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Here is the way I used to be,when I had failure career wise I would keep going but after one or two more I would fall into procrastionation for 5-10 days(movies,videogames). But 20.07. this year I had another failure and for the first time in my life it didnt get me down but instead pushed me to massive action,it gave me motivation. I said to myself-no man,not again,there is NO MORE TIME,you are wasting your life away if you fall down again!! So that evening a made a massive schedule for next day,I mean just a bit above of what I though human could possibly do in one day. And next day-I did it all. It was the best day in my life. First time ever I fullfilled my MAXIMUM potential. And it felt fantastic. And I developed this filter,I didnt spent time anymore on anything thats not productive or doesnt get me closer to my goals,like meaningless chatting on fb and stuff. And I developed massive negative associations towards that kind of behavior,so now for 16 days already I can honestly say I m COMPLETELY procrastionation free and I do in one day what most dont in week or more,what I usually done in 3 weeks!! The thing I dont quite get is how is it possible for all my neuropatterns and behaviors to change in one day? Its fantastic,I realised everything,all you need to do for success is simply: FOCUS(filtering out all non productive stuff and time wasters) and HARD WORK(doing maximum you can each day to make future as good as it can possibly get. And thats all,no secret,no 79 things list to do in order to get somewhere,its all so simple!! Try it for one day yourself,achieve maximum productivity in one day and maybe it permanenty changes you too!! Hope this helps someone! Cheers Igor |
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Well done, Igor. I imagine that the reason you have been able to achieve so much in the past couple of weeks is that you have extremely high motivation not to feel like 'a loser' and by achieving this schedule you have proved that to yourself **beyond doubt** Do be kind to yourself though and give yourself some life balance - plan it and schedule it in so you're not 'wasting time' but achieving something - eg watch a movie, listen to a CD, go for a walk, allow yourself half an hour of 'networking' or 'relationship building' now and then. |
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well basicly yeah,i do it because i have negative asociations towards not doing it but important thing I realised is that you cant wait to get in the mood to do something,you just gotta do it now and thats it. Oh i do hang out with people and relax ofcourse its just that I dont do it anymore most of the time cuz I m bored or dont wanna work on something,so I dont use these other aspects of life anymore to feel good even do I am not progressing,I am now using them to balance out,thats all. The thing is we all hear that it takes couple of weeks to developd habbits and stuff so I m amazed it can all be transformed in an instance |
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Congrats, Igor. The co-founder of Neuro Linguistic Programming, Richard Bandler, always says that 'change can happen in an instant'. With enough motivation, anything is possible. You might be motivated to avoid stuff you don't want, or to get stuff you do want. The most motivated people I know usually use both forms of motivation... keep smiling, Ben
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Thanks everybody!! @jamesbiz:yeah,totally,hahaha The interesting thing is back when I was struggling with procrastionation I use to need motivation and would seek motivational stuff to lift me up but now I dont need it ,see I realised you cant work on something just when you`re pumped about it. I encourage everyone to try this one out,no 30 day trial,just pick one day,make a to do list and do all you can possibly do and see how you feel |
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cool man, u have developed the habits of taking actions immediately instead of procrastinating in just one day, & it seems to me it's the most important trait to be successful in anything we do. sincerely congratuate u. hopefully i will be the next person saying the same thing like u
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thank you all!! and I hope it all works out for everybody that tries this! @alekseykravtsun-I know what you mean man,I think we all been through these stages,I guess seeing some results also makes it harder to go back to doing nothing. I would once again like to stress out that for me it wasnt about motivation,I had motivation when i decided to do all I can do but next day when I started doing it I wouldnt say I was motivated but rather that I was gaining motivation through work I have done!! |
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Iggy.. you are my hero!.. Motivation is contagious (in a good way).. I'm going to be my own success story... stay tuned.. :-)
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Congratulations and all the best in the future. People can experience events that efectively shall change them instantly (or within a close period of time) although these are normally negative, and fortunately are rare. There are moments when one can undergo a significant event / realisation in which they can be changed instantly (or again within a close period of time). However, remember that we are creatures of habit (this is neither good nor bad) thus we tend to revert to our usual ways. Which is why I somehow doubt that this has occurred with you, I am sure that after one slip up, this could be enough for you to slip back into your old pattern. This is why you must place contingencies now that you are on a high. There is no reason that your current drive cannot become a habit, but lets say that this shall take 60 days to begin to achieve, and another 60 to lay on the wet cement. Sound long? Well then you realise that a habit is something that is permanent and not fleeting, even for the mid-term. I am sure that Steve Pavlina had a good article based loosely about this subject, where he talked about self-help profiteers such as Tony Robbins (not that I have anything against the guy, I just think he's out of his current depth). What can you do now that will make it harder to maintain your old ways, should you revert fully back to your 'old' self tomorrow? Now you're on the right track. BTW, I personally would be interested to hear of your progress, in 30 day intervals if you are up for that. | |
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yeah man i know what you mean,I think its more or less done by now. I mean I have always been doing something here and there ,just like most people had hard time constantly doing things that need to be done. But seriously I m going on vacation next week and I m all planed out,no procrastination will be involved!! |
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