If you’ve ever spent more time talking yourself into doing something than it actually took to complete the task, you know how hard self-motivation can be. Whether it’s procrastination, distraction, or disinterest, the struggle can be real. Fortunately, there are some tricks that can help get you moving.Science-backed principles of persuasion can be the push you need to get stuff done, says New York Times best-selling author Daniel Pink, who teaches a <a href="https://www.masterclass.com/classes/daniel-pink-teaches-sales-and-persuasion">new MasterClass on persuasion and sales </a>.

Self-motivation has a new urgency in the pandemic when time is so distorted. So many of us are missing cues and structure found in a typical workplace. Anything small you can use to get yourself going can be super useful.If you’re feeling stuck, try one of these five simple tricks:

When you’re trying to persuade someone to do something, one tactic is to make it simple. You’re not trying to change their mind, you’re making it easy for them to say ‘yes.'Use this technique on yourself by agreeing to just do five more. For example, make five more calls, read five more pages, or send five emails.In many cases, 80% of the problem is getting started. By making that initial step easy, you’re not trying to change your mind; you’re doing what you need to get started and you’ll likely build the momentum to do a lot more.

1. Just five more

Setting goals is how many of us achieve the things we desire most, but goals can also be daunting when they’re big, like writing a book. Persuade yourself to get moving by setting smaller, interim goals, such as writing a chapter every week.Long-term goals don’t motivate. They can be too much—something you can’t wrap your head around—and cause you to freak out. Goals that are easier to accomplish can be motivating. When you see the end of something, you kick harder to get to the finish line.

2. Set interim goals

Posting an intention on social media can also be motivating. This has to do with the behavioral science that watched people are nice people. A public commitment is like being watched. You don’t want to lose face or look bad.To work, the public commitment persuasion tactic has to involve specific goal setting. You can’t just proclaim you’re going to write a book or run a marathon.If one has never written book, for example, it won’t be effective. Provide a timeframe, such as a finishing a chapter this week. Smaller and more specific is better than large and general announcements.

3. Make a public commitment

Another trick for getting more done is to take a break. The brain and body are not meant to work nonstop, says Pink.For whatever weird reason, we have the idea that powering through is the best way to get stuff done and a sign of our own virtue. We’ve got it upside down and believe amateurs take breaks and pros don’t. Athletes know that taking breaks is not a deviation from performance but is part of performance.Your drive to get more done would increase if you would simply take a walk outside every afternoon.

4. Take breaks

Having a looming deadline can be a good motivator for committing to action. You can set them yourself or leverage deadlines given to you by a manager or coworker.Deadlines help turn an abstract into something concrete, instead of a dull nagging to do something. Deadlines also provide the power of endings. It helps when you see the finish line.

5. Set deadlines

Science-backed principles of persuasion can be the push you need to get stuff done.


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Time Management

5 ways to persuade yourself to be more productive

People who struggle with anxiety for long periods mistakenly belief unhelpful myths about what anxiety is and how it works. If you want to feel less anxious, you should unlearn the counter-productive myths that you've heard about anxiety.

Misunderstanding anxiety

Analyzing your past may be interesting, but it isn't helpful. This is because the initial cause of your anxiety is seldom the maintaining cause of your anxiety. Until you address the maintaining causes, your anxiety will continue.

Myth: You must understand the origins of your anxiety

Because something feels bad, it doesn't mean it is bad. Muscles soreness after a workout feels bad but is really a good thing. Anxiety is the same. It feels bad but isn't dangerous. It is just a form of faulty or misguided fear. But, long-term anxiety can lead to chronic stress, which is associated with various adverse effects. The key insight is that worrying about anxiety teaches your brain to think that anxiety is dangerous, making you even more anxious. Make it a point to stop worrying about your anxiety.

Myth: Anxiety is dangerous

Coping skills provide only short-term relief from anxiety. For example, doing mindfulness meditation to cope with your anxiety. Doing so teaches your brain that it's not okay to feel anxious and that anxiety is bad. As stated, anxiety is not dangerous, but if you treat it like it is, you teach your brain to fear fear itself.

