By contrast, a body that is experiencing pleasure releases a whole different biochemical called seratonin. This is the feel-good factor. If I could give you just one insight that will allow you to begin releasing seratonin, it’s this: Start with a simple smile—a genuine smile. This small action will create some warmth in your body, allowing you to say, “I am enough. I am lovable. I am capable.” Affirmations are powerful, but they must be followed by action, because words without action are just empty statements. Affirmations without follow-through are just another set of statements that will lead to disappointment. Accomplishing your objectives be- gins with positive self-talk combined with affirmative action. …show more content…
This pattern repeated consistently and diligently in time will always lead you forward in every aspect of your life.
Beyond Motivation
What will allow you to overcome procrastination? Two situations: 1. Understanding why you procrastinate and why you do what you do 2. Creating reasons, goals, purposes, and objectives that are bigger than your procrastination issues You must develop something in your mind’s sight, something in your vision—something that’s clear, something that motivates you.
But beyond motivation is inspiration. Inspiration is that fire in your gut. It’s that passion in your core muscles, in your groin. Inspiration resides in the lower half of your body, where all your emotional, etheric energy is. It’s the white-light …show more content…
energy called charisma that others around you can feel.
They sense it, and they want to be a part of it.
Inspiration is a silent power that will carry you through your challenges. It will allow you to get back on a horse when you’ve been thrown off. It will allow you to get back on course when your brain’s reticular activating system, otherwise known as your emotional Google search engine, has taken you off course. No matter how good you get, you will still procrastinate in isolated areas. Procrastination is an ef- fect you can learn to address so you can eventually discover its cause. You Are Not a Procrastinator
Here’s the key to understanding how cause and effect works: You think thoughts that become feelings…feelings become moods…moods become your identity. This is the beginning of understanding that you are not a procrastinator.
So many people say, “Oh, I’ll be the first person to buy that book! I can’t wait for
Jeff’s new Confessions of a Recovering Procrastinator CD to come out, because I’m such a procrastinator.” Procrastination has become that individual’s identity.
Instead, practice saying to yourself, “I procrastinate in isolated areas that I: (1) don’t understand, (2) am learning to let go of, and (3) perceive pain.” Instead
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