how do you overcome laziness well that's a question I've been asked by a lot of
you insiders because you understand when I began my journey a decade ago I used
to suffer from procrastination I used to be the most a lazy person I know and the
reason being is I didn't know these five steps and this is what I'm gonna be
sharing with you today these are the five steps that I took on my journey
when I began 10 years ago and so I wanted to pay close attention especially
to the final point and that way you've got the immediate steps you can take
today so you can get more results right now so let's go straight on to the first
point which is the root cause I'm going to draw you something I think this might
be the first time we're doing this on success insider a special moment so
take a close attention today masterpiece you can screenshot this and
sell it maybe okay so what is this I'm drawing right now I want you to comment in the
comments box below what is that probably thinking a tree of course a
tree I did fairly good by the way in a art enthusiasts for those of you know so I'm
just gonna add some green so it some is a tree okay and what is this tell me
these are apples of course it is right apples most people in life when it comes
to their laziness what they're doing is this this is pretty much your laziness
symptom right now imagine you're this tree this is a lazy symptom the lazy bit
of you most people they're looking at this Apple and thinking oh why is this
Apple changing oh how can I change this Apple when in fact what is it that grows
the Apple what grows the Apple is something that's underground what is
this called it's called the roots if you then figure out the root cause of your
issue no matter how much consciously you want something on consciously and
subconsciously your self sabotaging itself and this is
why with my private clients we get very clear in regards to I ask some specific
questions that get them clear in regards to the root cause the moment you figure
out the root cause boom that habit is gone forever and this is how I managed
to quit all of the drugs I've taken by the way because the root cause I was
actually going through was that my health was suffering really bad because
I was addicted to drugs at the time for those of you who know my story I was
taking marijuana all the other substances which I won't get into deep
details over I was drinking alcohol you name it I was
doing everything that you could possibly imagine that that takes a toll on my
body and if you want to get great in regards to time management I want you to
realize it's not about having the latest app or productivity to-do list whether
maybe it's about getting clear how do I manage my energy levels think about it
when was the last time you felt great think about that moment think about that
moment when you had great energy did you manage to get more done was that day
productive of course you always find the days you're not productive is when your
energy's down also when your mood is down so most people their performance is
reflecting is reflection of their mood or their energy levels so you want to
get clear in regards to what is it for you because for me what was causing that
issue was the fact that my health was suffering so bad so what did I do
I began to change the habits I got off all of the drugs I was taking I quit
alcohol for good and I've got rid of the root cause and straightaway I fell
incredibly incredibly just transformed the way I felt for out the day the focus
the concentration and I began to take health supplements I began to you know a
switch to a healthier diet exercise every single day I totally shifted
within about six months I'd look different the skin was different the way
I physically look was different and the way I felt was incredible and this is
when I finally had the energy to start my first business as well as to be able
to approach more girls cause I was single at the time suffering from social anxiety
and I did have a bit of a empty let's say void in regards to a relationship I
really wanted to have have love in my life so this is how it began I overcame
my laziness by getting clear in regards to root cause you got to think what is
the root cause that's causing this issue because it may very well be that there
is something that you're doing to yourself right now it could be health or
maybe it's the thing you're doing the way you're approaching it you gotta get
clear what is the root that's giving you that fruit once you figure out that game
over you know exactly how to stay productive okay the second thing is
reason human beings we don't do anything
without a reason you might not consciously know that but subconsciously
we do things with it with a reason from a psychological point of view human
beings never do something unless there is a positive intention behind that so
you want to get clear what benefit is actually giving you what is it that
you're trying to avoid and when you're able to switch that where there is more
pain towards laziness and more pleasure to
being productive that's when you're actually stacking the odds up in your
favor so begin to ask yourself why why am i doing this why why do I want this
why do I want to keep on working why do I want to keep on hustling whatever it
maybe whatever you're looking to accomplish and also during this process
you may actually discover that this may not be the thing you want because
realized sometimes the reason why you are lazy doing some things it's because
it's not what you're born to do you for example if you were to put me behind the
computer and say Tim I want to program every single day for the next 10 years I
would be bored out of my freaking ass in fact I got chucked into college my mum
said to go study computing I remember for one year we're studying programming
I was literally just delegating all my work to my fellow student mates and I was
just paying them because I just couldn't handle it so ask yourself why keep on asking
yourself why why do I want this why do I not want this what am i avoiding right
now subconsciously get clear in regards to these patterns because what you what
