Comments on: 5 Steps to Stop Procrastinating Forever

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:58:58 +0000

This happened to be last week, and it totally sucked.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:46:20 +0000

As soon as I got a really, really clear image in mind mind and started feeling really, really, really good and positive about it I fell through a seam in the space/time continuum and got eaten by a dinosaur.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:18:29 +0000

That’s been my hard won experience, for sure: take the first step and worry about the rest of the journey as it happens. Maybe not perfect advice for everyone, but for me and people like me (my readers), it’s what needs to happen for sure!

By: JP @ Calgary Psychology

JP @ Calgary Psychology — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:58:34 +0000

Great post. I think that simplicity in goal setting implies harnessing the power of the concept of “one.” It’s a deceptively simple idea, based on the wise observation of old that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Regardless of whether the thousand mile journey is an academic degree, a professional promotion, or an improved family relationship, it all begins with what you will do today to take one step.

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By: Jay Sanders

Jay Sanders — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:31:52 +0000

Pete,

Great piece, brought back to mind some guided imagery sessions I’d taken years ago. Put it right to use on current problem. Thanks.

By: Mr Ken

Mr Ken — Tue, 18 May 2010 07:01:13 +0000

I swear I’ll get to imagining this a soon as I can.

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The Secret To Getting More Ideas (And Better Ones Too) — Thu, 06 May 2010 11:52:22 +0000

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By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:18:26 +0000

You’re welcome.

By: Yakov

Yakov — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:26:02 +0000

Thank you.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:03:57 +0000

Nothing is perfect… but I will suggest that if you have a task that takes a long time to split it into subtasks and use this on each subtask. There are different techniques for non-visual accomplishments, but that’s for a future post.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:04:53 +0000

Unfortunately, this doesn’t work with everything. Some things are difficult to imagine, while other things take so long to accomplish, it’s almost impossible to maintain an optimistic view of your goal.

By far the biggest issue with this technique are the real problems you might have to face when trying to achieve your goal. Not everything is as simple as cleaning your room.

By: Your Reality is an Illusion - Pete Michaud

Your Reality is an Illusion - Pete Michaud — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:02:26 +0000

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By: Colin Stevens

Colin Stevens — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:35:11 +0000

I like this principle; that of mental creation, followed by physical execution. Similar principle is taught in the 7 Habits by Stephen Covey.

Nice post Pete! Always good to remember and harness the power of the mind.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:58:50 +0000

Hey Neils — yes, I originally heard of this through PJ, and although I was linked again recently via health360, the norms of citation require I credit PJ, but not the intermediate blogger. I didn’t even read the other author’s post, I just wanted the video, which I linked to in my own work. I think I’m good 8)

By: Niels Bom

Niels Bom — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:44:30 +0000

I read your post on the Steve Pavlina forums asking for this technique today and now I came across this post via Hacker News (http://news.ycombinator.com/).

Small world apparently :)

I don’t see you attributing the technique to the author of this article: http://www.health360.info/?p=325
or is that on purpose?

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:32:11 +0000

Cute. I used to be a “controlled chaos” type of guy, but as I’ve aged, clutter bugs me more and more. I get out of sorts when the couch looks sloppy now, and my desk is pretty much clean (or close to it) all the time. I also have a fairly large office (about 20′ by 15′), which I arranged so I’m looking away from the wall, into the sitting area and the windows. It helps convey that “open” or “free” feeling I’ve come to like. Each to his own 8)

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:29:40 +0000

I’ll take a look, thanks!

It really does work, you should try it on something trivial just to get the feeling for it. It’ll only take a minute or three. You’ll be impressed, or I’ll give you a full refund 8)

By: Josh Szepietowski

Josh Szepietowski — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:38:19 +0000

Thanks for pointing out this technique, it sounds like it might work. I have been reading ‘Your Brain at Work’ lately and it logically connects with the ‘Toward vs Away’ states that book covers..

Tiny complaint: this article and the youtube video reverse the terms for ‘pull vs push’ motivation. Might want to clean that up!

By: mark mason

mark mason — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:02:13 +0000

Be sure to let me know IF YOU EVER NEED A PICTURE OF A MESSY OFFICE.

BUt I really liked your article. I will print it out and leave it on top of a pile.

mark
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