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October 10, 2007 Welcome!To this issue of the Denis Waitley International online newsletter. My goal is to offer valuable, relevant, leading edge, and interesting content, with some innovative and refreshing differences from the other ezines and newsletters you may be receiving. Warm regards, P.S. Today's issue is going out to more than 85,007 weekly subscribers. If you've enjoyed this edition and found it to be valuable, then if you would do me the favor of forwarding it to your friends, family and associates, it would be very much appreciated. If they would like to subscribe, have them send an email to: subscribe@deniswaitley.com Many Thanks! In This Issue.....1. This Week's Jumpstart
1. This Week's JumpstartMore Conscious Control of Our Habits and Lifestyles Leads to a Rich, Balanced Life by Dr. Denis WaitleyTo live a rich, balanced life we need to be more in conscious control of our habits and lifestyles. Actualized individuals have a regular exercise routine. They pay attention to nutrition, with lean source protein and fiber-based carbohydrates as their basic food choices. They relax through musical, cultural, artistic, and family activities. They get sufficient sleep and rest to meet the next day renewed and invigorated. In addition to blocking periods of time for recreation and vacations, they also schedule large, uninterrupted periods of work on their most important projects. Contrary to popular notions, most books, works of art, invention, and musical compositions are created during uninterrupted time frames, not by a few lines, strokes, or notes every so often. Every book or audio program I have written has been done with the discipline of twelve to fifteen hours per day during a specific block of time. True enough, I may have sacrificed a ski trip or an escape vacation once or twice. But by trying to focus on prime projects in prime time, the opportunity costs have been outweighed by the return on invested resources. With your material, time and energy resources allocated well, you should be able to use your innovative powers to focus on goal achievement. Effective priority management creates freedom. Freedom provides opportunity to make decisions. We make our decisions and our decisions, over time, make us. So this week, concentrate on making the decisions that make your goals!
2. The Champion Within ArticleProcrastination Doesn't Make Perfect by Denis WaitleyPerfectionists are often great procrastinators. Having stalled until the last minutes, they tear into a project with dust flying and complaints about insufficient time. Perfectionist-procrastinators are masters of the excuse that short notice kept them from doing the quality job they could have done. But that's hardly the only variety of procrastination – which is one of my own favorite hiding places when I try to blame external conditions instead of myself for some difficulty. Mine comes with a gnawing feeling of being fatigued, always behind. I try to tell myself that I'm taking it easy and gathering my energies for a big new push, but procrastination differs markedly from genuine relaxation – which is truly needed. And it saves me no time or energy. On the contrary, it drains both, leaving me with self-doubt on top of self-delusion. We're all very busy. Every day we seem to have a giant to-do list of people to see, projects to complete, e-mails to read, e-mails to write. We have calls to answer and calls to make, then more calls to people with whom we keep playing voice-mail tag. Henri Nouwen's classic book Making All Things New likens our lives to "overstuffed suitcases that are bursting at the seams." Feeling there is forever far too much to do, we say we're really under the gun this week. But working hard or even heroically to solve a problem is little to our credit if we created the problem in the first place. When most people refer to themselves as being under the gun, they want to believe, or do believe, that the pressures and problems are not of their own making. In most cases, however, the gun appeared after failure to attend to business in good time. Instead of being proactive early, they procrastinated until the due date became a crisis deadline. By the Inch Life's a Cinch, by the Yard it's Hard One of the best escapes from the prison of procrastination is to take even the smallest steps toward your goals. People usually procrastinate because of fear and lack of self-confidence and, ironically, become even more afraid when under the gun. There are many ways to experiment and test new ground without risking the whole ball game on one play. Experience has shown that when people go after one big goal at once, they invariably fail. If you had to swallow a twelve-ounce steak all at once, you'd choke. You have to cut the steak into small pieces, eating one bite at a time. So it is with prioritizing. Proactive goal achievement means taking every project and cutting it up into bite-sized pieces. Each small task or requirement on the way to the ultimate goal becomes a mini-goal in itself. Using this method, the goal becomes manageable. When mini-mistakes are made, they are easy to correct. And with the achievement of each mini-goal, you receive reinforcement and motivation in the form of positive feedback. As basic as this sounds, much frustration and failure is caused when people try to "bite off more than they can chew" by taking on assignments with limited resources and impossible timeline expectations. Two major fears that sire procrastination are fear of the unknown and fear of rejection or looking foolish. A third fear – of success – is often overlooked. Many people, even many executives, fear success because it carries added responsibility that can seem too heavy to bear, such as setting an example of excellence that calls for additional effort and willingness to take risks. Success, without adequate self-esteem or the belief that it is deserved, also can create feelings of guilt and the result is only temporary or fleeting high achievement. Playing it safe can seem more tempting than a need to step forward with determination to do it now and do it right. Moving from Procrastination to Proactivation: Here are some ideas to help make you a victor over change rather than a victim of change: 1. Set your wake-up time a half hour earlier tomorrow and keep the clock at that setting. Use the extra time to think about the best way to spend your day. 2. Memorize and repeat this motto: "Action TNT: Today, not Tomorrow." Handle each piece of incoming mail only once. Answer your e-mail either early in the morning or after working hours. Block out specific times to initiate phone calls, personally take incoming calls, and to meet people in person. 