Monday, July 8, 2013

My Understanding of Achieving Success-3



Reconnecting with your creative self   

Creativity is a gift to each and every one of us in a form that is unique to each of us.  Creativity is oxygen for our souls. Cutting off our creativity make us savage. We need to create what wants to be created.  Start bringing into your everyday life more expression of your creativity.  And   vibrant colors  to  your wardrobe, redecorate  your office  take a writing or a  dance  class, creativity solve  a work related problem  help your  child with  a  science project, make  something  special  (food or otherwise)  for a loved one.

Rather than the master piece, go for   the joy of the creative process. Your  creativity  wants  to be expressed  and for many  of you, its  crying out for  expression, choose  one area  where  you would  like  to start playing  with your creativity .  Even  if you think  you don’t  have  one  creative bone  in your  today,  try it  any way  and start small.

Less is More “An innovative way to organize your day  

The secret lies in its simplicity.  Adopt a new mind set, not just intellectually but with a believing heart too.  The way is “The Daily three”.  The daily three is practice you care immediately begin to implement every single day. It’s simple, practical and doable.  It’s  about selecting  the top  three priorities you absolutely  must  get done  by  the end  of the day   no matter what. They are your priorities.  They are those priorities  that if you  accomplished  them by the end of day  you can  say “ Now  today  I got a lot done and feel good about  it.

Procrastination can be your friend    

Procrastination usually happens when you experience these three things
           
            Being overwhelmed by the size or complexity of the task or situation.
            Feeling inadequate or incapable of doing the project.
            Lacking interest in the goal.

The first two love to do with procrastination as a foe.  The third has to do with procrastination as a friend something we don’t often consider and what this nugget is all about:-

Ask yourself where it is you are procrastinating.  Take an honest  look at whether  your  procrastination  is a friend  or foe.  If it’s a friend, spend some quiet  time this week listening  to what  your  still small  voice  is trying  to tell you  and reflect upon  it. Change  the goal,  project  or task  to fit  who  you are  and  what interests you  Then  identify  and take  the  action steps  necessary  to reach your new goal.


The Underlying source of procrastination   

The first step is to recognize the underlying source of procrastination.  That underlying source of procrastination is fear.  Fear  can show  up in  these ways,  fear of feature , fear of looking  stupid, fear of  not being perfect,  fear of  success or fear of taking  a risk etc. 
Choose one specific situation where you are procrastinating.  If the procrastination is a foe, look at the source of your underlying fear. Is it the fear of failure? Fear of success? Fear of rejection? Fear of not being good enough?

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