Getting up early and working.

[speedyexe]

Stop with distractions like porn,music,doing nothing on facebook and similar stuff, write on paper what you plan to do and do it (im making reminders on my mobile - find my post about time managment its here somewhere), and dont do 100000 gold business ideas in one time, try to do one for start, that one that is biggest propability that you will finish it.
Act like you were at work (in work works like that: if you cant do something manager says learn fu***** quick and do it) so do it like that with step by step at home, write down and if you cant do something google and do it and go ON and GO fu***** ON!!!! and like MJ says "take action"

For me time doesn't matter is it 1am or 1pm i have in my pc ringing widget every hour, so hour am or pm doesn't matter, for me matter that im working right now and iv spent hour or two on it and it should be done - i call it "little dead line" if dead line goes Im doing stuff quicker to finish it on time, i dont want do some simple stuff all day you have to realize also how much you should spend on some details and on some really important things in your project.

 

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[Skys]

Big problem here. It runs deep with most of your posts so far. You have a defeatist mentality. You actually believe you can't 'tony robbins' yourself.

Why can't you? No one said you listen to one cd's or read one book and poof, you 'tony robbins'd' your way to greatness. It takes time. And work.

Your first task now should be to change yourself. How is that done you may ask?

1- read everything you can get your hands one about a positive mental attitude; MJ's book, How to Win Friends..., Think and Grow Rich, The Magic of Thinking Big, and yes Tony Robbins' stuff.

2- associate with people you want to emulate. network to find that group. and actually listen to them. Greg (runum) was giving you great advice, but you dismissed it as impossible. guess what, that's what Greg did (and me too) to become successful. you think it is impossible. we didn't. wanna compare notes?

3- work on your speech patterns. learn to control what you say. negativity breeds negativity. the more you speak it, the more it comes to fruition. there is serious power in the spoken word.

4- create success habits. whatever that means to you. if you have 3 free hours per day, then use them wisely. set a schedule and stick to it. shut down any distraction and get your job done. once you form the habits (reading positive books is also a great habit), they are hard to break. success is also a habit. it too his hard to break.

Now go back and reread my post before you immediately reply with your defensive response. You may actually learn something.

I read most books on having a positive mental mindset. I think they are great for motivation. I do. I bought some, most I read in ebook versions. I believe in change, I don't believe in change overnight. I am indeed self defeating and this leads to not taking enough action. I have not failed enough, because I pretty much already believe that I am a failure. But if I look back, I just see me giving up on things beforehand, not even commiting to the thing I want to commit too. I commit strongly for some time, and then I let it go for something else I want to commit too.

I do wanted to join this forum because I wanted to find those people, It's hard to find people that really are commited to become wealthy. Most people around me are happy, slowlane people. I am very unhappy about that slowlane. If I try to talk with them about it, they tell me it's not about money. They don't get it.

I need to find different people and this forum was one of my actions to commit me. Now I f*cked up, because I already have a bad name on my first couple of days on this forum.

I do really need to shut the F*ck up. I can be extremely negative altough I really hate negativity.
Thanks for all the tips, Global. I think I didn't come up to defensive.

I think it's nonsense to compare notes. Everybody has things that impacted there lifes. Its how you deal with it and I didn't deal particulaire well with it.

 

[FastNAwesome]

I don't feel really welcome.

I really think you should feel welcome, this forum is one of the friendliest online places I know.

Maybe the tone of previous posters sounded harsh to you, but I really believe it was just
constructive criticism, something to get you "up and running", not getting depressed further.

How long does it take to change what you see? About 2 seconds if you WANT to.

I just want to confirm that this works for me. Changing yourself is hard and slow, but changing your view
and even starting to take action can all happen in 2 sec.

 

[livebig]

Skys, this place is welcoming, without a doubt. Sure, there are people here who may not be as kind and friendly as others, but generally it's one of the most heartfelt places for people like us on the web.

I'm 28 as well, so maybe I can talk some sense into you. Re-read this thread. Everything everyone has said is completely spot-on. You may not want to hear this, but I'm just being honest with you. Every change starts with you. If you wait for the world to change to suit your inner needs and wishes, you will NEVER find that. The world is never perfect, anywhere you are.

It's all about expectations. Look for a specific thing in a particular circumstance and you will surely find it! It really is that simple. Expectations start inside YOU. If you want to see things positively, you have to feel positive. This isn't some bullcrap Tony Robbins junk, either. It's reality. For instance, some see war as a negative (death tolls, etc, etc.); others see war as a positive because of the potential positive changes it will bring to society.

