Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Overcome Procrastination Like The Rich Do!

Do you want to know how the super successful overcome
procrastination?

One fascinating hallmark of all highly motivated
millionaires is their strongly held conviction that they
will succeed. They do whatever it takes despite any
challenges that crop up.

How do they overcome procrastination? People who are
inspired by their dreams believe with certainty they will
achieve their goals even if they do not know how all the
details will work out.

This sense of certainty is due in part to their empowering
belief system and also to the way they represent their
goals to themselves inside their minds.

Have you ever got excited about your goals and then slowly
over time lost your enthusiasm? Most people do. The
difference is that the winners in life are able to relight
that passion and desire to keep on going until they get
what they want.

What are these rich and successful people doing differently
to everyone else? They know how to build an internal state
of certainty that they will succeed despite any short-term
challenges. This overcomes procrastination.

You can have this same sense of certainty by visualizing
your top five goals as already achieved at least once a
day. Picture your goals as already achieved and enjoy the
feelings of satisfaction. Hear people complimenting you on
your success and really soak up the feelings of success.

Make the pictures, sounds and feelings as lifelike as
possible. Keep going until you feel with certainty that you
will achieve this goal -- as sure as the sun will rise in
the morning!

If the success of the goal seems uncertain play with the
picture in your mind until it does feel certain. Compare
how you picture, hear and see your goal with your
expectation that the sun will rise tomorrow.

Making the picture bigger, closer, brighter and more
colorful usually helps to make it seem more realistic.

When you do this each day you are telling your unconscious
mind to keep searching for ways to achieve your goal and
you will consistently be motivated. You will also find that
your intuition guides you and presents you with ideas that
will help you to move ahead.

It used to bother me picturing my goals as already achieved
to the point of certainty... I feared that it would make me
lazy since my brain would believe the goal would just turn
up.

And I used to think if I thought of the goal as certain I
would be fooling myself into believing I would achieve it
despite immediate evidence to the contrary.

However the opposite is true. That sense of certainty
propels you forward to create what you are imagining. Plus
when you are off target it stands out a mile because your
results are so inconsistent with your expectations.

You are then compelled to get back on track. Like an artist
expressing himself with paints you can become an artist
creating your goals in the world around you from the
inspiration inside your mind.

You will never have a 100% guarantee that you will succeed
however the more certain you feel about your future the
more energy you will invest in achieving your goals. And
the corresponding actions you take will naturally improve
your chances of success.

A number of years ago I saw Donald Trump getting
interviewed on TV. I paid close attention to the way he
communicated as well as to what he said.

He positively exuded certainty when he spoke about his next
big development. Every fiber of his being proclaimed that
the new venture would be a huge success.

Trump exudes certainty and this success aura attracts
investors and encourages other people to believe in his
vision. You can be sure that when he pictures his goals he
does so with certainty.

Start small if you like and as your confidence grows build
up to bigger goals. Remember to make this a daily habit and
you will be able to keep on going even at times when you
face setbacks.

Now...

When you align the certainty principle with your desires,
beliefs and expectations you will become unstoppable. I
cover this in step 1 in my book at:

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Of course, to really have success with this key principle
you need to make sure you set goals correctly and most
people think they know how but then don´t do it properly. I
show you how the best way to set goals that work for you in
step 2 of my 5 Step Motivation System.

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Have Fun,

Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy is a peak performance expert. His 5 Step
Motivation System reveals how you can crush procrastination
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005

3 Reasons Why Goal Setting Never Works For You

by Peter Murphy

Although goal setting is fundamental to achieving greater
success and happiness, most people make the same goal
setting mistakes.

Here are the three mistakes that can prevent you from
having the success and happiness you deserve:


1. Setting goals that do not inspire you

This is the biggest mistake I see people making. Instead of
setting a goal to live in their dream home they instead aim
a little lower and hope to pay the rent on time next month.

This is a mistake because paying bills will never inspire
you to get up early and stay up late. Getting by does not
require you to be all you can be and in fact it tires you
and leaves you feeling exhausted at the end of each day.

