How To Keep Motivated To Work On Your Enterprise

For those who’ve been questioning learn how to keep motivated and present up persistently, week after week after week – this episode will allow you to perceive how following the PGSD Course of will allow you to keep motivated as you construct what you are promoting. Particularly in case you’ve been within the all-or-nothing cycle of exhibiting up completely for a couple of weeks after which abandoning your targets and your content material calendar.

On this episode I’m going to be exhibiting you the way Energy Planning and Clear Relaxation will maintain you motivated to point out up in what you are promoting. You’ll hear about what we will study from youngsters about staying motivated, why the aim isn’t getting your complete to-do record in your calendar, and the hidden advantages of resting with out guilt.

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Introduction

Hello, and welcome to a different episode of The Perfectionism Undertaking. A podcast stuffed with perfectionism recommendation for entrepreneurs. My title is Sam Laura Brown, I assist entrepreneurs launch their perfectionism handbrake, to allow them to get out of their very own approach and construct a satisfying and worthwhile enterprise. I’m the founding father of the Perfectionists Getting Shit Accomplished group teaching program, which is in any other case often called PGSD. And for much more perfectionism recommendation that will help you with what you are promoting, you’ll be able to comply with me on Instagram @perfectionismproject.

Sam Laura Brown (Intro to the Episode)

Right this moment, I’ve a better of the podcast episode for you. So at this level, there are a variety of episodes on this podcast, and I need to ensure that the very best episodes don’t get misplaced within the archives. So in the present day I’m sharing with you an episode that’s properly cherished and in addition one which I’m always referring to and linking folks to. And I need to be sure you can take heed to it as properly in case you haven’t already.

Earlier than I get into it, although, I need to point out a few issues. To begin with, ranging from the following episode that’s going out after this one, I’m sharing a sequence on clear relaxation. And so in case you’ve been questioning about clear relaxation, learn how to get extra of it, the place to place it in your calendar, what counts, what doesn’t, and all these various things, then that sequence, it’s 5 episodes goes to be so useful for you.

So the primary episode within the sequence goes out on 27 March. Then there’s one each different day for all of the 5 to exit. After which after that the doorways to PGSD are opening on the 4th April for one week, the doorways will likely be open, and it is possible for you to to affix us inside Perfectionists Getting Shit Accomplished. And actually grasp planning correctly as a perfectionist utilizing the ability planning technique, setting your progress aim doing all these issues that we talked about on the podcast, I talked about on Instagram.

And that is actually the place you’re gonna get the assist, the accountability, the teaching, all the things you may need to have you ever really put in all the things that you simply’ve discovered from this podcast into follow, I simply wished to let you realize in regards to the clear relaxation sequence and the doorways to PGSD opening so that you simply don’t miss it. And you will see that within the present notes, a hyperlink to join the PGSD waitlist. And in addition, in case you’re not following me on Instagram but, I’m @perfectionismproject. However anyway, that’s simply what I wished to begin with.

So with out additional ado, let’s get into the episode.

Sam Laura Brown

On this episode, I’m going to be speaking about how energy planning and clear relaxation maintain you motivated to point out up for what you are promoting. When you’ve got been questioning, how do I keep motivated? How do I present up persistently and maintain doing that week after week after week after week? If you’re having the expertise, the place you get a variety of motivation, you present up persistently for a couple of weeks, and you then simply fully abandon your targets, and your content material calendar and all the things else happening.

And you end up on this all or nothing cycle, then that is actually going that will help you perceive how planning correctly as a perfectionist, how that’s the key the key to staying motivated. And the way I noticed this, like I’m at all times desirous about the enterprise regardless of all of the clear relaxation I get. My mind is at all times working to see analogies and similarities between random issues that I hear or expertise and what I speak about on the podcast, what I speak about in PGSD, and all of that.