Myth: You need coping skills to manage your anxiety

The belief that anxiety is a sign of weakness can be very hard to shake. Even if people acknowledge intellectually that feeling anxious isn't a sign of weakness, they still feel that way experientially. For example, let's say you gave a presentation at work and got really anxious because you mixed up some information. Then you spend the rest of the day ruminating about it. "I can't believe I got so flustered..."

Myth: Anxiety is a weakness

People may feel afraid they'll never change because that's just who they are. "I've always been an anxious person." However, anxiety comes from learning and experience. The good news is what is learned can be unlearned.

Myth: You're born with anxiety

Worry and anxiety are very different. Understanding the difference can help to lower your anxiety in the long term. Worry is a series of thoughts. "I'll never get that promotion..." "My chest feels funny... Maybe I'm having a heart attack." Anxiety is an emotion. Feeling nervous before a big performance; feeling on edge in a room full of new people. You can change your emotions indirectly by changing how you think. For example, it is possible to stop worrying and redirect your attention and thinking onto something else.

Myth: Worry and anxiety are the same thing

Anxiety often stems from unhealthy relationships. People get stuck in patterns of chronic worry because they're not good at managing their relationships. They don't know how to set healthy boundaries and be assertive enough.

Myth: It’s all in your head

If you want to feel less anxious, you need to understand how anxiety actually works (and how it doesn't, despite what you're been told).

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Mental Health

7 Anxiety Myths Everyone (Mistakenly) Believes

1. Exercise2. Read a book3. Meditate4. Go for a run5. No phone for about an hour after waking up

Productive Morning Routine

For about 20 minutes do some basic exercise like push ups, burpees, jumping jacks and plank. It will help you feel refreshed early in the morning.

Exercise 

Yes, reading a book for just 15 minutes early in the morning will help you to increase your focus and attention. Also, you'll get to learn something new which you can apply later in your day.

Read a book

Mediation helps you feel more relaxed and reduce stress. It helps you declutter your mind and plan your tasks accordingly for the day.

Mediate

Going outside to get some fresh air and morning sunlight will benifit your body in many ways. Running will help you get more oxygen in your body and will give you the energy required throughout the day.

Go for a run

Looking at your phone early in the morning can be frustrating. You might come across certain tasks or thing which you're not yet ready for. So it's better to give yourself some time to get prepared.

No phone for about an hour after waking up

It's good to have a productive morning routine. It helps us get prepared for the day ahead

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Which book to read

The most important part of building a new habit is staying consistent. It doesn’t matter how well you perform on any individual day. Sustained effort is what makes the real difference.For that reason, when you start a new habit it should be so easy that you can’t say no to it. In fact,when starting a new behavior is should be so easy that it's almost laughable.<ul><li>Want to build an exercise habit?Your goal is to exercise for 1 minute today.</li><li>Want to start a writing habit? Your goal is to write three sentences today.</li><li>Want to create a healthy eating habit? Your goal is to eat one healthy meal this week.</li></ul>

1. Start with a habit that is so easy you can't say no.

It's easy to compare yourself to what others are doing or to feel the urge to optimize your performance and do more. Don't let those feelings pull you off course. Prove to yourself that you can stick to something small for 30 days. Then, once you are on a roll and remaining consistent, you can worry about increasing the difficulty.In the beginning, performance is irrelevant. Doing something impressive once or twice isn’t going to matter if you never stick with it for the long-run. Make your new habit so easy that you can't say no.

The people who stick with good habits understand exactly what is holding them back.Instead of making a blanket statement about your habits, break them down into smaller pieces and think about which areas are preventing you from becoming consistent.Once you know the specific parts of the process that hold you back, you can begin to develop a solution to solve that problem.

2. Take some time to understand exactly what is holding you back

You have to learn to not judge yourself or feel guilty when you make a mistake, and instead focus on developing a plan to get back on track as quickly as possible.Here are three strategies that might help…<ol><li>Set schedules rather than a deadlines.</li><li>Forget about performance and focus on building a new identity.</li><li>Make this your new motto: “Never miss twice.”</li></ol>Slipping up on your habits doesn't make you a failure. It makes you normal. What separates top performers from everyone else is that they get back on track quickly. Make sure you have a plan for when you fail.