It's all inside your brain and the second you decide you're done with the negative mental attitude, you're free from the prison of your mind. Now, that all sounds simplistic, and it is, but this has to be done over and over and over and over. Every time you notice your mind wanting to "fall back into the grooves" it's already made (the comfortable place -- the habitual place) you have to drag your mind out of that place and back into the place of positive expectation. People who positively expect have a much higher likelihood of actually being able to cash in on potential good things that are coming because they EXPECT THEM!

Now, I wish you were reading this right now, Skys, (unfortunately, the likelihood is that you're in the corner licking your wounds thinking TFF members are picking on you). I was in the very same place you were. I had gotten myself into such a hole of depression, I couldn't see anything but darkness. It takes time, but then again it doesn't. It's easy, but then again, it's the most difficult thing you'll ever do. Just commit to living with a feeling of positive expectation at all times, and the world will turn into your oyster in a relatively short time.

If you need anything, feel free to PM me. I'd be glad to chat with you one-on-one if this would help. Remember, there is ALWAYS a solution.


Much Love,
Livebig

 

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[Brander]

I don't feel really welcome.

Just be humble and listen to some of the people giving you advice. I don't know them personally, but a lot of them make sense. It's about the mindset. Trust me I can relate I was once negative too and thought I knew everything. Just listen, don't argue, even if you don't agree. You might never agree, but what matters is results in your life not to win a pissing contest.

It's all about habits. To actually ingrain new habits into your life takes at least 6 months of CONTINUOUS implementation on a daily basis. To change your point of view takes just a moment - a word, a sentence, an insight spoken or read.

Good luck!

 

[GlobalWealth]

because I pretty much already believe that I am a failure.

I think this sums up your attitude very well, unfortunately.

But that doesn't mean you cannot change it either. As Roark said, you will need to commit at least 6 months to change the attitude. Reading a book or 2 won't do it. Reading a bookshelf and then following the action steps will.

But you need to answer the following questions first-

1- How do you define failure?

2- How do you define success?

For me, these are easy answers.

Success is when I am in the process of achieving my goals. Failure is when I quit.

If you have tagged some arbitrary definition of failure like a certain amount of income or net worth, you will always be a failure because you will likely always want to increase the numbers.

But if you have clearly defined measurable goals and you are working every day towards achieving them, then you will be a success. And this can have a significant impact on your own belief system.

 

[Icy]

Success is when I am in the process of achieving my goals. Failure is when I quit.

Is the process truly the success to you, or once that process turns into something tangible? The first is one of those things hard for me the accept. It very well could be a flaw in my mentality, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on why the process is the success.

 

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[GlobalWealth]

Is the process truly the success to you, or once that process turns into something tangible?

For me, yes. I 'feel' successful when I am in the process of achieving the goals. This means I have already articulated those goals and have established my gameplan and am in process of working my plan.

I have had times where I felt like a failure, but when I think about those times it is almost always because I was 'floating' around with no concrete goals and a nonexistent gameplan.

To be clear, I don't want to suggest that every goal planned was a goal reached. I have had many 'failures' in the sense that the goal was not achieved. But along the way I always learned something important, made important contacts, and sometimes even made some money.

I don't consider this a failure. I consider this the process.

 

[theBiz]

The sucky thing about this: I have a traineeship and I am done at 5, so when I finally am able to do stuff its maybe 6/7 o clock, depends on if I go work out or not. If I go to bed at 10, I only have 3 hours to do something.

Yeah ive been through all of that before. To be honest i stopped kidding myself and stopped doing anything else besides work. After a while it has become an obsessive, disgusting, unhealthy work ethic. It wasnt getting done any other way. I want to reach the goal so bad at this point, i honestly dont care about anything else right now and i think some people have to adopt that trait if they want to escape

Put a board on the wall, list your goal, and make mini goals below it. Everyday you have to check off atleast one. I make them really hard to reach everyday, it helps put some perspective into your life and you will do whatever you have to do to accomplish them. Its funny how that can literally speed up any major task you need to do x10. It made me realize how much i procrastinated and was taking too long to do things.

Many people will say you can still live your life, a nice life... go to the gym, hang out sometimes, but i dont believe that. Look at anyone that came from nothing and made it big, generally they never stopped working to get themselves off the ground. Plus dont you want it today not tomorrow? Go get it.