So not too long ago, with Lydia’s toys, now we have began doing toy rotating. And that is one thing that I’ve discovered about via different mother and father who’re pals of mine, and in addition via the great world of YouTube, and listening to completely different folks speaking about this follow of rotating your toys. And I’m going to be telling you and speaking about how this pertains to energy planning and clear rests in what you are promoting. I believe it’s such a stupendous analogy. And it actually goes to point out as properly, that as a lot as we develop and evolve as people, that we’re actually not that completely different to infants.

We actually have these very elementary human wants and needs and the best way our mind works, that we will usually have a look at what works for kids, and sort of replicate that in our grownup life and discover it to be very efficient. I’m not saying that it really works for all the things. However I’m discovering that as we’re elevating Lydia, and I’m studying loads about that sort of factor, that I’m noticing how a variety of these methods and alternative ways of approaching issues additionally works for me as an grownup and toy rotating is one among them.

So in case you’re not acquainted with the concept of this, it’s principally that so that you may need a complete bunch of toys to your little one. And perhaps you’re getting toys from family for birthdays, and Christmases and all of these completely different events. And as a substitute of giving all of these toys to your little one without delay, and they’re taking part in with the entire toys. And so excited to perhaps if you consider like Christmas week, they get all these toys, and it’s oh my god, so thrilling to me from one toy to the following to the following, the following. Sounding acquainted? And so they’re actually engaged with all the things, after which they only recover from it. And so they’re not even all the brand new toys, and so they’re simply feeling like they’re going to waste. What you do or what an choice you’ve got is, is to rotate that toys.

So this implies as a substitute of presenting to your little one, the entire toys without delay, which could be very overwhelming. As a substitute, you curate a number of toys which might be going to serve them in several methods. So that you would possibly, for instance, choose toys that like there’s a development fashion toys and a musical one. And there’s a smooth toy and all these completely different ones which might be going to assist them study and develop and maintain them engaged. You’re not simply giving them you realize, 20 teddy bears, and letting them select which one. It’s all about giving them completely different sensory experiences and all that sort of factor, however you’re not giving them all the things without delay. You’re simply giving them a curated choice.

After which what you do every week is that you simply give them a special choice and you’re taking away the choice from final week. And clearly there’s a number of alternative ways you are able to do. There’s no proper or improper. This isn’t a podcast episode about learn how to do toy rotation. And I’ve seen various things that speak about like if they’ve a favourite, maintain that favourite there till they lose curiosity. Different ones are saying that you simply simply rotate all of them out and in each week. So it’s, yeah, don’t take this recommendation on learn how to rotate toys.

I need to speak about it when it comes to energy planning and clear relaxation. So you’ll be able to actually get an understanding for the psychology of those instruments along side the expansion aim. That’s what actually helps us work out what to prioritize. What to place in our energy planning, what to not put in our energy planning, and all of that sort of factor that like this technique of toy rotation, does in response to the specialists, and lots of mother and father who use it. There’s a lot, there’s so many wonders for his or her growth, as a result of once they have much less toys to play with, it offers them the chance to totally discover and interact with their toys with out losing interest, with out getting overwhelmed. And so they additionally expertise their outdated toys as in the event that they have been new.

So after we’re doing our energy planning, let’s speak about that first, after which we’ll speak about clear relaxation. After we’re doing our energy planning, what we’re basically doing for ourselves, is we’re laying out our toys for the week. We’re laying out in our calendar in our digital calendar, with our progress aim in thoughts, what we’re going to do, and most significantly, what we’re not going to do. So relating to and this can be a query I’ve obtained from PGSDers, how do you get all the things out of your to do record into your calendar in per week? Like how do you really make all the things match? The reply is that you simply don’t.

The aim isn’t to get all the things to slot in your calendar. The aim is to essentially see that all the things you’ve got in your to do record isn’t really needed. And whether it is, you don’t must get all of it accomplished this week. It’s protected to not get all of it accomplished this week. So we’re making this mentality that now we have to get all the things accomplished on this record to achieve success, like our success is conditional on this to do record, it then turns into very nerve-racking, to then attempt to work out learn how to get it into our calendar. And that is the place a variety of over planning occurs that we actually underestimate the time that it takes to do issues we’re imprecise we could be doing. For those who’re not energy planning, if you’re doing like time batching, time blocking your calendar, the place it’s a imprecise like work on launch, or issues like that, that we are attempting to get all of it accomplished so we could be profitable. And the aim, the work is basically to acknowledge that there are a variety of pointless duties on that to do lists.

