We all make excuses.
But the successful ones are those who can kill the excuses like the miserable maggots they are.
I’m too tired. I don’t have the time. I don’t feel motivated. I’d rather do nothing. I don’t have the money, equipment, space. I can’t because …
We’ve all made the excuses. Here’s how to kill them. >>>
Researchers say a wandering mind may be important to setting goals, making discoveries, and living a balanced life.
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I am going to do my best to hold your attention until the very last word of this column. Actually, I know it’s futile. Along the way, your mind will wander off, then return, then drift away again. But I can console myself with some recent research on the subject of mind wandering. Mind wandering is not necessarily the sign of a boring column. It’s just one of the things that make us human.
Everybody knows what it is like for our minds to wander, and yet, for a long time psychologists shied away from examining the experience. It seemed too elusive and subjective to study scientifically. Only in the past decade have they even measured just how common mind wandering is. The answer is very. >>>
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You’re winding down your week, and this weekend you won’t be cramming in work during every free block of time that pops up. You’re taking the weekend off. Good for you! But how do you put your work aside and forget about it…oh, and wouldn’t it be nice to avoid the Sunday evening dread about what you will be facing in the morning?
As simple as it sounds, clearing off your desk before you shut down for the week can do wonders for your enjoyment of your work-free weekend. And it can generate feelings of preparedness for Monday. Take it one step further and adopt a more organized and consistent approach to your working environment, and you may find that you are happier, less stressed, and even more productive.
So, why does a clean and organized desk help deal with overwhelm? The answer is as simple as the concept: >>>
Having a problem you are stuck on? An obstacle you can’t seem to solve or overcome? A goal you can’t seem to figure out how to make come true?
Try my 17 solutions system using the well known SCAMPER system I’ll explain below. Here’s how the process works:
1. Write your current problem, obstacle or goal in the form of a question on the top of a page. Ask the question in the form of the result you want, for example:
2. Generate 17 different answers or solutions to this question. Why generate 17 solutions? The first few will come easy. The idea is, after a few easy ones, you have to stretch and think. This is where your breakthroughs may be hiding, keep coming up with new answers. This is where SCAMPER comes in handy.
3. Select the best solution to implement. Once you come up with this solution list and pick your best option, implement it right away! In turn, it may lead to your breakthrough.
Use the SCAMPER system to come up with the most effective solutions and answers:
Scamper is an acronym of seven different ways to look at problems from all different angles and applications concepts. Said to have been designed by Alex Osbourne. Here is what each letter stands for:
How do you use SCAMPER to get a fresh look at any subject? Play with any one or any combination of any of these concepts:
Substitute - One usage for another. One idea or concept or application for another. Try a fresh, unusual, surprising or modern approach. Example: Chicken instead of veal. Plastic instead of wood.
Combine - two or several concepts that work in other arenas. Flikr combines the internet with photo albums.
Adapt - an application from one system to another. Quisnos and Subway sandwich shops adapted the assembly line oven concept perfected by McDonalds and Burger King.
Modify - larger, faster, easier, bigger, smaller, adjusted any one element or combination of elements. Today’s auto engines produce the same horsepower with much smaller aluminum block engines.
Put to other use - same use in different industry, technology, and city. Ask: “how else could I use this?” An example of this is Walkie talkies. They were first used by military, now available to consumers from many cell phone companies like Nextel.
Eliminate - reduce time spent, steps needed, pieces, cost. Take away one part of a system and see if it results in a better product. For example, Flat screen TV use technology to eliminated the heavy weight and size of big bulky TV’s.
Reverse or Rearrange - reengineer, put in different order, any part of a process or product. For example , in baseball, managers will regularly switch around the batting order if someone is hot or in a slump.
Try this process for yourself to see if you can use it to bust through any challenge or obstacle you may have. Write me if it works for you.
The author and Personal Marketing Consultant, Larry LaFata, helps individuals and the self-employed to live their Purpose through a comprehensive discovery program at http://CraftYourCalling.com. Get your copy of my other free self-empowerment guides at http://www.DoWhatYouLike.com
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