The only time you should be taking to yourself is once a month go hang out with a young self made millionaire. Go in his brand new car, live his ridiculous life.... realize how bad your life is, realize and physically feel that it is possible for a few hours to do it, and everyday your busting your a$$.. you will realize your just one day closer. I dont see how it could work any other way especially if you have a job.

If your vision is strong enough and your WHY is strong enough, i think you will be working in your head every night you sleep.

I dont want to be a downer and go over the laundry list of things against you and i right now of becoming "successful", but maybe you need to think of them... not because it will discourage you but you will face them and start attacking them. This is another Christmas gone by, where were you last Christmas?, what did you say you were going to do last Christmas? did you do it throughout the year or not? Life happens fast, get to work or you will die with your words in your mouth, that also goes for me, and anyone else trying to make it big.

 

[Skys]

you post inspired me. I read it a couple of times and I agree. At some point you just need to adapt a sick work ethic that gets to your goal and leave some other stuff on the side.

What do you think is on our laundry list?
It will not make me (more negative)

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

if you don't start seeing opportunity rather than limitations.

Opportunity is about PERCEPTION: In the 1950s, a growing shoe company sent representatives to Africa to see if that region represented a market for their shoes. One representative went down the west coast, and another down the east coast. Both sent messages back to head office. One read, "No business opportunities here, no one wears shoes!" The other representative stated, "Lots of business opportunities here, no one wears shoes!"

because I pretty much already believe that I am a failure.

We all have failures; the difference is how we choose to interpret and adapt to that failure as it doesn't become a badge of our identity.

Most people around me are happy, slowlane people.

Nothing wrong with being around "happy" people, even if they are Slowlaners.

 

[awjt]

I don't think that it's critical to get up early. I do, sometimes, but it doesn't make me more productive. I only get up early because I'm excited to get up and start doing stuff.

I think it's more important to be in tune with your personal productivity cycle.

For me, my best work is 9am to noon. I suck between 3pm and 4pm, then perk back up again for a couple hours. Then tired around 7pm, and I can work from 8pm to 10 or 11, unless I'm spending time with my wife and family. Overall, that's about 8 honest productive hours each day. I schedule meals, meetings, errands, gym and fart-around time for when I know I'll be at a low point.

I try to get 7 or 8 hours of sleep every night and be up no later than 7. Usually up by 6:30 or so, naturally by the dawn light, with no alarm.

Yawn, I'm sure you don't care about my personal details. I'm telling this story because I know myself well, and know when I function best and what to expect of myself. It's not perfect. Sometimes I stay up wayyy too late, or sleep in until 9 on Sundays. But it's all good. I give myself a break sometimes, so I don't burn out. The point is that I go where the excitement is. When I'm on the hunt, no silly schedule is going to hold me back.

 

[theBiz]

Opportunity is about PERCEPTION: In the 1950s, a growing shoe company sent representatives to Africa to see if that region represented a market for their shoes. One representative went down the west coast, and another down the east coast. Both sent messages back to head office. One read, "No business opportunities here, no one wears shoes!" The other representative stated, "Lots of business opportunities here, no one wears shoes!"

wow... its so true, outlook is only a small part of the equation to result in success but it is so crucial and one of the first assets needed to become successful. Hahah we all hear this so often in our lives, a negative person will say well theres no money in X anymore, no one is doing it. Oh so that automatically means theres no money right? Yeah real estate is tough right now, bad time to get in right? Im pretty sure this is when fortunes will be made... so many people just dont get it.

your post inspired me. I read it a couple of times and I agree. At some point you just need to adapt a sick work ethic that gets to your goal and leave some other stuff on the side.

What do you think is on our laundry list?
It will not make me (more negative)

skys i wish i could answer that, almost no one can give you the true answer, if anyone could success would be easy. I have had people literally break down every single thing they did to become successful, but you cant just copy it. Its more than that.


There are so many components.

1) Case studies- learning why and how people got/get rich. What makes them different than mike the shoe maker. What is a smart/good business, leverage etc.

2) Mental preparation- believing, not letting exterior forces mess with your head.

