Archive for category Productivity

Partnerships and teamwork can lead to success. Flikr: ThinkPanama.com

Just recently I’ve realised that I really flourish in a team environment.  I don’t mind doing things by myself, but when engaged in a team or working with someone I find it really works to boost motivation and desire to knock over goals and milestones.

In addition, fnding a partner for something you’d like to do is one of the best ways to get things going.  I’ll call this GTG, similar to the well-known GTD (Get Things Done).

Getting things going is a big part of the difficulty that we have when trying to do something new.

Be it a new project, a new business, a new blog, or a personal goal like trying to get fit – it’s tough to start when we’re unsure of what might happen.  It’s not easy to keep going when you’re not really getting the results you hoped for initially, especially if you’re out of pocket on the way.

One solution is to do things with a partner or a team.  A great example is having a jogging partner, someone who relies on you and someone you equally rely on to go jogging on weekends.  It’s a lot easier to face the pavement when you’ve got someone to go with, or when you know if you don’t go you’re letting someone down.
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Never Give Up - What's Your Excuse? Source: JRFeP (Flikr)

How often do you make an excuse, rather than taking action?

I’m hoping you might see this as a little wake up call.

I think you can do it.  You can push past the comfort zone and find your power within.

Are you settling for something that’s less than you really want just because you’re making excuses?  You can achieve.  You can get fit,  eat better, start a business, take action.  Start living.

Have you caught yourself saying these before?  

“I’m too busy”

“I can’t”

When excuses become a way to justify your lack of action, you’ve really stopped seeing the big picture and don’t have your priorities in place.  No matter how hard, what do you need to do that’s really worth doing?  What are you neglecting even though it matters the most?

I’m going to present some methods to help you stop making excuses.  There’s two main reasons: how you convince yourself not to do something; and a lack of organisation & priorities that stumps progress.

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Image source: Jake Botter

Rushing blindly into a project is a great way to understand the old adage: Failing to plan is planning to fail.

You’ll get knocked around. You’ll realise you made a ton of mistakes, and that’ll learn ya’. You’ll definitely do better next time.

But we rarely get the opportunity to take another shot, or a second chance. If we do get that chance, it can be expensive or a big waste of time, or both.

Then there’s the other side.  Governments and councils know about planning.  Committees can be formed at the drop of a hat to dwell on important matters. There are meetings. Studies. Big unwieldy plans are made. Nothing happens for years.  It’s a case of analysis paralysis.

Planning is just as important and necessary as taking action, but moderating the two is essential.

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(Time Lost by gothick_matt @ Flickr)

You are wasting your valuable time through procrastination.  Feel guilty?  It happens to the best of us.  It’s not necessarily bad either.  Procrastination can be great for you.  Some people would never have a clean house unless they had a report due.  Others delay about buying something and don’t make a decision which saves them money (but they possibly never really get what they want – something I’ve talked about here).

Now I’m going to keep this short.  This text is small, and you’ve probably got 100 other things to do.  Even right now you’re probably thinking I’ll bookmark this to read it later.  Well, I’m here to tell you about taking action, and you’re here reading so you might as well keep going…

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