Your best friend, procrastination. “What!” you say, “My best friend, how could you say that?” The reason procrastination is your best friend is because it’s on the teetering edge of motivation. Let me explain. For a behavior to be classified as procrastination, it must be …
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“Things is either done, or they ain’t done.” Marlon Sanders
Some of the greatest truths are the most obvious. But they are also the most overlooked. Many of us need to take a look at the importance of facing the facts and accepting that more usually needs to be done to complete whatever we are doing.
It is very easy to kid ourselves that we have done something or finished something when we haven’t. We need to be motivated by taking a thorough look at whatever we are doing to check that it really is finished and finished well. If you are tired and think you have already done a good job it is tempting to stop work before the job is properly completed.
Whenever I mowed the lawn and considered it mown, I could guarantee that my mother would be able to point out long grass at the edges of the lawn that had not been properly mown.
She was right; the lawn had not been properly cut at the edges. The job was not done. No job can ever be completed perfectly but it should be completed well enough to pass some scrutiny.
Recently, a parcel sent to me at No 19 arrived at No 9. The postman had not bothered to read the number properly. The people at No 9 had to finish his job for him. He had not delivered the mail.
A few months ago, I came across a great account by Martin Avis of a talk given by Marlon Sanders, the great internet guru, in Birmingham, UK in January 2005. My thanks to Martin for giving me permission to copy his account of this talk.
I heard Marlon myself some years ago in London and he knows how to hold an audience. Before he even started his talk, he arranged to have the whole audience blowing bubbles. By the time he started speaking everyone was relaxed and ready to listen.
In Birmingham, Marlon told his listeners to remember:
“There’s only two things that matter:
‘Things is either done, or they ain’t done.’
As Marlon spoke his voice became louder and louder:
“When sumthin’s done you gotta product, you gotta promotion, you got sumthin’ that’s gonna make you money.
“When it ain’t done, it don’t matter if its half done or nearly done or gonna get done someday – IT AIN’T DONE.”
The volume reached the point where people in the hotel next door started paying attention.
“And if it AIN’T DONE, it’s jack.
“DONE equals making money, sitting on the beach, taking long vacations and havin’ fun. DONE equals a smiley face.
“AIN’T DONE equals nothin’. No product, no vacation, no beach, no money and no fun. AIN’T DONE equals a sad face.”
Marlon smiled and knew his point was made.
He said a whole lot more in four hours of sessions over that weekend, but from that day forward the 35 people there will always think in terms of DONE or AIN’T DONE. (Martin’s account ends here.)
Simple but powerful stuff. As usual Marlon goes right to the heart of success.
Success has been described as both doing what you plan to do and also not doing what you plan not to do. It could also be described as “getting it done and not half done.”
Success and failure could be summed up in the immortal words “DONE or AIN’T DONE.”
Guess what? Your are a heat seeking rocket and its awesome, discover how.
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Heat Seeker Motivation Skills
Positive self-talk means purposely giving yourself positive reinforcement, motivation, and recognition- just as you would do for a friend. Congratulate yourself when you do well, and remind yourself of your abilities, accomplishments, strengths and skills. Keep a to-do list, check off accomplishments, and review your progress periodically.
Make self-talk work for you. When you habitually say to yourself has a very profound impact on your self-image, your self-esteem, and your performance as well as eventual success. Remember that your subconscious triggers physiological responses to match the pictures and thoughts that you have of yourself to make them happens. Make this work for you by keeping your self-talk positive.
For example say to yourself either ” I did a good job on that changing a friend’s oil even though I took a quart and ½ for myself ” or ” I did a good job of not paying a good friend the cost of supplies for the efforts he did for me “.
Stop negative self-talk. You may well be quick to nag yourself because your mother wanted you to more than perfect. However, negative self talk can be damaging because your subconscious believes what you say to your when you repeat that negative talk in your mind over and over. How is your subconscious to know otherwise? If you catch yourself using negative self-talk, stop and rephrase. Eliminate the negative words. Focus instead on the best course you can take and do it.
Make positive communications a habit. Focus on the positive in goal statements, self-talk, and all communications. Compare the following phrases, and notice how the positive words convey confidence, commitment, and enthusiasm.
For example instead of “I will try” substitute the phrase ” I will “. Instead of saying to you “I should do “insert the phrase “I will do “. Try saying ” I want to ” or ” I choose to” instead of the more common “I must “.
Focus with affirmation statements. Affirmative statements are positive self-statements or reminders to help you achieve goals. They are positive messages with a punch “mental bumper stickers” of sorts to motivate your subconscious mind to work for you.
Here are guidelines to help you to use the powerful tool of affirmative statements as vital mental reminder technique.
1) Make the statements personal to yourself. Not arbitrary or generic. Use the phrase “I” , your own name , or you
2) Keep affirmations short. How can you use the affirmations if you cannot remember them?
3) Phrase your affirmations positively. The mind accepts as truth the words that you give it. Use positive words only as affirmations. Leave out any negative words. For example say “I will not be nervous during my interview with the warden “. Rather say ” I will be calm and self-assured during my interview”
4) Include a positive emotion. A phrase that triggers a positive emotion strengthens the affirmation. For example “My goals are valuable and it excites me.”
5) Phrase affirmations as fact. Phrase a goal as though it is happening even if you have not achieved it yet. Your subconscious believes mental messages and works to make them a reality.
6) Say your affirmation at least 6 times a day. Repetition is life. Repetition enhances self-confidence, acts as a reminder, and stimulates your subconscious to help you achieve your goals in life.
It cannot be overstated the impact that positive self talk and affirmative statements can help you towards the vital goals that you have identified in your life. Remember that without goals even if you work hard you are like a ship without a rudder.
These powerful tools of positive self talk and positive affirmations can more than help speed you along to your chosen goals.
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