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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The Road Will be Clear When You’re Ready for It
The road will be clear when you need it to be.
As they say, “based on a true story…”
As I am developing the roll-out to the ThisTimeIMeanIt.com “Inner Oval” (it’s like a circle but less perfect), I keep getting overwhelmed with how much I have to do.
- Survey to find out what you wanted
- Figure out what I could do at an affordable fee
- Write copy
- Design materials
- Promote it
- Follow up
- Make sure everyone was satisfied
- PLUS – keep up the remainder of my projects and responsibilities!
I tell you there, were times I was ready to give up.
Then, I thought, what would I say to people who asked me what they needed to do – and the answer became crystal clear:
Don’t worry about how it will end up. Just focus on putting one step in front of the next. It will eventually get done.
And it did.
And it’s done! (Well, not quite yet, but almost, certainly close enough that I am confident it will be finished this week.)
Move forward – even if you don’t know the path.
It will become evident when it’s time.
Why Does it Matter?
Why does what you want to do matter?
This is not an idle question.
Too often, we don’t make the changes we say we want because in reality the results don’t matter enough.
Oh, sure, they’re important. Yes, we’ll appreciate them. However, since we only have so much time in a day, something has to go and that’s not an easy rearrangement.
- If the new habit isn’t important to us on an emotional level (even if it is on a logical level), we will not move forward.
- If there is no urgency, we will not move forward.
- If it’s not being done for us, but rather to appease someone else or because we “should,” we will not move forward.
To bust through these barriers and get over the wall of stagnation:
- Set a specific time-related deadline (make it realistic).
- Write down – and review regularly – how you will feel when you do the work it will take, rather than how much work you feel you have to do.
- Reward yourself for every small step you take. Don’t wait until the end – or you’ll never get there.
Yes, it takes work, but if you focus on the benefits of that effort – instead of the effort – you will be successful.
Increase Your Happiness Quota with Better Work-Life Balance
by Samantha Rodgers
If the amount of happiness you feel has started lagging behind stress and negative emotions, it’s probably a symptom of a work-life balance that’s out of whack. [Read more…]
Failing to Plan
Failure to plan is planning to fail.
It might be a little cliche, but the sentiment is true. We say we’ll get everything done and we really mean it. (Sound like the name of a website?) But the reality is that life has its own patterns – and life is better about getting us off-track than we will ever be about getting it to conform to what we want.
Especially now at the beginning of a new year, block out some time to plan where you want to go. Make a schedule and do your best to stick to it.