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I am a huge procrastinator. I keep getting distracted and telling myself "you have time"…and then by midnight I have gotten no where?
I know many people procrastinate, but I want to know some good tips or tricks to slowly overcome this.
Procrastination kills >.<

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Ok, so i have built up a bit of a problem. I tend to procrastinate on school work and projects. It’s not too bad, cause once i get started, i have no problems completing it and seeing something through to the end. My problem is just starting, and i don’t want it to get worst. So really, i have a problem with STARTING things. Any tips on how i can beat this starting block?

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I always seem to put off doing work until the last minute. I really want to do my uni work to a high standard but always seem to have an excuse for not doing it…"Ooh i’ll do it tomorrow!"

Or more often than not, i’ll go onto a very addictive site called Yahoo Answers…lol!

Also, i always feel the need to watch tv etc…

Argh!

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The issue with change is not so much what we think of change, but rather how we respond to it. In all honesty, there are probably few words that throw up such a kaleidoscope of emotions and differing interpretations for us.

On the one hand, change is exciting. We all wish our lives to be ‘different’ in some way, after all, there is no progress without change. However, the word can be viewed in a negative light, as change is as likely to be bad as it is good.

Synonyms for the word ‘changeable’ include: ‘uncertain’, ‘volatile’, ‘unstable, ‘unsettled’. These words throw up emotions for us that make us feel ‘vunerable’, ‘unsure’ and / or ‘insecure’.

There is a small corner in all of us which likes to feel safe and secure and change is not compatible with that. However, after change has taken places, we very often call it ‘progress’, ‘evolution’, ‘expansion’, ‘growth’ or ‘advancement’, and this throws up a far more positive set of emotions.

Therefore, it appears that it is not change itself which scares us so much as the transition process that it entails – that step into the unknown. We feel comfortable with the stability of things as they are ‘now’. Now feels safe because of its familiarity; yet our ‘now’ is changing every day.

Maybe it is not change that we fear so much as the loss of control that we associate with change. Change inherently carries an element of risk. Sometimes that perceived risk is so big that it prevents us making changes that we need to despite our unhappiness with our current situation.

At the other end of the scale, there are times when we have all been guilty of making changes just for the sake it. We change our hair color, we change the layout of our bedroom, we may even change where we work.

I used to change jobs every 3 or 4 months, as no job I ever found was the ‘right job’. I believed that if I found the ‘right job’ I would be happy. However, someone once pointed out to me that you could move to a different planet and everything that really matters would still be the same, because you are still taking ‘you’ with you.

Why? We do it to avoid making the changes that really matter in our lives. Deep down, it might be our choice of career that is making us unhappy, but we will change our hair color ‘just to make ourselves feel better’, because that is an easy and manageable change for us to cope with.

Seeing as change is inevitable, why not embrace it? Use change as an opportunity to evaluate what your life, and course correct. Use it as your key to success. That’s what successful people do, so why not you too?

As a final point, I will give you a quote by Charles Darwin – “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
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This article was edited and distributed by Mark Walters on behalf of Mandy Swift, who was the original author. Learn More : Secrets Of Success

In our business, we have 5 underlying strategies for success that we call: ‘The 5 Pillars Of Success’. These principles are used as a daily ’success checklist’ by which we run our business and our lives.

One of those ‘Pillars Of Success’ is ‘The Expectation Of Leadership In Yourself And Others’. Think about this for a moment. Our whole life, in all the various roles in which we find ourselves, we expect (often even demand), leadership in others.

As there are many different definitions of leadership, let me define what I mean by leadership. To lead, for me, is to be in service for other people. Leadership means service.

Leadership calls for respect, and respect has nothing at all to do with ‘like’. It took me a while to realize that ‘respect’ does not have to go hand in hand with ‘like’ and, likewise, ‘leadership’ does not have to go hand in hand with ‘telling people how to do something’. Rather, it is to do with inspiring people and empowering them to do things for themselves.

To be a leader, we need to first start respecting ourselves. We need to show up every day in our lives and in our businesses and give both the respect they deserve. Quite simply, we can not help other people before we help ourselves.

As a child, we naturally assume that our parents will be our leaders. At school, we expect out teachers to be leaders. As adults, in every single one of our daily transactions, there is an expectation of leadership from the many people that we come into contact with.

We expect the boss to lead the company. We expect the shop assistant to ‘be in charge’ for us so that we can select and pay for our goods. We expect the bank clerk to explain the state of our finances and to lead us through our financial transactions.

Wed expect leadership in others literally every day. But what of the leadership we give to others? If we expect those around us to be in leadership for us, shouldn’t we be expecting leadership in ourselves also? Shouldn’t we be demanding that we are also a role model?

So, the next time you find yourself getting frustrated whilst standing in line at the bank, or cussing the weatherman for getting the forecast wrong, ask yourself this – Do you stand in leadership for yourself and others in all aspects of your life every single day?

If you are a good leader, then congratulations, I can guarantee that your life and your business are thriving right now. However, if you’re not currently being the leader that you should be, before you point the finger of blame at somebody else, remember that that you are no better than them, and people you know are pointing at and blaming you.
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This article was edited and distributed by Mark Walters on behalf of Mandy Swift, who was the original author. Next : Success Strategies

I have a chemistry presentation due this coming Monday. I have to make a powerpoint presentation, attempt to memorize it, make a bristol board, and also make a summary sheet.

Do you think I can do it?

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Of the many secrets to success, being a ‘Plan A’ person is perhaps one of the most fundamental of all. So then, what is a ‘Plan A’ person, and how can you tell if you are being one?

First of all, let me define what a ‘Plan A’ person is. A friend of mine, who is a perfect example of a ‘Plan A’ person, put it like this: “A ‘Plan A’ person is a person who’s plan B is that plan A works”. Simple, right? No ‘if’s’, no ‘buts’, and definitely no plan B. Plan A works. Full stop.

If you want to be a ‘Plan A’ person, then important lesson number 1 is to establish your plan A. You need to make sure that it is a good one too, after all, there will be no plan B as a back-up for it.

Important lesson number 2 is to never give up on plan A. Sometimes life throws up barriers, and when you come face to face with obstacles, some of life’s little stumbling blocks, you need to be resolute.

Having just one plan is really to your benefit here as, when you have more than one choice, you stop to consider your choices and ponder on the best route to take going forwards. When that happens, you take your eyes off the prize, make the wrong choice, and your original intentions become diluted.

Important lesson number 3 is to not, under any circumstances, change plan A. Remember, that if you make any changes to plan A, then it becomes plan B, and those are no longer allowed!

Now you know what being a ‘Plan A’ person involves. The question now is how to change to be a ‘Plan A’ person. How can you step up from being a Plan B, C, D or even E person?

As they say, success breeds success and, likewise, ‘Plan A’ people breed ‘Plan A’ people. The alphabet only goes up to Z, so I don’t even think there is even a proper term that describes me before I made the conscious decision to become a ‘Plan A’ person i.e I was a ‘Plan Z+’ person.

However, by making friends with, doing business with, reading the same books as, and following the same strategies as ‘Plan A’ people, I soon became one too. It really is as simple as emulating the successful people (who are invariably ‘Plan A’ people that you want to be like.

If I can do it, and lots of people I’ve met can do it, then so can you. You’ve already taken the first step in the right direction, you now just need to not look back again. Do that, and the success that you’ve always dreamed of will soon be yours!
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This article was edited and distributed by Mark Walters on behalf of Mandy Swift, who was the original author. More : Success Strategies

What are the techniques you use to do work?

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