And what we need to do is now we have our calendar. And in our Energy Hour, the total course of for that’s in PGSD. After we’re doing our energy hour, we’re planning out our commitments, after which our clear relaxation, after which our needle movers in that order. Creating contingency plans, doing all these different issues. After we are going via that course of in that hour, we’re laying out our toys for the week, as a substitute of claiming, right here is that this pile of toys. And it’s important to work out which one you need to play with and the way lengthy to spend on each. And simply right here you go and have added which is so overwhelming for kids, additionally very overwhelming for us. And it finally ends up the place you sort of don’t play with any of the toys, metaphorically talking, since you don’t know which one is the very best one to play with.

So after we’re doing our energy planning, we’re as our highest self laying out for the week, what we’re going to have interaction with. And it’s protected to be dedicated to our plans that we make to our energy planning. As a result of we all know that all the things that does must get accomplished will get accomplished over time. Whenever you undergo the ability planning course of. And you might be doing all of your Energy Hour, your little tweaks all through the week, your weekly assessment, and making the three month dedication to that. And that’s a dedication we make many times every quarter. However you’re dedicated to that. And you realize that one other energy hour is coming. And also you’re not going to neglect any necessary duties that really taking the time, your mind tells you you don’t have sufficient time to get all the things accomplished. And also you undoubtedly don’t have sufficient time to plan. You simply want to love get in there and go.

It’s sort of like if you consider with the toy analogy, there’s this pile of toys you want I don’t have time to determine which of them to play with, and put them in a separate room and put these different ones apart. I’m simply gonna like get in there and begin taking part in with the toys. It’s not efficient, it’s not productive. It’s very overwhelming. And we’re not setting ourselves up in an atmosphere that’s conducive to being totally engaged and that engagement being totally engaged with the duty that we’re doing and giving ourselves ample time as a substitute of dramatically beneath estimating how lengthy it is going to take. And by the best way, when you have been noticing, you’re beneath estimating how lengthy issues will take whenever you’re planning, that’s an indication it’s working, since you’re getting that self consciousness. However after we’re beneath estimating how lengthy issues will take. Am I over planning, we’re placing weight an excessive amount of in our calendar, we’re not doing little tweaks, we’re not updating it as we go.

Then it’s actually going to be exhausting to belief that all the things goes to get accomplished. However after we are doing Energy planning, and we all know that there’s one other energy hour coming, and we all know that now we have a course of for capturing all the things that must be accomplished and ensuring it does get accomplished, and we will belief ourselves to do it, then it implies that as a substitute of being like, Oh, my God, are these the suitable toys that I’ve picked. And what in regards to the different ones in there, perhaps I’ll simply go and get a kind of toys from in there. After which I’ll put it on this room, and I’ll play with it this week. After which all of that drama. We will make our plans and we will really feel protected doing so as a result of we all know, all the things’s going to get accomplished. As a result of we all know there’s so some ways as properly to get to our aim that these situations that we’ve set out for ourselves about what must be accomplished so as to achieve success, most likely isn’t going to be correct, particularly for pursuing a aim have by no means achieved earlier than.

And a variety of occasions, as I mentioned the work isn’t to get all the things into Calendar, the work is to cease overestimating what it’s going to take. And energy planning helps us to cease overestimating how a lot work it’s going to take. We have now all these concepts about exhausting work and all this resistance to ease as a result of we really feel undeserving if success is just too straightforward. So after we’re doing that to do record, this why we don’t need to do record. We’re doing that to do record we critically overestimate. And so we need to train you, need to all discover ways to cease overestimating.

