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Story 1:
The door slams hard.
Your partner has just got home from work.
"we are doomed" they say.
They go on "We are going to have to tighten our belts. This is the worst situation we have ever faced. I’ve been made redundant"
You reply, "Oh really. Are we still going out for dinner as planned?"
"NO!"
Your partner sleeps badly. The 7am alarm goes off and they just can’t get out of bed.
Story 2:
The door shuts
Your partner has just got home from work.
"I’ve been made redundant" they say.
They go on "But we’re going to be so successful. It’s going to be great"
You reply, "Oh really. Are we still going out for dinner as planned?"
"Absolutely but we are going to upgrade the restaurant and celebrate"
Let's celebrate - I'm redundant!
Your partner sleeps like a baby. They get up at 6am.
Who would you rather be?
The person in story 1 of story 2?
Is your life:
Predictable or uncertain?
Organised or chaotic?
Faster or slower?
Easier or tougher?
Simple or complex?
According to research fear, stress and unhappiness is at an all time high and 93% of illness is stress related.
How many issues, hassles, problems do you have to deal with in a normal day?
Research shows, 20 years ago the average was 3.
20 years ago you would have to deal with 3 ‘changes’ to your plans each day. And a ‘change’ can be defined as something that YOU weren’t expecting to happen.
How many do you think the average is today?
5, 10, 20?
29 is the answer.
29!
That gives us the opportunity to procrastinate 29 times every single day.
What could the implications of that be?
It is becoming harder and harder to predict the future.
Change is happening faster and faster.
Procrastinating will only make it harder for us all to be successful.
As you are reading this are you thinking:
1. 29 – I don’t have that many every day. If so, I suggest you start recording them. The 29 is made up of any thing you weren’t expecting to happen and causes you to make a decision and take action.
It could be the vending machine at work is no longer working – do you decide to not have one or climb two flights of stairs to the other vending machine. Or your car breaks down on the way to work. Or you receive an unexpected bill from the postman…
2. I don’t procrastinate. Well sorry, we all do – at different levels. You may not think you do, but you do.
How quickly you deal with these 29 daily interruptions determines your level of success.
The winners and successful people in this world do not procrastinate.
If you take just one thing from this post simply admit you could reduce the amount of times you procrastinate and along the way improve your chances of success.
So today when one of these 29 unexpected issues, changes, problems hit you, immediately make a decision and take action. You will feel so much better.
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