60 Small Ways to Improve Your Life in the Next 100 Days. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to make drastic changes in order to notice an improvement in the quality of your life.
At the same time, you don’t need to wait a long time in order to see the measurable results that come from taking positive action. All you have to do is take small steps, and take them consistently, for a period of 100 days. 70 Reminders to Help You Break Any Barrier. I am pleased to introduce this guest article by a new friend John, the creator of HiLife2B, where he hopes to inspire people and to help them achieve their dreams.
Follow him on Twitter: @janyasor 1. Believe that even the smallest compliment can save someone’s life. What we can learn from procrastination. Some years ago, the economist George Akerlof found himself faced with a simple task: mailing a box of clothes from India, where he was living, to the United States.
The clothes belonged to his friend and colleague Joseph Stiglitz, who had left them behind when visiting, so Akerlof was eager to send the box off. But there was a problem. The combination of Indian bureaucracy and what Akerlof called “my own ineptitude in such matters” meant that doing so was going to be a hassle—indeed, he estimated that it would take an entire workday. So he put off dealing with it, week after week. This went on for more than eight months, and it was only shortly before Akerlof himself returned home that he managed to solve his problem: another friend happened to be sending some things back to the U.S., and Akerlof was able to add Stiglitz’s clothes to the shipment. Procrastination: Ten Things To Know.
There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination .
Procrastinators sabotage themselves. They put obstacles in their own path. They actually choose paths that hurt their performance. Why would people do that? I talked to two of the world's leading experts on procrastination: Joseph Ferrari, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago, and Timothy Pychyl, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. 11 Ways to Cure Someday Syndrome. Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Alex Fayle of the Someday Syndrome blog.
Someday Syndrome: not doing what you want to because you don’t know what it is, because you’re procrastinating about it, or because you have too much stuff getting in your way. Everyone suffers from Someday Syndrome at some point in their lives, often catching it repeatedly. For me, most recently, I’d been saying that I really should give running a try without doing anything about it.
You probably have something similar going on in your life – a project, a task, a goal – that you just haven’t got around to doing yet. Right? Kill Procrastination Forever – One Simple Tip. Identify the most important thing you have to do today.
Decide to do just the first little part of it — just the first minute, or even 30 seconds of it. Getting started is the only thing in the world that matters. Clear away distractions. Best Procrastination Tip Ever. Post written by Leo Babauta.
Your first thought as you look at this article will be, “I’ll read this later.” The Little Book of Procrastination Remedies. Post written by Leo Babauta.
Procrastination is one of those topics that, it seems, I can’t write enough about. There isn’t a person among us who doesn’t procrastinate, and that’s a fact of life. Can't Start, Won't Start: Tricks for Overcoming Procrastination. When it comes to glamorous procrastinators, Scarlett O’Hara is one of our most enduring icons.
A quick sampling of her lines in Gone With the Wind yields: “I can’t think about that right now. If I do, I’ll go crazy.” And, “I’ll think about it tomorrow, when I can stand it.” And, of course, her famous closing line: “After all… tomorrow is another day!” 7 Symptoms of Procrastination and How to Fight Them. We all do it to some degree or another; put off for tomorrow what we know should be done today.
Postpone the inevitable pain for the current moment of pleasure. But we know that even if we can manage to put it out of our minds for the present, it will eventually come around and bite us on the butt and disturb our external calm demeanor. Below are some of the symptoms of a Procrastinator and the remedies to try. 6 of the Smartest Things Ever Said About Getting Stuff Done. Building an audience is not the easiest thing to do. First you have to deal with the technical side of building your online business.
You’re also responsible for creating massive amounts of content that will attract and convert people into subscribers and customers. Whether you’re writing, recording audio or video, the process is time consuming and difficult at times.