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Oftentimes, we let relatively minor circumstances, like being a little tired or feeling like watching videos, get in the way of keeping our commitments to ourselves, i.e. doing the right thing.

This is how people become victims of life: doing the right things only when we feel good or when conditions are perfect…

Feel Good ➜ Do Right

To act purposefully, to live more into our potential, we must flip the above equation, and understand that if we act rightly, we end up feeling good.

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1. Deadline Method — Work by project deadlines: Meet the closest deadlines. Work all night if you have to, or postpone/cancel other commitments or projects as needed to meet the most urgent and important deadlines.
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2. Scheduling Method — Schedule recurring chunks of time to work on various projects. Stick to those time slots. The projects simply get done whenever they get done. Or, if there’s a due date for something, you’ll learn to work faster within those time blocks.

The first met…

Is it possible to be emotionally relaxed and joyful, yet highly productive?

Think of a master in martial arts … they aren’t fretting, tense, worried, or stressed out. They have a relaxed focus, a calm strength, a powerful composure.

Their face might appear emotionless, yet their body expresses a wide range of motion, able to accomplish a great deal with both precision and flexibility.

Inside, they are experiencing clarity, confidence, and a calm joy.

​I’m n…

​I see a lot of aspiring business owners doing this:

You’re waiting until you’re “ready” before you take the leap.

A dear client asked me about the “thin line between readiness and procrastination.”

​After coaching hundreds of business owners, I can tell you this: ​

Chances are, you are being fooled by your own brilliant mind. Feeling of “lack of readiness” is usually procrastination.

Here’s the truth:
I rarely feel “ready”.

When I started writing this article, I felt maybe I woul…

The mainstream perspective about being consistent and disciplined can be summarized as “hustle and grind”… a state of busy activity that suggests an underlying layer of struggle and suffering.

Many of us have grown up with such teachings:

• Be “hard” working — to work with diligence, hardship and strife
• Delayed gratification — to reward yourself *later* after you struggle with the “important” stuff
• “Eat the frog” — get the hard thing out of the way by swallowing (doing) the highly unpl…