For instance, a toddler, if given the selection would most likely say I need to play with all of the toys this week. And so they’re overestimating what number of toys they should actually have the funnest week that they may probably have. And once they’re given only a choice, perhaps it’s 5 toys, perhaps it’s eight toys, regardless of the quantity, that they’re capable of really take pleasure in every of these toys to not really feel confused.

And this FOMO about all the opposite ones, they’re lacking out. And it’s like, okay, that is what we’re taking part in with. So I’m simply going to really play with these, as a substitute of spending all my time this week, questioning which one I ought to play with, or which is the suitable one to play with. So energy planning, we’re laying out the toys for the week. And we’re not overwhelmed with selection or the guilt of not getting all the things accomplished. As a result of we’ve curated and now we have constrained ourselves. In order that we will really set ourselves up for achievement and comply with via with our plans 80% of the time, not even having to get there 100% of the time.

However we’re actually creating per week wherein we will thrive as a substitute of per week, that’s simply gonna fully kick us. After which additionally, if you find yourself energy planning, and if you find yourself taking this method, we really full the work that strikes our enterprise ahead. We’re doing the issues that matter. And relating to this query as properly, I simply need to rapidly contact on this as a result of I’ve been getting fairly a couple of questions on it not too long ago. How do I inform what a needle shifting process is and what isn’t? And we talked about this in PGSD. And I’m not gonna go into an excessive amount of element about it. However I just do need to say that oftentimes, after we are trustworthy with ourselves, we all know what a needle mover is, and what isn’t, however a couple of issues that may allow you to is, would you be prepared to pay for another person to do it? So for instance, spending three hours making a Canva graphic, would you pay somebody three hours value of labor, say you’re paying them an hourly price to try this? In all probability not, you most likely say that could possibly be accomplished in quarter-hour, or no matter it’s, relying on what it’s.

That’s only a actually good technique to see is that this really one thing that might transfer the enterprise ahead. If I used to be so perhaps you do have workforce members, perhaps you don’t but. However is that this one thing that I might be prepared to pay for somebody to do? If it’s a scary process, it’s most likely going to be a needle mover. But in addition one of the simplest ways to determine what needle shifting duties are for what you are promoting is to have a progress aim, to make use of energy planning, clear rests to pursue that aim. And if you find yourself doing all of your weekly evaluations and you then’ll do a quarterly and annual assessment as properly to essentially mirror on that.

And if you find yourself energy planning you don’t should be your splendid self at each second all through the week. After we are energy planning we’re planning for our unmotivated self. We’re planning for the model of us that feels resistant. That doesn’t need to do it. That would like to only scroll via Instagram and never put up something. We’re planning for that model of myself. That doesn’t imply that we don’t put duties in our energy planning that require braveness, it simply implies that we’re not anticipating ourselves to be a robotic. And we’re not being a bitch to ourselves with what we placed on our plate.

So when that’s the approach that we’re approaching our week, we’re solely actually needing to be our like increased future sort of self for 90 minutes throughout the week. In order that’s the 60 minutes, you’re doing all of your Energy Hour, after which the half-hour you’re doing the weekly assessment. So whenever you’re within the thick of your week, it could be difficult to inform what’s a needle mover and what isn’t. And also you would possibly end up doing a process for longer than you’d allowed. And perhaps it’s, for instance, making a Canva graphic or fidgeting with issues in your web site, and that sort of factor. And within the second, it would really feel actually necessary. However then whenever you’re doing all of your weekly assessment and reflecting on that, or it may not even be apparent on a weekly foundation, whenever you’re doing all of your quarterly assessment.

This is the reason we’re always reflecting, and never making this large, heavy process, realizing you’re gonna really feel resistance round reflection, even in case you love private growth, it’s regular to really feel that approach. However perhaps it’s whenever you’re doing all of your quarterly assessment to have a look at you realize, you’ll be able to scroll via your calendar and see the place did my time go this quarter, and I could be confronting, that’s okay, once more, to really feel resistance to it. The place did my time go this quarter? What have been my outcomes? And what’s my principle for subsequent quarter as to what to do in another way.

