Procrastination…that which stands in the way of our own greatness!

As I travel and facilitate human learning, I am continually faced with wildly talented people who allow procrastination to stand in the way of achieving their dreams and goals. They each have the innate ability to form those dreams in thought, image and feeling, yet when it comes to putting one foot in front of the other to achieve what they image they are coming up short. Many create a flourish of distractions to “keep” themselves from having the time to even step forward toward those heart felt dreams and desires.

If each person took the amount of effort it took each day to procrastinate about anything they aspired to achieve, and put it in a bottle, put the bottle on a scale, they would find that the amount of energy spent in this wasteful way would fuel many goals to a successful end with the greatest of ease and satisfaction.

If we only realized that the image of success we see in our minds was only an accumulation of tiny steps, instead of one monumental, gigantic leap, then more of us would take those tiny steps and realize they are not so scary. What is worse than not stepping forward with purpose in our lives is getting to the end of our lives and looking back wishing we had actually stepped toward those dreams and fulfilled them as best we could. Best to give a valiant effort for what we believe, desire and dream of, rather than in not even attempting we instantly are fulfilling the “image” of the possible failure we fear

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These are the keys to changing what surrounds us in any given situation.
Thoughts or internal dialogue, the imagery that is formed from the first mentioned, and finally the emotions that we attach to them. When we quantify how our beliefs and self image are created, they are a complilation of these three things. What we focus on is brought into our lives by these things.

Mother Teresa knew of just this when she said, "I will not participate in a march against war, but if you have a march for peace I will come."

Align yourself, your thoughts/self-talk, imagery and emotions in a fight FOR what you want, not against what you do not want!