3) Coming up with an idea/business

4) Forming a strategy

5) Executing company/strategy

6) Putting it out in the atmosphere to realize none of your assumptions were right/wanting to die/ stop bitching and trying different approaches

7) Constantly learning, executing new ideas, being able to handle failure and growing from it


Now i still have not even touched upon the surface. Its a long road, and if you really don't want it, life, negative people, circumstances will take it away so fast. Many people who started a company at 26 and were rich at 35 were in the pursuit for money since a very young age

You THINK it only took them 9 (26-35) years but really at 14 they were selling lemonade on the corner losing money while people said get a job, reading books at the library at 22 when hot girls were calling them to go out ( and people still said, get a job), i could go on forever. Its depressing in a way the amount of SACRIFICES you have to take but you have to become the type of person that cant live any other way.


We all talk about money and entrepreneurship here like we want it but about .01% of people here actually do, make the sacrifice, are constantly learning, and will actually implement any of the things they are learning.

Ask yourself how many hours do you put in, sometimes i put in 90 hours a week. Yeah. And not some BS 90 hours, hard work, focused 90 hours, and if its not working, im researching, and if its not researching im networking. Are you prepared to go against people like me? And im nothing, there are much smarter, harder working, networking animals out there that even i struggle to understand.

 

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[Skys]

How bad do I really want it? That is a good question.
The giant within, and those books, it always gets me to a point where I really like to achieve things. Getting an own company, would be awesome. Being my own boss

MJs book got me really inspired, and it showed me how its possible. It would mean sick dedication, and my year of 2012 is going to be one of sickening work ethic.

But then.. then I see 'fight club', where Tyler durden says 'we don't care about material bullshit!'
Or I listen to Eckhart tolle and realise it 'all doesn't really matter'.

I get sidetracked a lot.

 

[GlobalWealth]

we don't care about material bullshit!

What does material bullshit have to do with owning your own business or even being wealthy for that matter?

Your presumption here is that being wealthy equates to public displays of success. While this is true in some cases, it is in no way a requirement.

For me, it's more about independence and freedom. I have very little personal possessions.

But I could also stop working for the next 10 years if I wanted.

 

[Skys]

What does material bullshit have to do with owning your own business or even being wealthy for that matter?

Your presumption here is that being wealthy equates to public displays of success. While this is true in some cases, it is in no way a requirement.

For me, it's more about independence and freedom. I have very little personal possessions.

But I could also stop working for the next 10 years if I wanted.

Oeh. Very good point. You could be wealthy without any public display of success.
I would love to have the 911 Turbo one day though
and a very nice house to live in. With a pool. And enough to go on vacation whenever I want too..

 

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[yveskleinsky]

But then.. then I see 'fight club', where Tyler durden says 'we don't care about material bullshit!'
Or I listen to Eckhart tolle and realise it 'all doesn't really matter'.

I get sidetracked a lot.

There was a post earlier on in this conversation about "only having 3 hours" to get something done but that you can't stay focused. Three hours is a long time for anyone to stay focused. Try 10 minutes (set a timer). When it dings, get up do something else and then come back and set the timer again. Sounds stupid, but for people who have issues with attention, this tip will really help. Honestly, 10 minutes here and 10 minutes there of focused effort will get a person a lot farther than 3 hours of scattered work.

As to your quote about not being into the "trimmings" of success--it sounds like you need to find your "why". What motivates you? Perhaps it isn't a sports car or a vacation home in Switzerland--and that's fine--but what is it? Perhaps just owning your own time and having the freedom to go where you want when you want is more motivating. That's cool too. There is no right or wrong answer here. Different people are motivated by different things. Figure out what motivates you, and that will most likely solve your motivation problem.

 

[GlobalWealth]

I would love to have the 911 Turbo one day though
and a very nice house to live in. With a pool. And enough to go on vacation whenever I want too..

No offense, but these are typical short sighted ideals.

Expand your mind a bit.

A turbo 911 is nice. They are fun to drive, esp. the older ones. But why own one? Do you really want to have one as a daily driver? What about renting one for the weekend to drive at the race track and really experience how the car feels. No need to own, but money is required.

Why own a house with a pool and then go on vacation? Why not live in different parts of the world 1 year at a time experiencing life as a local being immersed in a culture as opposed to being a tourist? No need to own the house with the pool if you live in a new one every year in exciting parts of the world.

None of this requires the accumulation of material bullshit.

I'm not suggesting this is the lifestyle for you, but it is an option. Sometimes you need to think outside of the box in order to live outside of the box.

 

[Skys]

never thought about that. Its so far out of my own reality at the moment i didn't even come up with it when fantasising

 

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[Simon Ashari]

Sometimes I get up early (5 or 6am) and do work. Can do this for weeks on end.

