http://www.overcominglaziness.com How to no longer be lazy and start being motivated and productive so you can achieve whatever you want. Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:20:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a professional writer, I have struggled with and been paralyzed by writer's block more times than I can count -- until I discovered the four solutions I'll tell you about in a second. Why four solutions? Because writer's block doesn't have just one cause; otherwise there would be a one-size-fits-all ... http://www.overcominglaziness.com/help-for-writers-block/ Laziness can creep up even when you don't mean for it to. Recently an anonymous reader sent me this question: my biggest problem is that when I'm waiting for my PC to do something (e.g. load a new web page - my work requires the use of the web), I'm tempted ... http://www.overcominglaziness.com/how-to-ditch-distraction-on-the-job/ As I said in this recent post, when you're procrastinating on something that's important enough, if you think about the repercussions of not doing it, that will push you into action. However, sometimes we have a mental block and still don't do the thing we need to be doing. ... http://www.overcominglaziness.com/how-to-stop-procrastinating-step-2-change-your-emotions/ "I'd like to get started, but I just don't feel motivated." How often do you hear yourself saying that? It's a dead end. Let me explain. The startling truth about motivation is that you don't get motivated to do something until after you've started doing it. If you sit around ... http://www.overcominglaziness.com/why-you-should-never-wait-until-youre-motivated-to-start-something/ I'd like to know what question has been burning in your mind about overcoming laziness. What brought you to this blog in the first place? You can either ask your question by posting it as a comment, or go to this page and you can ask it anonymously. ... http://www.overcominglaziness.com/your-burning-question-about-laziness/ "Tomorrow is the only day in the year that appeals to a lazy man." - Jimmy Lyons, a successful jazz musician. Source: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~steel/procrastinus/quotes/quotes.html (There are other great procrastination quotes there as well.) I used to be a terrible procrastinator who couldn't get anything done. It felt like my life was out ... http://www.overcominglaziness.com/how-to-stop-procrastinating-step-one-does-it-make-sense/ The first step to solving any problem in your life is to admit you have one. This concept was made famous by Alcoholics Anonymous and has helped millions of people recover from alcoholism. However, laziness is different from substance abuse because, while AA says you're powerless to get over your alcoholism, ... http://www.overcominglaziness.com/cure-for-laziness-step-1-admit-your-problem/ "Where was I?" That's the most unproductive thing you can say, according to researchers cited in this Yahoo! Finance article on multitasking. You see, humans are terrible at doing more than one thing at a time, even though most of us think we're good at it. But when we multitask, two things ... http://www.overcominglaziness.com/how-multitasking-kills-your-productivity/ Laziness is your mind short circuiting. Here's why... Working toward your goals and achieving them brings you long term happiness. But in the short run, the primitive part of our brain that wants to move away from pain and toward pleasure kicks in. Study after study has shown that activities make ... http://www.overcominglaziness.com/laziness-is-a-short-circuit-in-your-brain/ Basketball great Isiah Thomas was asked how a player could focus and get mentally tougher while going into a championship game, where he was surrounded by distractions. "It’s possible," Thomas said. "You have to sustain concentration on your opponents." He went on to add: "I just stayed in my hotel ... http://www.overcominglaziness.com/what-basketball-teaches-about-overcoming-laziness/