So for instance, in case you look again, and also you spent a variety of time simply creating graphics for Instagram, for instance. And your consequence was that you simply didn’t hit your aim, then that could possibly be time to have a look at. Okay, was that really a needle mover for me? And let’s simply hypothesize and say it wasn’t. And clearly, it’s not all or nothing. There could be, you realize, it is advisable do one thing to a sure stage, however you don’t must spend the additional two hours on it every time. Let’s simply hypothesize and say it wasn’t a needle mover, what could be a needle mover? If I simply needed to process my mind with discovering a solution.

It’s actually necessary that we follow tasking our brains with discovering solutions, as a substitute of reverting to I don’t know, as a substitute of reverting to Google and YouTube and all these issues, to only entry our personal knowledge, and develop that self belief and acknowledge we do know a variety of issues. And that we frequently have the reply proper there. And we’re simply pretending to be confused about it, as a result of it’s scary to implement what we all know.

In order that’s just a bit aspect notice on needle movers. As a result of that’s one thing that always after we’re doing a to do record, we don’t ever take into consideration what really makes an impression in our enterprise and what doesn’t. As a substitute we’re desirous about being busy. We’re desirous about avoiding guilt of not being busy. And we’re desirous about, like, what we love to do, and what are different folks doing, what ought to I do, like there are all these items that creep on to the to do record, the one which we love, writing and rewriting that we really feel so responsible about being behind on. And but we maintain studying these lengthy ones, like when we’re not going via the ability planning course of, and actually being diligent with what’s on our calendar. And like whenever you’re doing Energy planning your calendar is your to do record.

So not being diligent with that, that we find yourself with this want record. And we use a want record as an excuse to really feel unhealthy, as a result of we’re so comfy shaming ourselves and beating ourselves up and feeling behind. So it’s usually when PGSDer stopped energy planning that they are going to come up towards like, oh shit, I don’t even actually know what does transfer my enterprise ahead. And that’s such a stupendous query to be asking. Since you get to give you the reply, you get to discover that. And it’s gonna take time to determine what that appears like. And there’s going to be layers to it.

So for instance, for me, one thing that could be a needle movers for my enterprise is recording episodes for the podcast. However after I do them one by one on the final minute, that turns into busy work as a result of I must get into podcasting mode, get issues arrange, which solely takes three seconds as a result of I simply have somewhat plug in. What am I saying a plug in microphone, that’s USB one and I simply maintain it in my hand and I simply file on fast time. So it’s not this massive factor nevertheless it’s loads faster and loads much less busy worky, if that’s a phrase. When I’m doing episodes in batches, then after I’m doing them singularly.

However to start with, it’s getting myself to do a podcast episode, and doing that persistently and exhibiting up totally for that was a needle mover. After which over time, as I grew to become increasingly more comfy with that, as my enterprise was rising, it grew to become much less of a needle mover to do it one after the other. And I used to be then on the stage of, okay, now we should be batching these collectively. And that’s actually, when it’s a needle mover. When I’m doing it one after the other, that’s after I can name myself on it being busy work.

Anyway, you’ll do these layers of labor. However I’m simply sharing that as a result of it’s a follow, it’s a course of. This is the reason we do the three month dedication and why we maintain engaged on this. So that’s how energy planning pertains to toy rotation. Now let’s speak about clear relaxation. So after we are taking our clear relaxation, we’re reaping the advantages of letting ourselves miss the work that we love. So on this analogy, the clear relaxation is the time that the kid has away from the toys, the massive pile of toys that they could have, and even it may not be a giant pile of toys, however simply toys on the whole, that does magnificence in lacking one thing and having time away from one thing. And you’ll love what you are promoting. And that doesn’t imply it is advisable be engaged on it 24/7.

