We all have lofty dreams in our life. Many of us also know how to achieve it, but we fail to work hard and achieve our dreams. Have you ever noticed that we always have enough time to watch our favorite movie, play our favorite sport, or go to our favorite restaurant, but not enough time to clean our house, complete our office work, or learn a new skill? We are simply lazy when it comes to doing useful productive work.
Personal growth is impossible without a lot of productive work on our part, and one of the biggest challenges of being productive is laziness. Laziness is natural and normal human beings love to sit around doing nothing unless circumstances force them to do otherwise. Is it possible to overcome laziness and start working for our goals? Is it possible to be energetic all the time? Here are 7 powerful tips to overcome laziness:
Physical activity: Find at least 30 minutes to exercise every day. It will improve our blood circulation and keep us active and energetic all day. Simple, low-intensity exercises could cut fatigue in half and increase energy by at least 20%. Walking is the easiest way to increase your energy levels.
Eat with sensitivity: Excess food as well as unhealthy food will make us lazy. Be careful to eat only when you are hungry and eat small pieces of healthy food. Try to avoid caffeine as much as possible.
Sleep well: We spend so much time on unproductive tasks that we often get very little sleep. This again will leave you lazy the next day. Get at least 6-8 sleep every day. It will make us more energetic, active and productive.
Try to minimize downtime: Take a look at yourself every day and keep a mental log of your downtime. Do your best to minimize it. Limit watching TV and surfing the Internet unnecessarily. You might decide not to watch a movie on TV that you’ve seen before.
Keep a schedule: Writing is very boring but it is very effective. Write down all the tasks you need to do and mark them as done when and when you complete each task. It will remind us how unproductive we are and we will be able to measure our improvement using it.
Take one bite at a time: Break tasks down into manageable chunks. Take one piece at a time and complete it. Huge tasks will create a mental block before we even start working on them. Each small task completed will motivate us to work on the next one.
Reward yourself: Most of the time, our dreams are so big that we will only get the results after a long time. Until then we could reward ourselves for completing each stage or milestone. The reward could be her favorite food, movie, or dress.
Look at the successful people around: Just look around you and we can see many ordinary but successful people who became successful only with their disciplined work. Observe what they are doing differently and try to learn a lesson or two from them.
Challenge yourself: Continuous improvement is the key to success and we must challenge ourselves every day. We need to compete with ourselves every day and measure progress. Although we must learn from others, do not compare yourself with others, as our goal is not to achieve something that others have already achieved, but to set new benchmarks.
Live your passion: This is one tip that pretty much makes all other tips redundant. If we could find our passion and make it our career, we would no longer need any other motivation to be energetic. Our passion will propel us forward and keep our energy levels high. If we are doing some work that we don’t like, we should seriously think about finding and living our passion.
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