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Topic 1 - The Cure For Procrastination - In One Post
Everything you need to know about taking action can be summarized by this picture.
I'm in the process of writing a book on overcoming procrastination and staying motivated to take action. So far it is 18,772 words and 84 pages long. 99% of what I wrote is "fluff" because people want that 'good feeling' of learning something new.
Emotions (energy) cause your body to move, not logic or knowledge
As a survival mechanism, our unconscious mind is built to have us instinctively and automatically:
1. Move away from pain, and
2. Move towards pleasure
If your hand is over a cold stove, and you challenge yourself to hold it there as long as possible, your hand will remain there despite logically knowing that you should take some form of action (to pull your hand away). Logic doesn’t cause the hand to move. Your body doesn’t have any reason to move (no emotions).
Do you logically know what you need to take action on? Of course.
What emotions are driving you? None. Our body is made up of energy. You need some form of energy to make the energy in your body move.
Step 1 – Create immediate pain for not taking action
Notice how I used the world immediate. Our unconscious minds thrive off of immediate feedback. This is how they train dogs. Immediate punishment when you ‘catch them in the act’.
It won’t work if the pain comes later. You already will experience pain later for not taking action… How’s that working out for you so far? Just wait…you’ll feel that pain in 5 years when you haven’t made progress..
Write your trusted friend three checks for $100 each. If you don’t take a specific action by a specific time, they get to cash one of those checks. You start feeling those emotions because you’re about to experience pain if you don’t act.
My business crashed on Christmas day. A month later I was still procrastinating. I bought a new car on financing for $26,000. My business was fixed within 2 days of signing the dotted line.
Emotions (energy) causes you to move.
Step 2 – Reward yourself as soon as you take action
Reward the action the moment you take action, and not the results. You want to build that habit of taking action by providing immediate, positive feedback when you take action (think of 'catching the dog in the act' with dog training).
Your hand will pull away immediately when that stove gets hot.
Write those checks, feel those emotions, and that is how you cure procrastination.
Everything you need to know about taking action can be summarized by this picture.
I'm in the process of writing a book on overcoming procrastination and staying motivated to take action. So far it is 18,772 words and 84 pages long. 99% of what I wrote is "fluff" because people want that 'good feeling' of learning something new.
Emotions (energy) cause your body to move, not logic or knowledge
As a survival mechanism, our unconscious mind is built to have us instinctively and automatically:
1. Move away from pain, and
2. Move towards pleasure
If your hand is over a cold stove, and you challenge yourself to hold it there as long as possible, your hand will remain there despite logically knowing that you should take some form of action (to pull your hand away). Logic doesn’t cause the hand to move. Your body doesn’t have any reason to move (no emotions).
Do you logically know what you need to take action on? Of course.
What emotions are driving you? None. Our body is made up of energy. You need some form of energy to make the energy in your body move.
Step 1 – Create immediate pain for not taking action
Notice how I used the world immediate. Our unconscious minds thrive off of immediate feedback. This is how they train dogs. Immediate punishment when you ‘catch them in the act’.
It won’t work if the pain comes later. You already will experience pain later for not taking action… How’s that working out for you so far? Just wait…you’ll feel that pain in 5 years when you haven’t made progress..
Write your trusted friend three checks for $100 each. If you don’t take a specific action by a specific time, they get to cash one of those checks. You start feeling those emotions because you’re about to experience pain if you don’t act.
My business crashed on Christmas day. A month later I was still procrastinating. I bought a new car on financing for $26,000. My business was fixed within 2 days of signing the dotted line.
Emotions (energy) causes you to move.
Step 2 – Reward yourself as soon as you take action
Reward the action the moment you take action, and not the results. You want to build that habit of taking action by providing immediate, positive feedback when you take action (think of 'catching the dog in the act' with dog training).
Your hand will pull away immediately when that stove gets hot.
Write those checks, feel those emotions, and that is how you cure procrastination.