3. Develop a plan for when you fail

Want to learn how to build good habits? Read this article to discover 3 simple strategies that you can put to use right now.

3 Simple Things You Can Do Right Now to Build Better Habits

Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.

Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.

You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.

When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running.

Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.

The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 3 million copies sold! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: • make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy); • overcome a lack of motivation and willpower; • design your environment to make success easier; • get back on track when you fall off course; ...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

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Motivation & Inspiration

The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 10 million copies sold! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: <ul><li>make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);</li></ul><ul><li>overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;</li></ul><ul><li>design your environment to make success easier;</li></ul><ul><li>get back on track when you fall off course;</li></ul>...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

James Clear is the author of "Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones" He writes about habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement at jamesclear.com. His website receives millions of visitors each month and hundreds of thousands subscribe to his popular email newsletter.His work has appeared in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Time, and on CBS This Morning. He is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work is used by teams in the NFL, NBA, and MLB. Learn more at jamesclear.com

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Money sets you free from doing things you don't want to do

Step 1. Use your 9-5 job to pay the bills. Keep your expenses relatively low.

Strategy

Step 2. Start a side hustle.do it for free.

Step 3. Get good enough with your side hustle that it can help you make money online..

Step 4. Take the money from your side hustle and channel every dollar into financial assets. Let your job keep paying your bills in the meantime.

Step 5. Repeat the process for long enough that your investments and side hustle cam replace the salary from your job.

That’s what we’re talking about in this article. Not getting F.U. money to buy Lambos and sip mojitos in Las Vegas. That’s what it feels like when you try to get your head around financial freedom…

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Money & Investments

The Lazy Way to Reach Financial Freedom: 9 Things You Probably Haven’t Thought Of

If you want to explore what can psychological sciences teach us about how to be happier, feel less stressed out, and build productive habits.In order to know what makes you happy, you must identify things or thoughts don't do it and why.Then, you should try to implement the following research-based methods to improve your own life.

The Science of Well-Being

Things we THINK make us being happy Lots of Money:  A little bit   :)Awesome "costly" stuff:  NO   True love:  For a little bit   :)Perfect body:  NOGood grades:  A little bit    :)

Misconceptions about Happiness according to Science

We think in relatives not absolutes, which means we take a point of reference.That's why we compare ourselves with others.The results of Social Comparison:<ul><li>Feel better when we are surrounded by people we think is inferior to us or worse when they seem to have a better salary, job, grades or body.</li><li>And this phenomenon has increased with social media since everybody is trying to achieve the standard or the trend.</li></ul>

What our expectations are so bad

<ul><li>Our minds' strongest intuitions are often totally wrong. The things we think are gonna make us happy don't really make us happy.</li><li>Our minds don't think in terms of absolutes. Causes social comparison, which is described by the image above, the orange circles are the same size but seem different due to the others surrounding them.</li><li>Our mind is built to get used to stuff. When we experience things for the first time they are amazing, but this fades away with repetition.</li><li>We don't realize our minds are built to get used to stuff. We can adapt to negative effects, we are more resilient than we think.</li></ul>

Annoying features of our mind

Savoring is the act of stepping outside of an experience to review and appreciate it.<ul><li>Lengthens the positive emotions that come with doing something you love.</li><li>It can be a nice shower, a delicious meal, a great walk outside, or any experience that you really enjoy.</li><li>Includes sharing the experience with another person, thinking about how lucky you are to enjoy the moment, keeping a photo of that activity,</li></ul>Gratitude is a positive emotional state in which one recognizes and appreciates what one has received in life.<ul><li>You can just write and take a moment to be mindful of the things you’re writing about.</li></ul>

Savoring & Gratitude

Research shows that happy people are motivated to do kind things for others.<ul><li>You can do one extra act of kindness per day, or you can do a few acts of kindness in a single day.</li><li>It should be something that really helps or impacts another person.</li></ul>Research shows that happy people spend more time with others and have a richer set of social connections than unhappy people.<ul><li>The simple act of talking to a stranger on the street can boost our mood more than we expect.</li></ul>

