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17 Sep 09 Stop Procrastinating

Procrastination is a very bad trait for you to have in your personal inventory.  Mostly because if you’re a procrastinator, you’ll find that you almost never achieve the things that you intend to achieve.  Whether in life in general, or at your job, or in the small accomplishments you want to make in your personal life.  Procrastination can be a hard habit to break, but with some work it can be done, and it’s worth your time.  All you have to do is stop procrastinating about breaking that habit for good.

First ask yourself what the biggest problem causing your procrastination is.  Do you get distracted easily when you try to do something?  Do you lack motivation?  By targeting what the problem is, you can look towards changing that aspect of your personality, and hopefully eliminate your tendency to procrastinate.

First off, whether you are distracted easily or unmotivated, try breaking up large tasks into smaller ones.  If it’s a big yard project you’re trying to tackle, try accomplishing the whole by just doing a little at a time.  Like tending to a garden, try just doing one short task each day, and you’ll find that you’ve accomplished everything before too long.  This is a good first step to stopping procrastination in the future, as it gets you on the horse accomplishing the tasks you set for yourself.

Try eliminating distractions if you find yourself easily taken from your tasks.  Try leaving your cell phone inside while you’re out in the yard.  Or try turning off the background noise of a television or radio, or your iPod, so that you can have full concentration on your tasks.  Sometimes that little bit of background noise can distract you enough that you can’t keep your thoughts together.  That simple of a change can help you stop procrastinating.

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19 Jan 09 Tough Love vs. Spanking **read before viewing picture**

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Tough Love vs. Spanking – Good Argument
 
Most of the American population thinks it to be improper to spank children, so I have tried other methods to control my kids when they have one of  ‘those moments.’

One that I found effective is for me to just take the child for a car ride and talk.
 
Some say it’s the vibration from the car, others say it’s the time away from any distractions such as TV, Video Games, Computer, IPod, etc.

Either way, my kids usually calm down and stop misbehaving after our car ride together.  Eye to eye contact helps a lot too.
I’ve included a photo of one of my sessions with my son, in case you would like to use the technique.

Sincerely,

Your Friend
 
 
This works with grandchildren, nieces, and nephews as well.

 

Tough Love vs. Spanking

Tough Love vs. Spanking

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