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I find 'the trick' is to start working on your project while you're planning. That may seem inefficient, but it's actually not - it informs your plans and makes them more accurate.
| This sounds pretty simple but at the same time complicated. Could you write something more about this subject and maybe give some of your examples? Again it sounds very simple but like many things, it's easier said than done. |
I can give personal examples, but I don't know how applicable they'll be.
For example, when I first discovered Steve's site, I developed a spreadsheet that listed all the areas of my life I wanted to improve, the level I currently ranked them, the level I wanted them to be, the date I wanted to achieve X by, etc. etc. And, with that done, I looked at it and went "Holy crap, look at how totally screwed up I am!" and drifted away to do something else.
So next time I picked an area (my weight & health) and dived in - I started a 30 day trial to do at least 20 minutes on the exercise bike every day and to watch my calories. As I learnt more about health I added stretches and resistance exercise to my cardio, and realised that the
type of calories I ingest also matter.
But had I tried to work that all out in the beginning I would've become overwhelmed and lost interest.
Then, with my revised exercise and food intake a habit I moved onto other goals, such as reducing the time I spent in front of the TV and using the internet.
A lot of issues on my original spreadsheet still haven't been dealt with, but some of them have. And that's a step in the right direction that I wouldn't have made if I was trying to follow my original plan.