February 2012

How to Get Motivated: A Guide for Defeating Procrastination

Productivity & Organization
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Followup to: How to Generally Reduce Procrastination and How to Stop Procrastinating Right Now Jump down to the end if you want the download links.  Two of my recent posts were meant to highlight clear, actionable things we can do to defeat procrastination – whether it’s general life and environment changes or things that can […]

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Mindsets: Where do they come from?

Self-awareness
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Followup to: Why Your Mindset is So Important In Why Your Mindset is So Important I introduced the concept of mindsets from Carol Dweck’s book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.1 Your mindset is the view you have of your qualities and characteristics; specifically, where they come from and whether they can change. A fixed […]

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How to Stop Procrastinating Right Now

Self-mastery
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Followup to: How to Generally Reduce Procrastination As I said earlier, defeating procrastination and increasing our motivation is probably the most useful life skill we can learn. Are there specific things we can do the instant we notice we’re procrastinating? (If you’re impatient, jump right to the advice!) Hopefully you’ve already read and started implementing […]

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