it's like an iceberg your subconscious mind is what's running in most of us
most of the time so you're consciously you can know what you want but you have
to get clear in regards to your subconscious patterns that's where their breakthrough
happens get clear in regards to your reasoning third movie say this is a task
that you've got to absolutely on competition and you got to just get it
done this isn't something that you can postpone well one of the tricks that you
can actually try is something that's called perceptual positioning what this
is is a way of you detaching from yourself and observing you as if you are
watching somebody let's say in like a video game such as Sims you're watching
The Sims character during their work and what you're doing is you're detaching
your emotions from this process so act as if you are in for example a
movie watching a character playing out a specific scene by detaching your
emotional state from the current task you're doing you're more likely to get
it done in fact a lot of elite athletes when they're training in a gym and
they're doing absolutely their final rep sometimes they use the power of
perceptual positioning and they act as if they're for example looking at
themselves from the eyes of a coach and they just keep on pushing and that way
then they don't feel the pain that they're going through try this out act
as if you're in the movie scene right now and you're going through this
particular scene don't view for example with a chore or whatever you're going through
as a chore view as a gift as well and go take action just keep on doing it okay
and come from a perceptual positioning point of view that's the third point
okay fourth point is to change specifically what I want you to consider doing
is to change the environment I've said there's so many times but again people
have not people rarely take action that's why I found out okay you are the
reflection of your peer group people ask me Tim how did you manage to
upgrade your peer group and how did you manage to become so successful well the
key is I upgraded my peer group that's the secret I actually moved out from a
hometown I literally left everybody behind and I moved to the city of London
I literally reinvented my life there and I began to connect to people
online different online communities which I highly suggest in fact we've got
a private online community for success insider if you like to join just
follow the link above it you can fill out a quick application to see if you're
eligible join online communities go get involved with high achievers you become
who you hang around with now the immediate step you could take today go
try working somewhere that you've not worked before because human beings
psychologically we anchor emotions to specific things and that's why when
you've heard the song before for example from the past it brings back their
feelings and the memories from the past if you smell your mum's cooking or
something or maybe you've smelled a cologne or perfume that may have bought
some memories from the past and this is called anchoring so you've anchored
maybe laziness to your home office or your bedroom so try working somewhere
else I do challenge you in fact if you accept a
challenge let me know in the comments box below and I'll be sure to reply back
to that one okay so change the environment change it up shift it up and
be sure to upgrade your peer group as well that's the fourth point another the
final point is micro so let me just write this micro steps micro steps in
your mind is incredible how mind works now I can't go too deep into it so I
didn't have the time to go deep but it's incredible how our mind works because
when we tend to approach the task our mind especially if you've got the trap
of seeking perfectionism you are you're visioning a very big task ahead of you
and this is why most people don't get started so instead of thinking oh my god
there's so many steps to do just ask yourself what's the first step what is
that little thing I could do so for example if you wanna do a meditation
routine instead of it knowing that there is 50 minutes of meditation that you've
got to do because that's how long the app said you got to do just try 30
seconds and what you find is once your mind begins to come so much easier to
take that next step so ask yourself always what is the micro step don't look
at the whole task in front of you chunk it down small and just do it one bite at
a time that is the key stop pursuing
perfectionism and realize life is a series of tests we never know what's
actually going to happen but as human beings what we do is we attach a meaning
and we attach whatever whatever resource we've had from the past experiences let
me just show you a quick example and this is importance of always focusing on
micro steps this is how your mind works okay so I want you to look at this right now
what can you see you can probably see a triangle but it's actually not a
triangle think about it I've not actually filled in the gaps but your
mind is filling in the gaps exactly the same when it comes to your work your
mind fills in the gaps in assumes that it's going to be hard work your mind
fills in the gaps and says oh my god it's gonna be so difficult and this is
reflecting based upon your past results this is something that we do go very
deep into it by the way for those of you who do want to reach
mastery level on board Success Insider Academy which is our exclusive Academy for
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I said follow the link above but this is what you got to get clear over how
can I take the micro steps and stop presupposing what the future is going to
be like be present look at the track every single day and do whatever it takes
insider these are the five steps that you can use to be able to overcome
laziness I hope you found today's video helpful
number one is root number two reason number three movie number four change
and number five micro steps thank you so much insider for tuning in and if you
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