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Is it Really a Sacrifice – or it is Actually a Gift?

February 2, 2015 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Giving up a habit can feel like a major sacrifice.

Therefore, our inner cranky child emerges and we grumble and complain, dragging our feet, resisting what we know has to be done. Like a small child, we wail and moan, crossing our arms in a huff, stamping our feet, and resisting vehemently.

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“I don’t wanna eat less!”
“I hate exercise! Do I hafta?”

“Do I really have to organize my house?”

What would it be like if – instead of focusing on what we have give up – we looked at it as how excited we’re going to feel once we do it?

Instead of looking at it as a sacrifice, we focus on how good we’re going to feel when we drop those few pounds, or when the house is organized, or when we can enjoy a walk on a sunny day.

The amount of work won’t change, but our attitude sure will.

And that’s definitely worth a lot.

Filed Under: Beliefs, Change, Habits, Happiness, Health, mental health, Motivational Monday, Overcoming Obstacles, Procrastination, Self Talk, Weight Loss Tagged With: attitude change, habit change, handling change, making change, moods, resistance, stagnation

There Will ALWAYS Be More To Do

July 21, 2014 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

No matter how efficient you are, there will always be more to do.

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A major difference between people who are proficient at time management and those who are not is that those who are good at it realize that they will never get everything accomplished – and they’ve come to accept that.

Because of that realization, effective time-managers have learned to let go of as much of the “small stuff” as possible.

If you’re overwhelmed with everything you have to do, invoke the “Five Year Rule.”

Ask yourself, “Will anyone know or care about this five years from now?” If the answer is “no,” let it go. If the answer is “yes,” get to work on it.

The vast majority of tasks fall in the “it’s not that important” category, giving you more time to focus on what really matters.

Filed Under: Motivational Monday, planning, Procrastination, Productivity Tagged With: five year rule, goals, priorities, quality of life, time management, top priorities, work life balance

Remember What Matters

May 26, 2014 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

man with babyMake sure your priorities stay top-of-mind.

Not everything is equally important.

One of the main reasons we don’t move forward is we forget that we cannot do everything all the time. We stress ourselves out thinking of how much we have to do. We then get overloaded and shut down.

Take time to remember what really matters by using the “Five Year Rule.”

As yourself if anyone will really know or care about this event five years from now.

  • If the answer is “No,” let it go. Get to it when you can – if you want to.
  • If the answer is “Yes,” it’s important. Take care of it as soon as you can. Then take a moment for yourself.

Do not mistake activity for accomplishment.

Filed Under: Change, goals, mental health, Motivational Monday, Overcoming Obstacles, Procrastination Tagged With: change, five year rule, frustration, happiness, planning, priorities, top priorities, what matters

Out of the Fog: Four Observations about Bad Habits

July 10, 2013 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

foggy scene

Forgotten habits exist right under the skin.

We think we’ve got them licked, but they’re always immediately beneath the surface, ready to emerge whenever we get careless or ignore their symptoms. Or look at them this way: We never get rid of them; we put them into deep freeze and can defrost them whenever we get sloppy.

We would all like to think we have “our acts together,” certainly in how we present ourselves to others. As I said we would like to think that, but equally certain is that within each of us there is a nagging — oft times scolding — inner voice pointing out our shortcomings; loath to congratulate and pretty darn quick to disparage. No one likes being critiqued with unrelenting regularity, so what do we do?

Simple, like teenagers not wanting to be scolded by critical parents, we tune it out. Call it “denial;” call it “defense mechanism;” or call it “mental health,” after all, a rose by any other name…

However, despite what children protest, sometimes, we parents know of what we speak and the warnings we provide could save them a bucketful of hassle — if only they’d listen. Alas; they, as did we, find out too late.

Being a “wrinkled kid,” I ignored my internal parent and was unintentionally thawing out some past routines.

It began innocently enough with five little words (six, if you count the contraction as two): “One small bite won’t hurt.”

And it doesn’t.

Neither does the next; or the next, or even the fourth. But upon the frightful realization that I had waded in so deeply I could no longer see the shoreline, I needed to face reality.

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Filed Under: Diet, Habits, Health, mental health, Motivation, Newspaper Column, Overcoming Temptation, Procrastination, Self Talk, Weight Loss, willpower Tagged With: bad habits, defense mechanism, denial, diet, diet tips, habit change, health habits, inner voice, mental health, old habits, realization

Video: Marty Grunder on Getting Past Being Overwhelmed

March 15, 2013 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

This is the third in a series of Friday Motivational videos with successful people discussing with Scott how to get past what holds you back. In a hallway meeting at a conference, Scott “Q” Marcus asks Marty Grunder, professional speaker and green industry consultant how he gets past what holds him back  on days when he’s overwhelmed.
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Filed Under: Motivation, Overcoming Obstacles, Overcoming Perfectionsim, Procrastination, Productivity, Video Tagged With: Friday Motivational Video, motivational speaker, overwhelming stress

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