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Procrastination affects even the best of us. The act of procrastinating can be defined as putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time. Sometimes however, this delay becomes a debilitating condition, preventing us from achieving success in our personal and professional lives. Below are some steps to help minimise the negative effects of procrastination.
1. Change the way you view the task
We are more likely to procrastinate if we feel that an action is unpleasant or difficult. For example some people have an aversion to paperwork that is almost a medical condition! Often these tasks are compulsory, but some can be done away with once you examine their validity; some can be delegated or others even automated. The key is to not think the task is unpleasant, but instead to consider creative ways to complete them.
2. Review the task
Is this task really something you need to be doing? If the answer is yes, refer to number one, change the way you view it and apply creative solutions to solve it. What if the answer is no? Perhaps you have left this task so long, it is no longer valid: it no longer fits into your overall objectives or it no longer serves your goals. Review the task so you don't spend any longer procrastinating on it!
3. Reframe you words
Our words are powerful carriers of our intention and can also determine our results. 'I hate paperwork!' 'I should go on a diet!' 'I ought to make that call'. These statements are limiting, words such as ought, should, must, carry negative connotations. Instead use positive and proactive words which will energise and propel you to action.
4. Plan for action
You have a task that you have applied the first three tips to. You are ready to proceed and you don’t seem able. Well, what does your workspace look like? Just as we need to clear clutter in our minds so we need to clear our work area. Now some people insist that they can only work within chaos, but for the majority of us there is nothing as liberating as a clear space!
5. Do it!
Don’t wait until you feel like it, just do it! Easier said than done? Not really. All it takes is practice and determination. The more we get on with the task the less procrastination has a hold on us. We are more confident, we feel increasingly energised and the results are amazing!
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Inspirational Women - Gee Walker |
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We have a video of one of our inspirational women - Gee Walker, who has kindly given us a moment. take a look...
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Being a business owner could seriously improve your health!
A recent survey conducted by Gallup research, the Gallup- Healthways Wellbeing Index says that Business owners do well both in overall well-being and in many of the six specific Well-Being Sub-Indexes
"Their high well-being, despite working longer hours, supports Gallup research showing that working long hours is only highly detrimental to well-being for those who are less engaged in their work. In terms of income, business owners, on average, make slightly less than professionals and managers/executives, but still eclipse these groups in well-being."
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Get a handle on your life |
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Unexpected and unsettling events will occur in life. To ensure your personal happiness you need to be able to handle these events well. You can negotiate the rough bends; with a bit of practice and a growing positive attitude. Perhaps some of these can be useful guidelines to help you wade upstream through the difficult waters.
If you can accept this one basic yet fundamental premise you will find yourself well on the way to a stress free life. You must understand that you can make choices and decisions which may not have the outcomes that you hope for. This is not to say those choices or decision are wrong. Instead there are certain things that there is no way to ensure they turn out as we would like. Much as we can plan, order, design our life, we are sometimes dealt the blow that could potentially destroy our equanimity. So we learn that we can really not control everything.
This is one question that robs us of so much time and energy yet we continually ask; even though we don't get an answer. The question is ‘why me?’ When negative things happen to us we are so consumed by the questions we do not pursue the answers. The answer maybe too difficult to face so we run away from it. Or the answer may be just as simple as perhaps things were to meant to be. Certain things happen to us to build our character and test our faith.
As children we may have had a comfort blanket or reassuring dummy. We don't want to be without it. It may seem cute, a flapping piece of worn yarn trailing after a toddler; but it does not quite fit the image of an adult. When events happen to us that unsettles us or causes concern we naturally want to escape. Go back to our infantile time. We retreat rather than face the situation and acknowledge that indeed we do have make a choice;one which may be painful and unfortunately grown up.
So you now accept that there are things that you cannot control or change. Its is hard but you agree that life is not always fair. More difficult deal with is the fact that you may have to make hard choices. Not only do you have to grow up you also need to take responsibility. Here comes the good news. The response you make can determine the outcome of a situation. Good news? Yes definitely. By knowing you can choose your response, you know actually you can control your result. You, your response, your decisions, your action, not circumstances, people or events, just you. That should make you feel relieved. Now, the only thing you have to worry about is YOU.
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Autumn may signal the start of the cold season, the unwanted transition from warm weather. There is a distinct chill in the air, skies are grey and we could begin to feel slightly down. However this is also the season when the academic year starts in most places. It is a time to look forward to new classes, old or new friends, and different challenges to master.
Why not apply this to the rest of your life? You may not be starting or going back to school but you could be starting a new career, a new business, begin writing that book, de clutter your wardrobe, enjoy the hopes and possibilities that the season brings and allow yourself to be inspired and motivated to start something new.
Autumn does not need to be doom and gloom. Traditionally considered a time of harvest, it can be an opportunity to celebrate the abundance in your life. Take stock of where you are and move into the next phase. This is a great time for new beginnings.
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