Procrastina....

Garth Heckman 

The David Alliance

 

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How to be a man coming soon at HillSpring Church. 

 

Ecc. 9:10 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

 

What is keeping you from your goals

What is keeping you from your potential

What is keeping you from your future

What is keeping you from your wants and desires

What is keeping you from asking her out

What is keeping you from being the best husband, father,

What is keeping your broke???

 

Its not a lack of know how, its not a lack of opportunities, its not a lack of spiritual blessing, it is not a lack of education…

 

Its only one thing. Procrastination. 

 

How do we overcome procrastination…

Start with your basic habits… build in habits that take procrastination out of your ritual. 

You can’t read and pray or go to the gym…

Put it in your schedule to drive to the gym after work, read your bible for 10 minutes then walk into the gym. Don’t make decisions make your decisions… build it into your daily routine, your system and the decision has already been made.

 

Understand you have the power… most of us have jobs. We may not like our jobs but we choose to do them. The things we choose to procrastinate are the same things that work is… but we still can choose to do them. You have the power to choose, the same way you don’t want to work, but still choose to do so. 

 

Start… simply start. Do something each day regarding your desire.

You want to write a book. Then today go buy a new journal. The next day buy a new pen and pencil. The next day buy a good lamp to write by at night… at some point the motivation kicks in and you just do it.

 

I went to a motivational speaker event (I go to lots) and the speaker said that he has learned how to get over 75% of his audience to be successful in what he shares… where in most people who go to an event like his - well they listen, they get fired up and go home and do nothing. So what does this guy do different to get such great results? He takes 20 minutes out of his presentation and tells them to work on their goal right now. Call someone, watch a video on Youtube, Text a possible network connection to grow, or ask someone to teach you, Ask someone to keep you accountable, IT DOES NOT MATTER, what mattes is they started and gained some motivation during the session… now here is a secret… he than asks those in attendance to share what they did with others around them… and the energy and mind share and catalyst of momentum kicks in. 

 

Environment matters. I am just about finished with my book. I do not write at night, I do not write at work and I do not write at home. I write only one day and in one place. It is my favorite coffee shop with free refills. I know no one there, I put on my headphones and just write… Wednesday mornings from 7am - 10am. I can crank out as many as 40 pages in that time slot of 3 hours. However if you gave me 15 hours at home or work I would barely get 5 pages done. It is the wrong environment. 

 

This last one works really well for me. I have talked about this a few years back on the podcast and its just something that I made up but really works. Before I begin a project or a goal… lets say it is calling up that girl I want to ask out. I put a timeline together…

Ok, Its 2pm, if I call right now and she answers, I could in 20 minutes be laughing on the phone with her. In 30 minutes I could be setting up a date with her, and in 45. Minutes I could be texting her, can’t wait for Friday night, and in 24 hours I could be texting her… do you like sushi? And in 2 days I could be out shopping for a new shirt… and in 4 days I could be sitting at dinner with her… and in 4 days 3 hours I could be kissing her goodnight.

Then I just let me mind track the time… the more I put off starting the farther away that kiss is.

Another example… I want to clean the garage. I put a mental map together… If I start in 20 minutes, I would have the back wall cleared in 45 minutes, 30 minutes after that I could have the old motorcycle parts pulled out of the garage, in 2 hours I could have my car parked back in my garage. In 3 hours I could have the boxes thrown, the fridge dragged out to the curb and I could be picking out paint colors for the wall.

Then I just let my mind track the time… the longer it takes me to start, the farther away my goal is accomplished… and it stirs me to start.