Other times I have periods when I am waking up at 1 or 2pm.

Wish I could consistently do it.

One thing I have found though, is that if there is something I am nervous about (some risk that took me out of my comfort zone) then I am awake at 5am no problem. I always seem to benefit from these risks as well (expanding that comfort zone).

You should do something that makes you a bit nervous.

-Simon

 

[PowerDividends]

Ive always found that the earlier I get up, the better days goes and the more I get accomplished. I have been unable to do it on a consistent basis and have been working hard to make it routine.

The early morning is great time to get things done and get a head start on everyone else.

 

[buckmajor]

Thanks for the post yall. Learned a lot about myself and why I'm mainly productive late at night. Loving it "Play to Your Strength"

CHEERS

 

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[cliqflip]

Hey there,

I have a question. For a while, I have been trying to wake up early and get to work immediately (I work from home), but I've never actually managed to do it for more than a day. I know that I should just "go and do it" for a week or so and turn it into a habit, but for some reason, I can't. And if I do wake up relatively early, I sometimes get distracted and start doing other stuff, and fail to get anything done. Has anyone had similar problems before and managed to overcome them? If so, how?

Best regards,

Primoz

Didn't read the whole thread but,

I don't think you have to wake up early to be productive -

Some people (like me) rather sleep in a little bit and work later into the night. Both get the same amount of work done

 

[goodspin]

Starting the day early is crucial IME, I find getting up early definitely helps you get a good start to the day.

My routine is:
*Wake up at 8am
*Goal Shower - Shower with a vision board of your goals stuck to the screen of your shower
*Jog - 15min
*Workday Session 1 - Task 1 (about 8.45am) - 45 min focus sessions with Classical music in the headphones
*10-15 min break
*Workday Session 2
Repeat.

I find this is the best way to focus getting work done in my businesses.

A really good book on productivity and being 'fully engaged' on your work is "The Power Of Full Engagement" by Tony Schwartz.

 

[Russell]

You never know what fate has in store for you this day. I'm a natural night owl but I wake up at 5am everyday and work. I wash and make myself presentable. I eat a large breakfast. Then I go do battle with fate.

From Reginsmál (25):

Combed and washed every thoughtful man should be;
and fed in the morning;

for one cannot foresee where one will be by evening
it is bad to rush headlong before one's fate.

For those that struggle to wake up so early, simply realise that your goal should be to wake up as early as you can and improve upon that. Waking up 5 minutes before you have to is a bigger step than 3 more hours earlier.

 

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[hedgehog757]

These posts are great! I fall into a rut a lot of the time too. I think you need to get something productive done EVERY day or you are not doing anything

 

[squall74]

I actually cannot sleep at all until the early morning hours. I have no idea why, I've tried to go to sleep early and I was dead tired, still couldn't sleep. I do work out and get out but still nothing. My peak hours are probably from 9pm-3am. I just think some people are wired to be night owls. It's just too bad that people think night owls are lazy people when we just have different times we are productive.

And if anyone asks yes I've ready articles and tried to do all the things that are necessary for great sleep, short of taking sleeping medicine. I do take melatonin and it does help a bit. I can stay up for 30+ hours but just can't seem to wake up in the morning. I can sleep for 2-4 hours at sundown and wake up at night, but can't seem to wake up in the morning no matter what. Good thing I can work the night shift.

 

[EastWind]

There is no such thing as a morning person, or night person. Only a very motivated person. If you are motivated enough, you would wake up when it calls for it. Truth!

 

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[PopEmersen]

I actually cannot sleep at all until the early morning hours. I have no idea why, I've tried to go to sleep early and I was dead tired, still couldn't sleep. I do work out and get out but still nothing. My peak hours are probably from 9pm-3am. I just think some people are wired to be night owls. It's just too bad that people think night owls are lazy people when we just have different times we are productive.

And if anyone asks yes I've ready articles and tried to do all the things that are necessary for great sleep, short of taking sleeping medicine. I do take melatonin and it does help a bit. I can stay up for 30+ hours but just can't seem to wake up in the morning. I can sleep for 2-4 hours at sundown and wake up at night, but can't seem to wake up in the morning no matter what. Good thing I can work the night shift.

I have the same issue and it seems I am my most productive at 2-5am. I would rather sleep in the day and stay up and work during the night.

 

[dii]

i am a great fan of leo babauta from zenhabits, and i think this post is really useful » How I Became an Early Riser :zenhabits