Hey Jonathan, I recorded the following video for you:

http://youtu.be/kemHBTyxwNc

1. Find Out How You Work Best

Try working in short spurts to maximize focus. Don't expect yourself to work in a way that's unrealistic for how you work most productively.

2. Create a Plan, Know Exactly What You're Going To Do

Do you have tons of time? Great! Even with the best intentions to sit and work diligently, what you'll most likely do is surf the net and waste gobs of time taking selfies if you don't know exactly what you're going to do.

3. Create Urgency and Set Small Goals to Accomplish

If you work towards one big goal six months from now, it's easy to put it off "until tomorrow." But tomorrow never comes...


H.A.L.T., STOP what you're doing! Do Not Work When You Are...

Hungry - Low blood sugar and lack of food often cause you to lose focus and become irritable. How do you work best?

Angry - It's about mindset. If you are angry, you will lose creativity and your anger will always manifest in your actions.

Lonely - If you do not feel social, your interactions (and results) will reflect this. Attitude is everything! Get out and have fun!

Tired - When tired you will often make decisions you wouldn't ordinarily, and miss other key opportunities with lack of creativity. You need to be sharp!


Don't just work hard! Work SMART! Why else do you do this?

Hi SunnyDelight!

I recorded the following video for you:

Response to SunnyDelight: Tips for Dealing With Fear - YouTube

Tips for Dealing with Fear:


1. Stop the self doubt.

Realize you don’t have to be perfect. You just have to offer something. There will always be people who are better at something that you. But that’s not what it’s about. If you know more about something than another, you can help.

2. Live now, not in the future.

Much fear is anxiety related to [insert future event that probably won’t happen here]. The problem with living in the future is that 95% of the time what you think happens, doesn’t—or at least in the way you think. Don’t live in “what if’s.”

3. Become aware of the “mental noise.”

This noise is the mind’s tendency to create crazy stories, often based on past or future, but not based on facts. They are irrational. “I am no good because…” is an irrational, limiting statement. It serves no purpose, and hinders your progress.

4. Realize that failure is not the end of the world.

If the worst that can happen doesn’t seem so bad, then suddenly the risk is much smaller. I remember one specific failure I experienced. I remember thinking, “Wow, this is the worst, yet I’ll be okay.” I made some adjustments and moved on from there. Emotionally attaching to a failure does absolutely NOTHING. If you can’t change something, worrying or stressing about it still won’t change it, and it therefore only serves to bring you pain. After something happens, let it go.

5. Practice.

If someone was afraid of public speaking, maybe speak in front of one person at first, or in front of the mirror. It seems obvious, but “forcing it” rarely works. How can you become more comfortable doing something if you do not take the steps necessary to make yourself more comfortable?


A friend of mine recently went to a gathering with monks (yes, that’s right). They traveled to foreign countries to help people during these gatherings. The monks were working on a mandala, which is a large symbol or design that they were making out of millions of grains of colored sand. It was beautiful and ornate, and they worked in 24 hour shifts until it was complete. Guests arrived at the end and were in awe. What did the monks do?

They tossed it into the ocean.

Their message was clear: let go of outcomes.