Alex Vermeer has identified strategies to get motivated in four categories: increase expectancy, increase value, decrease impulsiveness, or decrease delay. These quotes will inspire you to implement these tactics for defeating procrastination. Choose a Growth Mindset “No matter what your ability is, effort is…
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Conquer Your Fears and Get Stuff Done
Fear is an emotion that can prevent us from making a meaningful life. As human beings evolved, fear developed to protect us from possible threat or danger, triggering a physical response that shuts down the thinking part of the brain…
Smart Strategies You Can Use to Tackle the Tasks You Hate
Divide the Tasks You Hate Into Compartments I hate crushing cans. I would rather exercise, mow the lawn, scrub the toilet, pretty much anything other than crush cans. On the list of things I have to do, it would definitely rank…
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The Wimpy Person’s Guide to Grit
Studies show that the ability to persevere in the face of challenges is pretty important to accomplish goals. External distractions are difficult enough to deal with, but mastering internal distractions may be even more challenging. Managing our own endless ability to…
Plant Where You Grow Best
In the spring, I always plant petunias in front of our house. It’s a sunny spot, and they thrive there and produce colorful blooms. This year I bought a few too many petunia plants, so I tried to plant some under a…
Find the Sweet Spot with the Priority Matrix
If you study productivity, you will learn about a key concept for setting priorities: Stephen R. Covey’s Time Management Matrix, also called the Eisenhower Matrix. The four quadrants show different possibilities for time use. But what happens if you remove…
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Alex Vermeer on How to Get Motivated
This week I discovered Alex Vermeer’s posts on How To Get Motivated: A Guide for Defeating Procrastination. He includes a free poster with tips: http://alexvermeer.com/getmotivated/, and two lead-up posts: How to Generally Reduce Procrastination and especially How to Stop Procrastinating Right Now, which the flowchart…
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Posted in Ideas That Work, personal development, productivity
More Free Planner Inserts
The planner inserts last week were so much fun, I was inspired to make a few more! This week’s installment includes a list for repeating or recurring tasks, and one for yearly tasks. PLUS the Super Simple To-Do List of…
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Plan With Four Free Inserts
New Free Tool: Printable Planner Inserts …or they can be used as bookmarks! This free printable pdf includes four inserts for a planner: Run Your Day Like an Athlete Daily Routine-blank, to fill out your own Weekly Routine-blank, to fill…
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The Study of Productivity
When it comes to time managment systems, I have wondered about the percentage of people who: use only paper use only electronic use a combination have no time management system I couldn’t find any statistics on this, but in an article…
