will no doubt have had to call upon copious amounts of personal patience. But this little word, to some extent suggests a passive attitude, whereby you are born with this virtue that others may not possess.

Whilst of course some of us are more patient than others, patience itself is anything but passive. Indeed, if you were to look up the meaning of patience, you would find these words:

the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.

Now that puts a completely different spin on the idea of patience!

How often are you able to tolerate problems and suffering without getting at least a little bit annoyed or anxious? I know I’m not that great at being patient.

But maybe this is just how it is and we therefore need to cultivate and really appreciate the part that patience plays as we slowly edge towards the achievement of our goals. Indeed, there’s no doubt that pursuing big and meaningful goals for the long term will develop our patience and with it our chances of actually achieving our goals.

But, there’s more to patience than just getting a grip and keeping a stiff upper lip, because the more we work on our ability to remain patient, the more we will develop other life skills such as the four below… [Read more…] about Patience Will Help You Develop These 4 Life Skills

How To Persevere: 8 Lessons I’ve Learned

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How To Persevere: 8 Lessons I’ve Learned

I want this blog to be practical. In other words, I want to provide actionable steps to help you (and me!) persevere until we get what we want. Until our goals are achieved. Until our accomplishments can be deemed a success.

But in order to achieve that, we must know how to persevere. It’s easy enough to talk about it, but can be a challenge to maintain.

Perseverance is the art of hanging on in there when you want to give up. Or in other words, how to be stubborn in the pursuit of your goals!

So what can you actually do that will amount to perseverance? [Read more…] about How To Persevere: 8 Lessons I’ve Learned