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Secret 4: How To Conquer Procrastination, Regardless What Your Moos Is.

I believe that procrastination is the biggest weasel of all when it comes to achieving goals...but I'll get to that later.

OK, that's a joke!

Procrastination is one of those cases where your own mind takes you out. You say you're going to do something and your habitual mind takes you out of the game.

What does the mind (or Lower Self) always say?

"I don't feel like it."

"I am not in the mood."

"Maybe later."

Where do these thoughts come from?

Generally, they are based on some type of fear... or frankly, maybe you're just being plain old lazy.

It's fine to want to relax, but when it turns to procrastination and costs you your success, there's something very wrong. You have to compartmentalize your time. Go ahead and take a walk or watch football...just be sure you designate that time and then and say, "at 9:00 I will start the project."

But, if it comes 9:00 and your mind says, "I don't feel like it" or "I can do this tomorrow," then you're setting a new stage for a new bad habit.

If it's always tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, the energy of that lack of completion will weigh heavily on your emotions, spirit and psyche because you know you've let yourself down. You know you didn't complete what you said you were going to do and you start to feel the weigh of guilty, made even heavier by feelings of distrust and unreliability...

And if you get to the point where you can't trust yourself, you're done for.

So, what do you do when you find that you're REALLY not in the mood, and procrastinating like crazy?

The number one declaration that I teach at Enlightened Warrior Training is as follows:

"I act in spite of my mood. My moods don't control me."  

Here's an example:

Do I always feel like writing?

Absolutely not.

I enjoy it, but not all the time. If I've had a hard day and am pretty tired, I don't feel like writing. I said I was going to write, but I don't feel like it - so what do I do? I observe and listen to those words "I don't feel like it" because that's a clue to who's talking...

And it's my Lower Self.

Now that I know who's talking. I can deal with it from my Higher Self. The first thing I say is, "Thank you for sharing. I know you're tired and I appreciate how you're feeling, but we made an agreement that at 9:00 we were going to write. So, thank you for sharing."

And then I don't think anymore.

I actually say, "don't think, don't think, don't think" and while I'm saying that I stand up move toward the desk, open the computer while still saying "don't think, don't think, don't think", crowding my mind out from saying, "you don't have to do this today, tomorrow's another day, don't kill yourself, you deserve time off" and all the stuff.   

I sit down, open the computer, and see where I am on the page and begin to type...and what happens is that a minute later I forget all about the fact that I wasn't in the mood, because now I'm in the ACTION.

"Not in the mood" is not present moment; in the present moment you'll be in the mood for whatever you are doing, because present moment is Higher Self and with Higher Self there's no "I don't feel like it."

So, you get into action and start no matter what your mind is saying.

Simply say, "Thank you for sharing," and then begin regardless. While your mind is saying "I don't feel like it," guess what? Your legs and fingers can move and you can be doing what you decide to, and eventually your mind will focus on what you need to do and not the thought that you "don't feel like it."