The Laziness Disease "There is no limit to the extent a person will go to avoid hard thinking." - Harvey Firestone, founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Previously we talked about “The Stupidity Disease”. Now, we want to introduce you to another disease of the mind – The Laziness Disease. Both of these afflictions ARE diseases – like a disease of the body that affects us physically these diseases of the mind affect our motivation, our creativity, our POWER to achieve and do well for ourselves. The laziness disease is something you’ll probably agree to having had from time to time, but you may not realise the scope at which it affects you. You will appreciate how much you inadvertently succumb to this affliction if you log your every move throughout a day. For 100% success you need to be active 100% of the time you’re awake, and at as high intensity as possible. If you’re not, then you are under the influence of laziness. There’ll be times when you are concentrating hard on something, and then your brain loses concentration. This is part of our nature, we can’t concentrate on anything for too long because we are not used to it. Most people’s minds are more attracted to daydreaming than hard thinking. However, this is the one thing that holds most people back, even productive people. This delays completion of tasks needed for your success, and at worst, stops them from ever being completed. You’ll probably have lots of excuses. You’re tired. You get bored easily. Forget this. You CAN beat this daydreaming syndrome. Learn to recognise when you are doing it, and then refocus. It is like exercise, the more you do it, the easier and more enjoyable it will become. As you master it, you will rise above most people who aren’t even aware of it. We live in a competitive world. If you don’t act with the constant effort that we’re talking about, someone could come along and overtake you at any moment in your job, business, or even love life. There is no room for excuses. If you want success – you need to work for it. We’ll tell you how, but it’s up to you to see it happen. You’re the one that wants success, that’s why you’re reading this article. If you don’t like it, give up being successful now. Ok,
we’re only human. How do we deal with long term laziness?
To achieve 100% motivation, you need to be HAPPY. That’s it. That’s all you need. You need to be happy in what you do. Many scientists have come up with formulae to the same effect, but that’s the general idea. For success in business, you need to find what you want to do with your life. I know it might be difficult to decide, but you need to go with what you love. Otherwise you’ll be fighting an uphill struggle. Put the life you want to live downstream of you, and you’ll follow it all the way. For more information on finding your “calling” check out our E-Book “Finding your Passion” at http://www.Poweressence.com/ebooks/finding.pdf. There are other resources available so do what you can to find out what you want to do with your life, because before you do that, you’ll never be able to find the motivation you need to be successful. Don’t waste time on money making schemes that are of no interest to you apart from the money aspect. Find ANY venture that involves doing what you love and you will stand a much bigger chance of making it a success. There is one other major factor involving motivation. Urgency. You must have urgency. Whether it is the uncertainty of how much longer you have to live, or just a short term deadline, everything you do must have an impending urgency. This will help with both motivation and efficiency. We recommend some kind of time management system to make the most out of your time. We’ll be bringing you an awesome time management system in the coming months, so watch out for it. Believe us when we say it can increase your productivity more than 10 times. So, you have the motivation. Why is it then, that every now and then you find yourself being less than 100% productive? Why do you occasionally have a “can’t be bothered” attitude, and just want to relax? You do need to relax from time to time, that is essential. But that relaxation period should be part of a planned schedule. Otherwise you can easily get too used to it and continue it longer than you should. It happens to the best of us. Even if we love what we do, we occasionally slip into a “can’t be bothered” mode. What is this all about? This is our brain’s natural urge to take the path of least resistance. This is an extreme case of the “Laziness Disease”. This is fully blown brain-flu. That’s what you need to look out for. Be aware that every now and then you will feel like this. When you do, you need to snap out of it. Before now you may not have even realised you felt like this, but now you’re aware of the possibility of a 100% productivity rate, you’ll spot it and be able to combat it. Bear in mind one of the best ways to keep your intensity and consistency up is daily aerobic exercise. Don’t forget your health on your journey to success, look after yourself and you’ll reap the rewards. |