3. When people tell you their problems, give solution-oriented feedback. Rather than taking on the problem as your own assignment, first, ask what's the next step they plan to take, or what they would like to see happen. 4. Finish what you start. Concentrate all your energy and intensity without distraction on successfully completing your current major project. 5. Be constructively helpful instead of unhelpfully critical. Single out someone or something to praise instead of participating in group griping, grudge collecting or pity parties. 6. Limit your television viewing or Internet surfing to mostly educational or otherwise enlightening programs. Watch no more than one hour of television per day or night, unless there is a special program you have been anticipating. The Internet has also become a great procrastinator's hideout for tension-relieving instead of goal-achieving activities. 7. Make a list of five necessary but unpleasant projects you've been putting off, with a completion date for each project. Immediate action on unpleasant projects reduces stress and tension. It is very difficult to be active and depressed at the same time. 8. Seek out and converse with a successful role model and mentor. Learning from others' successes and setbacks will inevitably improve production of any kind. Truly listen; really find out how your role models do it right. 9. Understand that fear, as an acronym, is False Evidence Appearing Real, and that luck could mean Laboring Under Correct Knowledge. The more information you have on any subject – especially case histories – the less likely you'll be to put off your decisions. 10. Accept problems as inevitable offshoots of change and progress. With the ever more rapid pace of change in society and business, you'll be overwhelmed unless you view change as normal and learn to look for its positive aspects – such as new opportunities and improvements – rather than bemoan the negative. There is actually no such thing as a "future" decision; there are only present decisions that will affect the future. Procrastinators wait for just the right moment to decide. If you wait for the prefect moment, you become a security-seeker who is running in place, unwittingly digging yourself deeper into your rut. If you wait for every objection to be overcome, you'll attempt nothing. Get out of your comfort zone and go from procrastinating to proactivating. Make your personal motto: "Stop stewing and start doing!"
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Denis Waitley has studied, counseled and trained leaders in virtually every field including Apollo astronauts, Olympic gold medalists, Super Bowl champions, returning POW's, heads of state and Fortune 500 top executives.Denis is recognized as a world class speaker and author and has traveled the globe sharing success ideas and strategies to thousands of companies the past 25 years. To book Dr. Waitley to speak for your company or to be part of your upcoming Regional or National Convention send an email to speaker@deniswaitley.com or call 877-929-0439 and ask for Hilary.3. Seeds of Greatness by Denis WaitleySeeds of Family Leadership: Empowering OthersThe world needs role models, instead of critics. Others know when you have their best interests at heart. You are truly successful when you can extend a strong hand to someone who is reaching out or just trying to hang on. Come through for others, and they will come through for you. People who seek attention, need all the help they can get. You know you're a success when people tell you, "I like me best when I'm with you." If we succeed without sacrifice, it's because someone sacrificed for us. Real power comes by empowering others! Promises should not be given lightly unless you want them lightly received. If I help you win, then I win too!
4. The Winner's Edge Coaching TipsThis week we'll take a question from one our Denis Waitley ezine readers... Q: My question is this, after a full day I sometimes get the chance to write and I love it, although often this time is late at night I find it usually takes an hour or so before the artwork begins to dance across the page, do you have any advice (being a writer yourself) on how to get the creativity flowing immediately? -- Anthony A: Dear Anthony: I have great empathy for you in getting the creative juices flowing more quickly. Some off-the-top ideas: When beginning to write or brainstorm, listen to Baroque period classical music, that are largo tempo, such as Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. If this puts you into too mellow a mood, mix in a little Mozart. I am not an aficionado of the classics, but have studied, in depth, the use of certain types of music to inspire creativity. If possible, also go for a brief walk before starting to write. Not a power walk, but a stroll. Writing takes place, most favorably, in longer, uninterrupted blocks of time. Why? Because creativity can't be ordered up. It arrives with many flashes of insight. Try to block out more time on a weekend or during a vacation where writing becomes the focus. You don't need a beach or lake to write, because they can become distractions. Put a small sign near your keyboard, "Keep the Reader in Mind." In other words, try to picture the person reading your words, rather than trying to select the words you want to write. When creative ideas don't flow, simply exercise, have a glass of wine, or a cup of hot chocolate and go to bed. But make sure you have a pen and pad of paper near your bedside. Some of my best ideas have come just before falling asleep and I have jumped out of bed or turned on the lamp and scribbled down the ideas before they steal away. I try to wake up about a half hour before I need to "get up", because the same thing can occur while you are lying in bed contemplating the day. By already having your priorities planned, you won't have to spend time before you go to bed or just when you wake up, to worry or be concerned about projects and schedules. You can focus on your writing and the bigger picture. To be more creative, I also try to alter my daily routine a little. I take a bath at night instead of a shower. I drive to work a different way. I eat different foods with different tastes. The classical music makes the most difference for me. It seems to allow the right hemisphere of the brain to have an open dialogue with the left hemisphere, and creativity seems to be more immediate and enhanced. Warm regards,
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