Tag: accomplish

My smartphone rings with a soothing "uplift" tone so I can start my day on a positive note. Yes, I know all about not keeping your phone by your bed or using it for an alarm, but so far I am not sleep-texting or trolling Facebook at 3 a.m. By the time most of us hit the pillow at night we feel like we’re in a deficit. It’s time to stop starting the day feeling behind.

Jade Teta, ND, CSCS and the founder and creator of Metabolic Effect, as well as Time Millionaires, has coined a state he calls "busyness without business." He described it this way in the July-August 2013 IDEA Fitness Journal and I believe it applies to any aspect of our life.

Why is it that we don't do what we know we should do? We've heard it before, time and again: itemize tasks by priority, then work on our projects in that order. And yet, even if we've made the list, we tend to focus on the most familiar endeavors first, and then we run out of time and energy for the most important ones.

Procrastination is a sly devil that convinces you to put off what you know is crucial, and instead fill your day with busy tasks that do little to contribute to your overall success and happiness. If you feel stuck on a treadmill of missed deadlines and opportunities, these four habits will launch you into a new mindset of timely action: