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How to focus on the present moment
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Doing The Hard Stuff Easily
- Our mindset can help us to do challenging, difficult tasks.
- If we choose to participate in an experience, which we know is uncomfortable, difficult or taxing to us (like running, for example), it does not feel forced.
- If we love the activity, or the experience, the rush, the sweat, the wind, then it is not difficult for us. We are doing it on our own accord.
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Doing Something Out Of Force
When we do something out of force, even though we don’t want to do it, it creates stress, and feels uncomfortable and difficult.
When we procrastinate, we feel guilty because something important is in front of us and we are distracting ourselves with an unproductive, time-...
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Feeling In The Mood To Do Something
Most of us believe that we have to feel in the mood to do something: we should be excited and concentrated and the activity should be easy, fun, comfortable.
That results in running from the things that feel hard, overwhelming, uncomfortable.
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Doing What We Love
- A child does not yet have the pressures and demands of society jamming inside the head all the time.
- Like a child who just does what he or she loves to do and does not have to prove anything to others, we need to find an ‘Adult Love’ inside us.
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Not too hard, Not too Easy
If a goal is too hard or too easy there is a chance it won't be accomplished. The trick is to work on tasks that are on the edge of our current abilities.
Keep tasks challenging but not impossible, and you will remain invested in them for long.
The Procrastination Equation
Procrastination boils down to how motivated we are to complete a task. The motivation to complete a certain task consists of four elements: Expectancy, Value, Impulsiveness and Delay.
- Expectancy: If we expect to succeed in the task, it would motivate...
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