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| 7 Ways to Screw Up Your Life | |
Kathy Gates, Professional Life Coach
www.reallifecoach.com
1. Beat yourself up for every little mistake. Be sure
to constantly tell yourself that you're 'dumb", that
you're a failure, and that you'll never have anything.
2. Hang around people you don't particularly like
and that always put you down.
3. Be a victim. Decide that you have no control, no
power. Complain. Blame everyone else for how
unhappy you are.
4. Live beyond your means, whatever means you
have. Don't plan for the future, don't have any
emergency money. Don't assume that Unexpected
Bill will arrive at any moment.
5. Dishonor yourself, your health, your body, your
mind. Eat junk food, watch junk TV, read junk print.
Lie to yourself. .
6. Don't control your time. Procrastinate, so that
you're always running late, always rushed, always
harried and hassled.
7. Accept defeat. Give up on life. Decide to be
miserable the rest of your life. Yes, you have that
power.
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7 Ways To Tune Up Your Life
Kathy Gates, Professional Life Coach
www.reallifecoach.com
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1. Finish what you started -- that pile that needs
tossing, your income tax, painting the bedroom. Pick
one, finish it; pick another, finish it.
2. Set goals for each day. Have a plan. What time
you get up, where you go, what you do. You've got
24 hours. Schedule it. Protect it. Commit to some
particular goals for that day and say No to all other
distractions.
3. Organize your day. Watch for distractions. I love
to write, but I love to do so many other interesting
things too - read a good book, work in the garden,
talk to my friends, play with the kids. But it's
important to stay focused on what's most important at any
particular time.
4. Take charge of your time. Time is the great
equalizer. No matter how smart, how young, how
pretty, how rich, every person has only 24 hours a day
to use to his advantage. Consciously choose what
time you get up, how far you drive to work. Choose
what time you go to bed, how you spend your
mornings, how you spend your evenings.
5. Practice maintenance on your life. Regularly
check for problems and see what needs to be tended
to BEFORE it becomes a big problem.
6. Be consistent. Break the goal down into 15
minute tasks. For example, if your closet has clothes
from 1987 in it, just spend 15 minutes a day (schedule
it!) going through it until it's organized. At the end of
the month, you'll have created 7-1/2 hours of work -
one whole *free* Saturday!
7. Stop Worrying, Start Doing. Choose to make
better choices. You are currently choosing to worry
for days (months?) about a job that would take you
only a few hours. You are capable of choosing better.
Choose to take action, or delegate the action to
someone else.
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Professional Life Coach Kathy Gates is the author of
several e-books and e-courses designed to help people
live happier, healthier, easier lives. Sign up for her
ezine, "Make It Happen" at www.reallifecoach.com.
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