Kindness & Social Connection

Let’s Get Physical<ul><li>30 minutes a day of exercise can boost your mood in addition to making your body healthier.</li><li>Get your body moving a bit more than usual. It is not supposed to be a high-level activity, you can throw on some headphones and dance around your room. </li></ul>Sleep!One of the reasons we’re so unhappy in our modern lives is that we’re consistently sleep-deprived. <ul><li>You must get at least seven hours of sleep for at least four nights of the next week.</li><li>Be sure to practice good sleep hygiene too— no devices before bed and try to avoid caffeine and alcohol on the days you’re getting your sleep on.</li></ul>

Exercise & Sleep

Meditate!<ul><li>Practice intentionally turning your attention away from distracting thoughts toward a single point of reference.</li><li>It can have a number of positive benefits, including more positive moods, increased concentration, and more feelings of social connection.</li></ul>Gratitude Letter/Visit<ul><li>Write a letter of gratitude to someone you care about. Think of one person who has made a big difference in your life.</li><li>A gratitude letter is one of the most powerful tool for increasing happiness because it can forge social bonds and really change someone’s life.</li></ul>

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These ideas are important to me because they guide me to have a strong sense of well-being, which helped me to overcome difficult situations and achieve my goals.

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Mindfulness

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Leadership & Management

Nah, Robin Sharma is considered one of the top 5 leadership experts in the world, And he is often an Adviser, etc. And in this book he picks up many stories from people who continue to commit to getting up early, And from the evidence he has gathered he shows that getting up early is very important because it can set a positive and productive tone for the rest of the day.

 Getting to Know Robin Sharma

That is getting up early, especially at 5 am.This is one of the title of his book, Robin Sharma said that "To be successful we have to be willing to do something that not many people want to do". Including getting up early as a habit.

Insight 1 : The Secret Behind Success

3 set 20 minute<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">The first 20 minutes, we are recommended for physical exercise. Because sweat helps :</li></ol><ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Eliminates the fear hormone (cortisol)</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Generates BDNF protein.</li></ul> 2. The second 20 minutes, we spend with self-reflection.<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Journaling</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Meditation</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Sholat</li></ul>( That's Quiet Time ) 3. The last 20 minutes, we fill with a little study.<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Reading books</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Learning</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Listen to podcasts</li></ul>We do this routine for 66 days, this is the time it takes to become a habit. And then be Automaticaly Point.

Metode 20/20/20:

Great people, success is not only born with the same talent or motivation. But also depends on Capitalization IQ "The extent to which we utilize our potential through consistency and persistence"

Insight 2 : The Secret of History

If we want to work, we have to make Tight bubble Of Total FocusWe can Set Up<ul><li>Scheduled routine</li><li>No interruption or distraction</li></ul> Simplify difficult processes

Insight 3 : Three Execution Tactics

~ For the next 90 days, use the first 90 minutes to do the priority things at work.

Rule 90/90/1 

~ After every hour of work take a break for 10 minutes ( No Screen Time )And the last :SO WHAT?How Do We Put The Book Into Action? Try to answer in the comments, friends!

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Hi! Curious ppl, Suci Cahyani here! Today we will dissect book The 5 Am Club by Robin Sharma. From this inspiring book, I will sharing 3 insights that I personally think it's very interesting.

Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity. Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness. Through an enchanting—and often amusing—story about two struggling strangers who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor, The 5am Club will walk you through: How great geniuses, business titans and the world’s wisest people start their mornings to produce astonishing achievements A little-known formula you can use instantly to wake up early feeling inspired, focused and flooded with a fiery drive to get the most out of each day A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth A neuroscience-based practice proven to help make it easy to rise while most people are sleeping, giving you precious time for yourself to think, express your creativity and begin the day peacefully instead of being rushed “Insider-only” tactics to defend your gifts, talents and dreams against digital distraction and trivial diversions so you enjoy fortune, influence and a magnificent impact on the world Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5am Club is a work that will transform your life. Forever.

