Over the last few months, I have been struggling with managing my time.
I would procrastinate a lot and not do the work that I set out to do.
I would spend it on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or watching shows.
I'd find myself regretting that I am wasting time doing nothing of any substance.
To change that, I did a little bit of research into how I can manage my time better.
Here's what I found.
- Setting goals that are unrealistic does not work.
- Scheduling yourself to death does not work.
- Trying to force yourself to actually do stuff doesn't work.
- Punishing yourself for not doing the work doesn't help at all.
Of course there's going to be exceptions. Some people are absolute monsters and can force themselves to do all kinds of things.
But I'm not one of them. I'm a guy who wants to not waste his time doing things that do not benefit me or anyone around me.
How can I not just want to do stuff, but actually keep myself accountable too?
Being part of Jake H’s Financial Copywriting group has been very helpful here.
I'm going to be honest with you, what Jake recently shared actually blew my mind.
What he said was: if you are having trouble, you should write yourself a sales letter.
And that sales letter will sell you on pursuing the things that you want.
So first, find out what you want.
Spend 15 to 30 minutes a day writing what you want on a piece of paper.
Every single day.
And soon, some of the things that you write resonate with you more than others.
They'll make you excited. Even euphoric if you're more emotional.
Once you find the few things that give you a rush, dig even deeper.
Find out what connects those things. What gives you this excitement.
And then start writing a sales letter.
There are some points that you do not want to miss, such as:
- What you actually want,
- What the benefit of getting it is going to be for your life,
- What drives you to words actually getting it,
- What effect it's going to have on your relationships and career,
- Add a projection of what your future might look like if you actually get the things that you want,
- What's going to happen if you do not take action,
- And how much it's going to cost you compared to the benefits that you stand to gain.
Write to yourself from the very heart of your being.
That will make you naturally, automatically do the things that bring you success in life.
Now you can justify this as something mystical, auras, energies, Law of Attraction stuff. You can take it as “this is how people work on a psychological level”.
But I can't deny this works. Nor can the dozens of people I've spoken to.
You want to repeat this regularly. And every time you will find that you are more and more driven, more and more able and wanting to take action.
And after you finish writing, you want to immediately use that excitement. That euphoric rush. This realization that you can do what you set your mind to. Opening yourself to all the opportunities before you.
But all that energy is useless if you do not put it into a long-term plan.
Take a piece of paper and listing the things you can do that will bring you closer to your goals.
And do this every single day.
You will soon find that the only thing you need to pay attention to is to write that letter every single day.
Plus, if you write that letter after waking up, you'll be excited and energetic the entire day.
Because the first thing that you do every morning massively impacts your entire day.
And that is how you beat procrastination.
So pick up a pen and paper, write “WHAT DO I WANT?” on top, and get writing.
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If you have any questions, ask below.
Talk soon,
Phil
PPS. Here's puppies:
I'm selling my actual dreams during sleep, and those of other people. Your dreams are effortless and happen naturally, we just have to be aware of them.
That doesn't make any sense. Care to elaborate?
My podcast is called Dreaming Life. You'd have to actually look at my blog and my posts, then you will understand.
Makes even less sense. What was it about my post that gave you the impression I was talking about sleep-dreaming, rather than dreaming in terms of goals and desirable outcomes?
I'll need to really work on my writing if I'm being that obscure with what I mean.
No, you just don't understand that I fully comprehend that you are talking about peoples' fantasies defined as dreams, and quite contrarily yet ironically exactly in step with your post I am actually selling my fantasies as you describe them as dreams, while actually delving deep into dreams during sleep. It's quite simple actually. You're writing is far from obscure, it's rather clear.
I'm even more confused now. Sorry, I don't think I'm smart enough to get this.
Hi, Surgo. Excellent advice.
Another motivational gimmick I've done in the past is -- and this is somewhat morbid -- write my own obituary.
When you're dead and gone, how will you like to be seen? How would you like the world to remember you? I've actually done this, for a class, a few years ago. It was an eye-opening experience of self-introspection!
Interesting idea. This actually sounds very similar to Jordan Peterson's Self-Authoring program, where you write your own biography as a form of self-therapy.
What results did you have with the obituary?
Short-term, very successful. I launched a product (a card game) back in 2003, and I wrote the obituary a few months before that in a university class.
I was advised to "periodically update" the obituary, but I haven't done that since. I'm sure it would be much different now! [*] My hobbies and interests have definitely changed, and I'm nowhere near the goal that I gave myself in that obituary. But it was certainly a great launching point.
[* Being a parent moved some of my priorities around. ;-) ]
I can imagine. My world turned around when I got married. I went from magician (the ritual kind)/ occultist/ hypnotherapist to marketer and husband within months, and honestly, I just feel so much better with it.
Who would have guessed I'd be in the profession I despised the most in my teens?
Ahhh, thanks for sharing your occupation with me. That makes sense to me now. I downloaded your PDF book about hypnosis! That made me very curious about your background, and I wondered where our interests intersected. I've been looking into stage hypnosis as an add-on to my act, and your book is a good introduction! Thanks...
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