How to push past your biggest anxieties and act. Stocksy Here’s something you might want to consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do, says productivity guru Tim Ferriss.
To do or not to do? To try or not to try? Most people will vote no, whether they consider themselves brave or not. Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows, and most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty. The simple solution came to me accidentally in 2004. Critical mistakes made in the company’s infancy would never let me sell it. One day, while envisioning how bad my future suffering would be, I hit upon a gem of an idea: Why don’t I decide exactly what my nightmare would be — the worst thing that could possibly happen as a result of my trip? Suddenly, I started thinking of simple steps I could take to salvage my remaining resources and get back on track if all hell struck at once. 1. 2. Chances are, it’s easier than you imagine. 3. 4. 5. The Eisenhower Decision Matrix: How to Distinguish Between Urgent and Important Tasks.
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Photo by iStock Want to find time for your most important life goals? In our new feature, Timehacker, we match readers with the right coach to help them find that time, develop new habits and get started. Then we check in on Day 21 to see how it’s working out. THE SUBJECT: During her years working as a special ed teacher, Penny Church-Pupke, 65, of Gainesville, Florida, was always the super-organized one who could put her hands on anything. THE GOAL: Penny felt stressed at all her teetering piles of stuff everywhere and too embarrassed to invite people over. THE TIME HACK: Penny began to work with coach Melissa Heisler, of It’s My Life. Want to make time for an important goal? 1. 2. 3.’One touch’. 4. 5. THE PROGNOSIS: “The biggest issue for people like Penny is they are underwater –under a pile of papers –and making a change seems daunting,” Heisler said. “Starting out small is what made the difference for me this time,” she said. 60 Ways To Make Life Simple Again.
7 Easy Ways to Get Motivated at Work. Motivation is rather elusive, isn’t it?
Some days you feel it, and other days you can’t grab a measly corner of it no matter how hard you try. You stare at the computer screen, willing yourself to type, create, develop, and instead you find yourself simply going through the motions, barely caring about the work you’re producing. Needless to say, you’re totally uninspired, and you don’t know how to make yourself feel otherwise. Quora users have been there, and they have real and practical solutions for digging up that lost motivation and getting a job not just done—but completed with a sense of passion. How To Do What You Don't Want To Do. We all have to do things in life we don’t want to do.
For me, it’s laundry, cooking and exercising. For others, it’s something else. Some of these things we need to do on a daily basis, while others are more long-term goals. How to Get 90% of Your Work Done Before Lunch. Imagine this.
By the time lunch rolls around, you push back from your desk with a satisfied sigh, saunter off to your car, and drive off to have a leisurely, stress-free lunch, daydreaming about the 18 holes that you’re going to play for the rest of the day. This can be for real. You can get 90% or more of your work done in the morning. Around the time people are groping for the next shot of caffeine, you’re shutting down your MacBook and chilling out. 27 Simple Things to Start Doing for Your Happiness. It only takes one person to make you happy and change your life: YOU.
I am endlessly fascinated by the link between the way we choose to live our lives and the happiness we enjoy on a daily basis. There are choices that you make every day, some of which seem completely unrelated to your happiness, that dramatically impact the way you feel mentally and physically. Over the years, through our coaching practice and premium course, Angel and I have literally spoken to thousands of people who are struggling to find happiness in their lives. Gretchen Rubin Made Me Look Better in a Bathing Suit. 4 Different Kinds of Procrastinators—and How to Fix Them All. If you regularly struggle to decide between stalking a high school friend’s wedding album on Facebook or preparing for a presentation at work, you’re probably a procrastinator.
And a pretty good one at that! Tell you what, that’s totally OK—we all put things off. Luckily, it doesn’t mean we aren’t hard workers, it just means that we have to work a little more to get past our habits. (No, Netflix is not actually calling your name.) Follow this flowchart to see what your habits say about your procrastination style—and how you can overcome it. Infographic courtesy of Parcel Hero. About The Author A UNC-Wilmington grad born and raised in North Carolina, Kaitlyn always knew she would end up in NYC to pursue writing. 5 Ways to Stop Procrastinating Your Work. You’ve probably heard this crazy tidbit thrown your way before: Some of the world’s most-driven people are also some of the biggest procrastinators this planet has ever seen.
And it makes no sense since these are exactly the kind of people who know that doing that never ends well. Why is that? And better yet, if you find yourself in a similar situation, how can you stop? Quora.