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Buzzzzzzz, buzz-buzz buzzzz!
5:45am and my Palm Treo is buzzing to wake me up for another work day.
I am not a “morning wake up” person. When my Palm goes off, I am not an “Oh, boy! I’m ready to go!” person. I generally say “Oy! I have to get up,” and, very slowly (if I’m lucky) I get out of bed. Though, I am not a “morning wake up” person, I enjoy being a morning person once I am up as I get much more done and believe it is important for success. The other morning, I stumbled across something that changed my whole attitude and helped me succeed at getting up.
Instead of saying I have to get up, stated in the future tense, I said to myself, “I am getting up,” as in the present tense. This one little change sent such a good feeling of energy through me that it made it a TON easier to get up and do what I wanted to do; be that morning person. I am now working more on applying this to other areas. For example, instead of saying, “I have to work on that goal,” I will say, “I am working on the goal.” It just changes the whole ball game.
Question: What can you change to the present tense to help you succeed?
Tags: GTD, Relaxed Productivity
