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5 Phrases You Can Use Now To Get Started

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5 Phrases You Can Use Now To Get Started

They say the most difficult part of getting anything done is to actually start. But whilst that might not hold true for all things, it is definitely something we all experience from time to time.

If you were to google the word “procrastinate” you will get almost 62 million results but if you narrow that down to “procrastinate over starting” then you can almost halve that number and only have to trawl through 35 million results!

Of course, that’s not a scientific result, but it does at least give an indication that starting something (whether new, or something that’s been stalled for a while) poses a problem for a lot of us.

As a human being, I’m not immune to this challenge unfortunately, so today I’m sharing with you another tool from my anti-procrastination arsenal. This one is all about using phrases to trick your mind into thinking that you’re not really going to do the work! It’s sneaky but effective! [Read more…] about 5 Phrases You Can Use Now To Get Started

The Messy Middle of Achieving Goals

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The Messy Middle of Achieving Goals

We’re living in chaos at the moment, or at least it feels that way: because our en-suite bathroom is being re-modelled. This is something we’ve wanted to get done for a long time, but now the time is here, I’m struggling with the reality of what that desire (aka, goal) actually entails.

I’m at a loss to understand how such a small room has impacted our day-to-day routines so negatively.

Here’s just the short list:

• There seems to be dust and mess everywhere – from the room itself, through the house and right out into the back garden where the waste rubble is accumulating.
• We now have the use of one less toilet and shower – who knew this could be so inconvenient?
• The noise from the banging, scraping and general crashing of debris hitting the floor.
• Floor space being taken up in the dining room and garage to house the new kit that’s waiting to be fitted…

And the list goes on…sigh. [Read more…] about The Messy Middle of Achieving Goals

Life Will Always Get In The Way Of Your Goals

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Life Will Always Get In The Way Of Your Goals

I needed to write today. It felt like an overwhelming urge that had to be addressed, but when I opened up the program on my computer I drew a blank because I had no idea of what it was I wanted to write about.

Lately I’ve been writing a lot about productivity – maybe because I’ve been feeling that my productivity isn’t where I want it to be, which is true. It’s like I’ve been searching for ideas to enhance my own productivity and sharing those ideas and experiences with you.

But today I don’t want to write about productivity because it’s on my mind that life has just been getting in the way. [Read more…] about Life Will Always Get In The Way Of Your Goals

Successful People Have These 8 Characteristics – Do You?

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Successful People Have These 8 Characteristics – Do You?

You’ve got big plans for your future, or maybe you just want to make some changes for the better and need to make them stick.

But as we all know, change is hard, and making that change stick is even harder.

So what are the characteristics of people who seem to be able to achieve their goals and make those good changes stick?

Here a 8 Characteristics that successful people live by that you can emulate too. [Read more…] about Successful People Have These 8 Characteristics – Do You?

Comfort Zones – A Different View

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A Different View on Comfort Zones

We often think of comfort zones, and more specifically getting out of them, as something that we do to grow. We see it as something difficult and challenging, as if we’re not quite up to the change we want to make and that it will somehow make us feel worse before we feel better.

For example, taking up a regular fitness routine when the most you’ve done recently is the school “run” or maybe you want to improve your public speaking, but, frankly, you’re scared to speak up in a small group, leave alone a roomful of strangers.

But these are examples of stretches outside of your comfort zone, which, although the overall outcome is expected to be positive, the initial steps are scary, difficult or even menacing.

Today’s post is about looking at comfort zones in a different way. I want to consider other times when we stretch outside our comfort zones, which, superficially at least, are anything but scary, difficult or menacing. [Read more…] about Comfort Zones – A Different View

Here’s Why Joining Challenges Is Good For You!

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Here’s Why Joining Challenges Is Good For You

The Cambridge dictionary defines a “challenge” as:

“(the situation of being faced with) something that needs great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully and therefore tests a person’s ability.”

Or put in much plainer terms it’s simply a difficult job!

The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams. The weak-minded become haters.
Steve Maraboli

And that’s the problem.

When you’re faced with a difficult job, something that’s going to take an effort, physical or mental, it’s going to test your abilities on many levels. [Read more…] about Here’s Why Joining Challenges Is Good For You!