Rule #4: Start Small
There's another secret that is so simple that it's often overlooked… That secret is the importance of “starting small” when setting goals and building your plan for success…if you can't handle the small things, how will you be able to handle the bigger things? Take one step at a time.
Rule #5: Get In The Game and Make A Decision
You need to know how to get in the game and start taking action… be willing to mess up a bit and correct along the way. You must realize that it's never a straight shot to your goal… the universe doesn't work like that.
Rule #6: Don't Give Up
You have to make a commitment to yourself to not give up on your dreams. Sometimes the going may get rough, and you may need to change course… but persistence will ultimately bring you to your goal.
If you are willing to do what's hard, life will be easy. But if you are only willing to do what's easy, life will be very, very hard.
Secret 4: How to Conquer Procrastination, Regardless What Your Mood Is
Procrastination is one of those cases where your own mind takes you out. You say you're going to do something and your habitual mind takes you out of the game. What does the mind (or Lower Self) always say?
“I don't feel like it.”
“I'm not in the mood.”
“Maybe later.”
Where do these thoughts come from? Generally, they're based on some type of fear… or, frankly, maybe you're just being plain old lazy. Do some self-talk. Tell your mind, thanks for sharing, I know we are not in the mood but we said we would do it, so let's get it done. Once you start, it will be easy. But you have to get yourself started. Set up a specific time frame for the task.
Not in the mood” is not present moment; in the present moment you'll be in the mood for whatever you are doing, because present moment is Higher Self and with Higher Self there's no “I don't feel like it.” So, you get into action and start no matter what your mind is saying!
Secret 5: How to Increase Your Productivity by 400% (The 80/20 Rule)
People throw out their big dreams either because they don't identify what their big dream is, or if they have, then they're “too busy” to take action.
“As soon as I get this done…” That's the habitual mind doing its thing… and next week it's the same words.
To get beyond this, you must understand and be able to apply the 80/20 Rule. It goes like this: 20% of what you do gets you 80% of your results.
This is sometimes referred to as the Pareto principle.
This applies to your finances, business, happiness and relationships. Only 20% of your actions will give you 80%... so the goal is to figure out what those 20% activities are and focus on them and stop focusing on the other 80% that are getting you nowhere.
By simply applying this principle, you are able to put four times the time and energy into the things that get you all of your results… This means that you can get a 400% increase in your results!
Why would you spend 80% of your time doing things that don't get you any results?
Bottom line: Decide what you want, determine what stops you from doing it and then focus your efforts on doing the 20% THAT GIVES you 80% of your results.
Secret 6: Keep Your Energy High
To be successful and achieve your goals, you've got to be able to generate and manage massive amounts of energy
Physical Energy
Your physical energy can be managed by making sure you're in decent physical condition.
Another major factor in raising your physical energy is managing your breath. You need to breathe. Breathe, breathe, breathe, and breathe.
Our lungs have the capacity to hold 7 pints of oxygen, but most people only have 1 pint of oxygen in their lungs at any given moment… They're simply not taking deep breaths.
Our life force is energy and breath is the connection to our life force. (You can live weeks without eating, but only minutes without breathing.)
Mental and Emotional Energy
Your energy level is very strongly affected by your mental and emotional state. It can quickly be depleted by upsets, anger, disappointments, sadness, boredom, long meetings or mental fatigue from working on a tough problem.
