To get into your rightful place financially, you have to move past what has not only become comfortable, but what has become just a way of life. When I say comfortable, I’m basically talking about life as usual.
We have dreams of something bigger and better, but getting there sometimes seems too difficult. What we normally do is keep the dream in our heads, but never move toward action. We mostly use the One Day Theory. You know…One Day I’m gonna have enough money to do whatever I want OR One Day I’m gonna own my own home.
You can probably rattle off a couple of your own One Day Theories – in fact, you’ve probably heard and said them many times over. Truth is though, the One Day Theory is just another basic form of procrastination.
On a deeper level, procrastination overlaps with avoidance. When a task initially seems too difficult to handle, we’ll put it off and put it off until it becomes a monster. I don’t know what makes us think that the problem will go away. It NEVER does.
I know it seems easy to bury your head in the sand and ignore life along with your hopeful dreams. The thing about that is, it’s suffocating. You definitely can’t survive that way. Survival of the fittest is taking responsibility quickly and creating the success you desire.
Do I suffer from the disease of procrastination? Of course, I do. All the time. As I write this article, it is very late in the evening. My initial thoughts were to shut the computer down and start fresh tomorrow. But then I thought about how the delay would really throw me off schedule. My right action was to do what’s needed now and feel good about what I accomplish later.
I remember reading a book a few years back by Brian Tracy called, Eat that Frog: 21 Great Ways to Get More Done in Less Time. This book was key in transforming my thoughts about goal achievement and handling daily life.
My 4-Most Important Mantras from the book were:
- Consider the consequences. Take a moment to consider what the outcome will be if the task is put off until later.
- Do the most difficult task first. This statement is the entire basis of eating the frog. Getting the difficult task out of the way first frees your mind for greater accomplishment. It becomes a snowball of successful action.
- Slice and dice the task. Breaking down bigger projects into smaller manageable chunks = faster goal achievement.
- Develop a sense of urgency. A determination to stay focused until the project is completed.
He also says:
The key to reaching high levels of performance and productivity is for you to develop the lifelong habit of tackling your major task first thing each morning. You must develop a routine of “eating your frog” before you do anything else and without taking too much time to think about it.
The thing is, I’m seeing many people achieve their dreams each day. We all have our good and bad days. The key though is to have more bad than good. See if you constantly make two steps forward and only one step backwards, you’re doing your best to make greater strides in the right direction.
So as you continue your day, consider something you have been avoiding – a work assignment, cleaning up your financial house, getting organized, any short or long term goal. Be determined today to eat that frog.
How about you on the other side of the screen? What’s stopping you?
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