Does Achievement Cause Laziness
No! We are already lazy. Both achievement and laziness exist in us. Our job is to balance them, learning how to keep the lazy part of us from becoming our enemy and preventing us from achieving.
Learn to identify the lazy part of you. What are some of the signs of being too much of your lazy self? What can help you succeed in Wealthy Affiliate?
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- are unable to establish priorities correctly and stick to them: Make a list and check it off with the date you did it.
- have fear of not doing it right before you even get started. There is usually some passion behind the thoughts and feelings that led to your topic selection. Use that passion and write, write, and write. Outline your work, presenting your thesis first—defining what you think the problem is. (Remember, you are supposed to be helping your readers.) Organize your solutions, making sure you have the appropriate links at hand and a good selection of images. Provide a nice summary to bring it all together.
- lack efficiency at multitasking. Organization helps with this. Also, try to narrow the number of tasks down. If you have others in the household, reassign tasks. This prevents becoming overwhelmed.
- have too many negative feelings. Remind yourself you can do it. That is what you did when you signed on.
- have too many distractions, like the phone or someone in the area demanding attention. There is nothing wrong in telling people you need to get to work.
- start feeling tired too early. You need a wakeup call. Try a walk. See my suggestion for this below.
Learn to accept the lazy part of you. It is there to stay and can serve you wisely. One way to use it is to practice short mindfulness exercises, two of which I have included. I am sure you have some also but forget to use them.
- Using a journal will prove invaluable for writing about those fears, problems, and other things that bother you. Identify them one by one and write about how you feel about each and how it is affecting your work. Just write and write until you have reached some clarity and possible solutions.
- Get up and walk slowly, being aware of each step you take. Breathe easily and coordinate your breaths—in and out—with your steps for a short period of time. A second walking exercise is to walk outdoors taking in all of nature, concentrating on every noise and its source for about 10 minutes.
Again, arrive at a healthy balance between achievement and laziness, using your laziness for necessary breaks. Arrange your schedule for entertainment and family time. These are necessary and will improve your outlook on your ability to achieve.
Thanks for reading,
Tanya
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Hi there Wildflower.
I enjoyed reading this post. Acknowledging the lazy part in each of us is a good exercise and we do need to harness it. Sometimes it might be just refueling ready to go again that appears as laziness. You have shared some very useful tips to keep on track and not succumb to the lazy demon.
I read the other day that most successful entrepreneurs kept a journal.
Great post
Thank you.
Hi Judy,
Thanks so much for reading my post and for your comments. Journals can be great organizers and good friends!
Wow, some of those definitely fit me, but I'm working to remedy that this year. One thing that I'm doing differently that I haven't done before is keeping a journal, writing down what I want to accomplish for the week and making sure that I check them off when they are accomplished. I also use it to write down idea for topics that I can put on my website or new goals that I may think of and the steps that I need to do to achieve them. I'm also going completely back through the training from the beginning and I must say that it has been so refreshing to do so because I realized there are some things I missed for my first time through and also see some new things have been added to the training.
Sounds like you are doing great! I particularly like the idea of going back over the training because it is so important. Easier to get it from the horse's mouth than to get someone else's version, unless of course that someone is elaborating on it. Also glad you are using the journal. You will probably have more than one before you know it.
I identify with all the points you made. I use to start projects and never finish them. I started to make it a point to finish what I have started and now am getting much better at finishing projects. Best part is that I feel better about myself for pushing through and finishing what I start.
Hi Linda, and thanks for your affirmations. You are right about having a victory when "pushing through and finishing." We look forward to experiencing those feelings. We just have to figure our own way to get there.
Thanks so much, Mike. I appreciate the thought and agree that one can definitely get energized on WA.
Cool article too. We all tend to do this at some point or another. Becoming lazy may also be a time to readjust the way you organize. Perhaps a vacation or staycation may be in order, nonetheless, taking time to realign yourself is an awesome technique for regrouping. Thank you.
Good piece, and you are very correct. Being Lazy comes really easy to some, but a little success can definitely lead to a faulty sense and thus being more Lazy can follow. I've seen it many times from clients I have.
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Excellent advice! I enjoyed this. It's easy for one to slack off once you start to see some recurring income:) Just need to push through...especially if not seeing results yet, even more reason that you can't get lazy, success is always right around the corner.
You are absolutely right, Lev. Keep your eye on the sky. There are no limits except those caused by the individual.