And I believe a variety of us get that confused that if we like it, we should always do it on a regular basis. And it’s okay to do it on a regular basis. And we sort of use that as an excuse to not take clear relaxation, or what I simply love what I do, and I relaxation higher when all the things’s accomplished. Simply be onto your self with that. Being that accomplished that. I do know from expertise, however after we’re taking our clear relaxation, which if you wish to consider it actually merely. Clear relaxation, resting with out guilt is a time that you simply’re not engaged on what you are promoting.

So that you most likely produce other commitments and issues that you simply’re doing in your life. And we will undoubtedly get into this perfectionist mindset about what’s clear relaxation, and what isn’t clear relaxation? And we need to be sure that we’re being on to ourselves with our clear relaxation, and that we’re not simply letting ourselves spend all of that point doing productive life admin issues and by no means really exploring what we like doing that isn’t productive. However for the sake of this, and particularly in case you’re simply beginning to clear relaxation, to only take into consideration this enterprise time and there’s clear relaxation time, which is time you’re not allowed to work on what you are promoting.

So after we are in our clear relaxation time, which is time once more, that we’re not engaged on the enterprise, we’re reaping the advantages of letting ourselves miss the work that we love. Simply as a toddler, once they aren’t attending to play with their toys on a regular basis. After they get again to their toys, they’re excited to play with them, they’re able to discover them. But when they only have toys out on a regular basis, and all of the toys out so it’s overwhelming.

Though you say, they love the toys, they need to have them on a regular basis. They only love toys. Like we all know, it’s so apparent after we take into consideration issues with youngsters, like a toddler loves sugar. Does that imply they need to eat sugar 24/7? No! And a variety of occasions our enterprise is the sugar that it feels nice within the second to be working. But it surely’s not really serving us at a sure level. And the true work is to develop our life exterior of our enterprise to attach with ourselves in a approach that doesn’t contain productiveness. And that provides us extra braveness and makes it straightforward to be within the progress mindset with our enterprise. It’s a win-win.

However after we take our clear relaxation, now we have extra impressed concepts extra simply. It is because we’ve taken time away from the enterprise. So if you’re feeling relating this again to the subject of motivation, if you’re feeling overwhelmed, and unmotivated, energy planning and clear relaxation are going that will help you. And relating to clear relaxation particularly which is an important a part of energy planning. If you’re feeling like I simply haven’t any concepts and it’s simply as uphill slog and I simply dread engaged on my enterprise and I like it quote unquote, however I hate it on the identical time. Clear relaxation goes to offer your mind a break and in that break everyone knows like there’s a bathe concepts. And I really like how Sara Blakely the founding father of Spanx talks about how she created a pretend 60 minute commute to work simply due to that idle time. How helpful it’s for our mind and he or she’s operating like a billion greenback plus fairly certain enterprise and I’m unsure if she does this anymore in COVID and all of that, however she was making a pretend 60 minute commute to work that was 5 minutes away.

She simply drive round for 60 minutes due to the ability of resting your mind, and what that may do to your mind, piecing issues collectively. And I do know that when I’m actually taking my clear relaxation, that that’s when I’ve my greatest enterprise concepts. And as a substitute of operating to file an episode, or write an e mail or no matter, I simply jot down sufficient of a notice about that concept. And I belief that I can execute that concept in my work time. And this can be a actually necessary level, as a result of a variety of occasions, and there’s completely different colleges of ideas on this, however a variety of occasions after we are feeling impressed and motivated, and other people will say like, it’s important to capitalize on that. And simply, there’s one thing to be mentioned for, you realize, working along with your flows and, and dealing along with your cycles and seasons, and all that sort of factor on the identical time.

Generally after we’re simply working solely after we really feel a rush of inspiration, we’re telling ourselves that we don’t belief ourselves to execute powerfully on that concept at a future time. And that it’s provided that we execute on it within the second that we’re going to have the ability to get essentially the most from that concept, have it’s essentially the most profitable and that sort of factor. So I really like the follow of getting an impressed thought having issues click on collectively and feeling enthusiastic about that. After which not having the ability to work instantly, in order that I can then identical to sit with that pleasure of I can’t look forward to Tuesday after I get to sit down down and file a podcast episode. And I can’t wait to place this collectively in an e mail or an Instagram put up or no matter it’s going to be or to inform my PGSDers about this, that we will actually create this pleasure from letting ourselves miss our work and from not dashing to our laptops.

