1,2,3…start

Take one thing, even the very smallest of things, that you have been putting off for ages and just do it, do it right now. Count in your head 1,2,3…go and start and carry on until you are finished.

Then do the same thing again tomorrow and the day after and so on, every single day for the rest of your life.

You’ll soon find you’ll have a much, much smaller list of things to do. In fact, 365 less in just one year. Imagine what that will feel like.

Less worry, less stress, less guilt, more freedom, and a lot closer to your goals.

Small steps are all it takes, we just have to take them every day as they are not a burden we’ll avoid.

The most important work

Most people spend their days responding to ‘urgent’ tasks such as phone calls, emails, social media notifications, and chatting.

However, the work that is most likely to propel us towards our goals in life we define as not ‘urgent’ and as it is more time consuming, challenging and requires time to focus on, we carry on with the low hanging fruit of so-called ‘urgent’ tasks as we feel busy and productive.

We are always in responsive mode instead of focused mode and it takes bravery and patience to step away from the tasks to do the work that really matters and step off the ‘busy’ treadmill.