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Books

Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity.      Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness.      Through an enchanting—and often amusing—story about two struggling strangers who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor, The 5am Club will walk you through:<ul><li>How great geniuses, business titans and the world’s wisest people start their mornings to produce astonishing achievements</li><li>A little-known formula you can use instantly to wake up early feeling inspired, focused and flooded with a fiery drive to get the most out of each day</li><li>A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth</li><li>A neuroscience-based practice proven to help make it easy to rise while most people are sleeping, giving you precious time for yourself to think, express your creativity and begin the day peacefully instead of being rushed</li><li>“Insider-only” tactics to defend your gifts, talents and dreams against digital distraction and trivial diversions so you enjoy fortune, influence and a magnificent impact on the world</li></ul>Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5am Club is a work that will transform your life. Forever.

Robin Sharma is one of the world’s premier thinkers on leadership, personal growth and life management. The bestselling author of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, Who Will Cry When You Die? and The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO and four other books on self-transformation. Robin Sharma is in constant demand internationally as keynote speaker at the conferences of many of the most powerful companies on the planet including Microsoft, Nortel Networks, General Motors, FedEx and IBM. He is a resident of Ontario, Canada. (Barnes and Noble)

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The 5 AM Club

<ul><li>You expect yourself to succeed in making life changes without designating any time or mental space to accomplish them.</li><li>You see your capacity to change as being dependent on other people’s behavior. </li><li>You’re a <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/perfectionism">perfectionist </a>who is dismissive of <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/201801/easy-self-improvement-examples-one-percent-improvements">incremental improvements </a>, and you’re only satisfied when 100 percent of a problem is fixed.</li><li>You’re “too busy chasing cows to build a fence.” You’re too busy to come up with processes or systems that would help you better manage your time.</li></ul>

How You Approach Change

<ul><li>Your approach to pleasure is a <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/denial">denial </a>-binge cycle. You deny yourself simple pleasures and relaxation, and then stay up watching Netflix until 3 a.m.</li><li>You ignore the warning signs that you need a break.</li><li>You don’t solve simple roadblocks to pleasure. For example, you enjoy taking photos, but your phone is full, and you haven’t gotten around to backing it up.</li><li>You hold back from doing the things you want due to erroneous “I can’t…” thoughts.</li></ul>

Pleasure and Self-Care

<ul><li>Wasting time and emotional energy reinventing the wheel</li><li>Needing better routines that work for you. </li><li>People defer all <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/decision-making">decision-making </a>to you even though you can empower them to make decisions.</li><li>Choosing to be miserable in situations in which you can choose happiness.</li><li>Creating self-imposed rules that trigger or support procrastination.</li><li>You think and research endlessly, trying to find perfect solutions which overcomplicate problems.</li><li>Staying stuck in patterns that are psychologically comfortable, but not working for you.</li><li>Allowing yourself to ruminate or worry without taking problem-solving actions.</li></ul>

Hidden Drains on Your Time and Energy

<ul><li>Over-focus on decreasing negative interactions, but under-focus on <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/201301/50-characteristics-healthy-relationships">increasing positive interactions </a>and shared experiences.</li><li>Complain about other people’s behavior when you need to make the same change yourself.</li><li>Repeat strategies for influencing others that aren’t effective 90+ percent of the time.</li><li>Operating based on how you think a situation should be rather than dealing with reality.</li><li>Not acknowledging valid points other people make and ignore when they bring up genuine behavioral problems.</li><li>Your emotional raw spots when triggered, result in out-of-proportion reactions.</li></ul>

Relationships

<ul><li>You self-generate <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/stress">stress </a>. For example, you start more projects than you have time to finish.</li><li>You work on low priority tasks, but leave high priority tasks undone.</li><li>You overwork when what you really need is to step back and see the big picture.</li><li>You’re self-critical when self-acceptance and compassion would have a more positive impact on your behavior and emotions.</li></ul>

Work

<ul><li>You hold back from investing or otherwise taking charge of your money, because of <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/embarrassment">shame </a>and <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/anxiety">anxiety </a>about a bad decision or experience from years ago.</li><li>You overpay for items due to risk aversion.</li><li>You will overpay for minimal extra gain. For example, you’ll spend more for a top-of-the-line model when the extra features that the model offers aren't even particularly important to you.</li><li>You make financial decisions based on being sucked into <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/consumer-behavior">marketing </a>incentives when those decisions don’t make logical sense.</li><li>You keep paying for subscriptions you rarely use.</li></ul>

Money

1. Consider addressing any habit you’ve rated a 5 or above. 2. Once you see your patterns, make specific behavioral plans of what you’ll start doing instead. 3. Any behavior change plan you come up with needs a contextual trigger. 4. Aim to improve your habits (by say <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/201801/easy-self-improvement-examples-one-percent-improvements">1, 10, or 20 </a>percent), rather than to eliminate all self-defeating behavior from your life.