Each time now we have an thought to only follow trusting your self and creating the assumption which you could execute on it at a future time. And it would imply that it is advisable write down a couple of extra notes in regards to the thought. Then one sentence, I discovered this myself that if I simply write down one sentence and I get to work on I’m like, what are they even speaking about with this, I don’t actually even know. However now I’m within the course of and the behavior of simply writing out a couple of extra issues. In order that when it does come to the time, I can execute on that concept. And that is as properly, the place the weekly assessment is available in which you could actually begin to see, okay, properly, I did have this concept. After which perhaps I wasn’t capable of keep in mind what it was when my time got here. Okay, what can I do in another way the following time I’ve an thought, as a substitute of dashing to my laptop computer, as a result of I don’t need to try this. As a result of I need to develop the self belief that I can execute when it’s work time. What may I do as a substitute?

And that’s when you’ll be able to actually develop programs for your self with the intention to seize these concepts that you’ve got whenever you’re in clear relaxation whereas nonetheless honoring your clear relaxation. And on the subject of that it’s actually regular to consider what you are promoting. Whenever you’re in clear relaxation time. That’s not unhealthy. That’s not improper. That doesn’t imply you’re not clear relaxation and your mind goes to wander. And it’s going to consider what you are promoting. And that’s completely okay.

Additionally, as I mentioned, we stay up for the time we get to work on our enterprise in keen anticipation, just like the little one if they’ve a favourite toy, and also you mentioned, Okay, we’re not really going to have this toy out this week, we’re going to have these different ones and you then get to see that toy once more quickly, that it then creates this pleasure. And looking out ahead to newness if that’s the factor. We additionally procrastinate much less, as a result of our mind doesn’t must power us to take a break.

If you’re getting clear relaxation, your mind can get to work in work time. As a result of you realize, your mind is aware of, your mind that doesn’t need to burn energy on pondering that doesn’t need to do scary issues, as a result of it desires you to outlive and it’s related doing scary issues and burning a variety of energy with not surviving that your mind can try this and do it in fairly an intense approach. Intense and sustainable approach as a result of it will probably see the sunshine on the finish of the tunnel and it is aware of that if you find yourself attending to the tip of your day, when you have overachieved you then’re going to take a break early, you’re not going so as to add extra issues onto your plate as a technique to capitalize in your productive day since you at all times have a productive day.

And once more, this isn’t about perfection. We’re aiming to comply with via 80% of the time, however you’re a productive particular person. So that you don’t must capitalize on unproductive day as a result of that’s regular for you. However we need to be recognizing the ability of unpolluted relaxation with procrastination in case you procrastinate loads. The very first thing I’m most likely going to ask you is how a lot clear relaxation you getting. And also you could be pondering, properly, that’s for everybody else and never for me. However in case you’re procrastinating that’s your mind, screaming, crying, begging for a break. And in case you’re not going to offer you a mind that break deliberately it’s going to get it. By way of scrolling Instagram, via watching Netflix and scrolling Instagram on the identical time. By way of any means it will probably. By way of simply sitting in entrance of Canva for 3 hours and modifying a graphic as a result of it wants a break.

So if we condense our work days, and put clear relaxation in first after which our needle movers, then our mind can get to work, realizing {that a} break is coming, realizing it’s going to have the ability to totally recharge after which some, and that you simply’re working in a sustainable approach. And that is going to convey up all types of issues about beliefs you’ve got about working exhausting and being productive. And that’s nice. We would like that to come back up. That’s how we all know it’s working, when you have that developing.