2. Trying to use money as a motivator

A related mistake is focusing on money. It´s hard to get
excited about numbers on a financial statement. Your
intelligence will not let you work harder for the sake of
improving a list of numbers.

People who get a lot done rarely work just for the money.
They have inspiring reasons to improve their lives and they
use money as a tool to get things done and to get what they
want. Money itself is not the ultimate goal.

3. Avoiding regular progress reviews

The vast majority of people set goals once a year in
January, forget about them and repeat the process 12 months
later. This is a recipe for failure.

Unless you review your goals and measure your progress or
lack of it there is no way you can correct a lack of action
or identify actions that are taking you further from your
goals.

The failure to plan leads to poor results while the failure
to track your progress leads to frustration and the false
hope that your dreams will come true.

What is the solution?

1. Set bigger goals that excite you, goals that you can
see, hear and touch in your mind´s eye. Then, imagine these
goals as real. This makes it much easier to hold in mind
what you want and to make your dreams come true.

2. Aim to get things that exist in the world and to enjoy
time with people you care about - use money as a
facilitator that enables you to make these goals happen.

Keep your attention on the ultimate end results and staying
motivated become much easier. e.g. a beautiful home and
happy family rather than a million bucks in the bank.

3. Finally, on a weekly and monthly basis track your
progress against your most important goals. Unless you
measure and assess your effectiveness you have no
opportunity to adjust your approach when you are off track.

Objectively notice what you are doing well and what you are
neglecting. Then make improvements to your approach as
required.

Now, stop using goal setting the wrong way and start
enjoying more success with these three powerful solutions
to the most common goal setting mistakes.

Peter Murphy is a peak performance expert.
He recently produced a very popular free report that
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Thursday, June 09, 2005

How The Donald Stays Motivated

by Peter Murphy

Even highly successful people need to keep an eye on
self-motivation. When thousands of people are looking to
you for leadership, guidance and inspiration you cannot
say: "I don´t feel up to it today".

Even Donald Trump, successful and driven as he is, has
moments when he needs to pause, refocus and consciously get
motivated.

In his best selling book, How to Get Rich, Donald Trump
revealed a clever way to stay motivated. And it won´t cost
you a billion dollars to use this motivation strategy.

Trump describes in his book how he sometimes reviews
previous successes. This is a great way he can inspire
himself to achieve even more.

How does he actually do this?

He keeps a box in his office crammed with newspaper
clippings and letters that serve as reminders of his
success to date. He can sift through the contents of the
box and relive those special moments from his past.

By reading newspaper and magazine articles about his
achievements he can quickly and easily motivate himself to
achieve even bigger goals.

And by re-reading letters from people he respects he can
once again enjoy their endorsement of what he does and what
he has achieved.

This simple act of reviewing previous successes is a
powerful way to shift how you think and feel - to renew
your sense of what is possible and to get you into inspired
action.

The more you condition your mind to focus on what you are
capable of - the more of your abilities you can tap into.
And when you activate more of your potential you will
succeed much more often.

How can you apply this motivation secret today?

1. Surround your work area with evidence of your previous
successes. Place certificates, awards and photos in a
prominent location. Don´t leave them gathering dust in a
drawer.

2. Keep letters and newspaper clippings that highlight your
achievements. e.g. customer testimonials, trade magazine
articles about new developments you are involved in, notes
of promotions or bonuses you have earned.

3. Review your previous successes on a regular basis. When
you do so you will be conditioning your mind to expect and
create even more success in the future.

As you begin to remind yourself of what you are capable of
you will naturally start to demand more of yourself and
you´ll feel inspired to achieve greater results.

Your motivation will soar and each little success will
build on the previous success to create an unstoppable
motivation that transforms the quality of your life.

Although this motivation secret sounds too simple to be of
any value it really does work. After all, if Donald Trump
pays attention to it, don´t you think you could benefit
from doing the same?

Enjoy!

Peter Murphy

P.S. You already know what procrastination and low
motivation is costing you. And you know deep down
that nothing is going to change for the better until
YOU do.

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