Overcoming Self-Sabotage

Self sabotaging patterns to be rated on a scale of 1 (not a problem) to 7 (big problem)

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Problem Solving

30 Types of Self-Sabotage (and What to Do About It)

"If you confront yourself each day with reminders of only the least enjoyable parts of your job, it’ll probably wind up sapping your motivation to come to work"﻿Consider adding a sentence to every task on your to-do list that explains the value of completing that task. If you can clearly define why a task needs to be done, you’ll feel more motivated to complete it.

1. Note Why Each To-Do on Your List Is Important

One of the most common problems with to-do lists is that they’re overwhelming. When you’re constantly adding new to-dos to your list as they pop into your head, you often end up with dozens or hundreds of to-dos.Deleting low-value, no-value, and nice-to-do tasks from your list helps you create a better to-do list because it makes your list more manageable, less stressful, and more skimmable. It keeps your most pressing and important tasks top-of-mind and helps you avoid getting distracted by tasks that won’t move the needle.

2. Delete Low/No-Value Tasks and Nice-To-Dos

If you’ve deleted all of your no/low-value and nice-to-have tasks from your to-do list and still find it overwhelming, consider using one of the following prioritization techniques to create an individual to-do list for each week or day:MITs – Zen to Done’s Leo Babauta recommends starting each day by picking between one and three tasks you’ll focus on that day. These are your most important tasks (MITs), and you shouldn’t work on anything else until those tasks are complete.

3. Create a To-Do List for Each Week or Each Day

Ivy Lee Method–At the end of every workday,choose six tasks to focus on tomorrow, order them in priority from 1-6,and then work on those tasks in priority order the next day until all six tasks are complete.1-3-9–At the beginning of every workday,choose13tasks to focus on that day:one high-priority task,three medium-priority tasks andnine low-priority tasks. Complete the high-priority task first,followed by the medium-priority tasks,and finally the low-priority tasks.When using these methods,it helps to have a to-do list tool that makes it easy to drag and drop your to-dos into different lanes

One of the quickest ways to get overwhelmed when looking at your to-do list is to have a list filled with monstrous tasks that will take weeks to complete.<ul><li>conduct keyword research</li><li>conduct competitive research</li><li>audit and catalog existing content</li><li>review ideas backlog</li><li>solicit ideas from customer service and sales</li><li>ask customers for ideas</li><li>evaluate all ideas</li><li>create calendar</li></ul>﻿Instead of having lots of very large tasks on your lists, spend some time breaking those large tasks down into the smallest completable components.

4. Break Large To-Dos Down Into Smaller To-Dos

"What do I actually think that I will do today?"Asking that question changes how you approach creating a to-do list for the day. Instead of planning based on what you hope to accomplish, you plan based on what you believe you actually will accomplish, which helps you create a better, more realistic plan.If you find your reality rarely matches the plan you make ahead of time, try making your to-do list in answer to Forster’s question and see what difference it makes to your productivity.

5. Write a “What I’ll Probably Do” List

So if you find you’re not getting enough done because you forget what you’ve planned for the day—or you’re wasting time looking at your to-do list over and over during the day try drawing it instead.If drawing isn’t your strong suit, you can also try using a mind mapping tool.The visual nature of a mind map will help you create a picture in your mind of the things you need to get done,and you can also attach images to your mind map for even more visual cues to reference when you’re trying to remember what needs to be done.

6. Draw Your To-Do List

If you’ve found your simple to-do list is anything but, you might need to use one (or more) of these techniques to create a better to-do list.

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