And we’re extra brave in our enterprise after we’re getting clear relaxation. As a result of a satisfying life past enterprise, it means failure doesn’t really feel so private. If you’re feeling like you might be what you are promoting, and lots of people speak about this, when you have a private model as properly, like oh, properly, when you have a private model, then there’s no different choice. Not true. You may develop an identification exterior of what you are promoting and nonetheless have a private model.

So actually not letting your self use that excuse if that’s the sort of enterprise mannequin you’ve got. And letting there be a void, the place you’ve got break day and also you don’t know what to do with it. And you’ll really feel your self desirous to work so that you simply really feel busy and productive and letting that void be there. So you’ll be able to actually begin to discover what you take pleasure in doing that isn’t associated to productiveness, what you’re keen on doing for your self, what belongings you would possibly like we frequently have these tales about, properly, if I’ve extra time than I might XYZ and actually getting trustworthy about like, Okay, I do have extra time now, do I really need to try this? Am I simply doing that as a result of I like the way it sounds?

For instance, if I’ve extra time and skim extra books, and you then do get extra time since you’re planning in your clear and relaxation. Do you end up studying books? If not get inquisitive about that. Do you’re keen on studying in case you do, making that point, like creating that point for studying, getting out of the all or nothing mindset with it, simply studying 10 pages a day, for instance, as a substitute of needing to sit down down for like two hours at a time.

You may additionally discover there are particular issues that you simply like, if I inform myself if I had extra time I’d meditate. And you then like really, I might a lot choose to go online. However I’m telling myself, I’m simply pondering of browsing, it’s sort of like one other type of meditation, no matter it’s. However you’re simply telling your self that you’d meditate in case you had extra time, since you need to consider that you simply’re somebody who would meditate and you then get extra time. And it’s an opportunity to essentially meet your self and be like, do I really need to try this? Possibly I do, however I simply have resistance round it. So I must discover that. Or perhaps I don’t have resistance round it. And I’m really simply doing this as a result of I believe I ought to as a result of I’ve learn all these items about CEO routines, and everybody appears to meditate. In order that’s a complete journey and journey.

So in case you wrestle to remain motivated all through the week, backside line is, the reply is so simple as energy planning and clear relaxation. And these are instruments that I train in depth inside PGSD. And by the best way, the doorways to PGSD will likely be opening once more in April so you’ll be able to go to samlaurabrown.com/pgsd to affix the waitlist. Additionally, in case you occur to be listening to this episode, sooner or later past that date, then you’ll be able to nonetheless go to that web site and see when the following time is that we’ll be open for enrollment. So if you find yourself Energy Planning and getting a clear relaxation, you’re deciding on a handful of issues to place in your calendar and doing them totally.

We’re not aiming for perfection. Let it’s okay which you could’t get all the things accomplished this week. That’s not an issue. Once more, we’re overestimating what it takes to achieve success. So as a substitute of placing the overestimated to do record on our calendar, we’re studying learn how to cease overestimating. And we’re taking time away from our enterprise, though we like it realizing it’s going to make us extra linked to ourselves, extra linked to these round us. Extra brave in our enterprise, it’ll assist us earn more money in our enterprise. Affect extra folks with our enterprise.

And whenever you’re inside PGSD all of that is going to change into second nature. So I really need you to think about becoming a member of us in PGSD in case you’re not already. Get on the waitlist, enroll when the doorways open. I actually hope this episode has helped you to see how these instruments actually work and seeing that we’re not that completely different to infants and the youngsters and that our mind as soon as constrained. It desires us to be intentional. It desires to have optimistic limits on issues in order that we could be totally current for what now we have in entrance of us. So when you have loved this episode, please take a screenshot and tag me I’m @perfectionismproject. I hope you’re having a stupendous day and I’ll discuss to you within the subsequent episode.

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If you’re able to get out of your individual approach in what you are promoting, I need to invite you inside my productiveness program for perfectionist entrepreneurs known as Perfectionists Getting Shit Accomplished. Our subsequent enrollment is occurring for one week solely starting on the 4th of April 2025. To seek out out extra about this system and be a part of the waitlist, go to samlaurabrown.com/pgsd.