HOW TO STOP BEING LAZY AND LAZY IN 11 STEPS - ARTE - 2024

Everyone wants to achieve goals, purposes and things. However, this requires a lot of effort. Although laziness is common and natural, it has great potential to consume us and prevent our personal growth.

Being lazy or lazy is a problem, because while other people are chasing their dreams, you are sleeping, playing the game console or looking at photos on Facebook; you are withdrawing from all the activities that allow you to achieve your goals.

If you have looked for this information, you will have already taken a step and it will not cost you to assimilate the following statement. It's that simple: if you want to achieve something difficult, you will have to suffer and struggle. Success does not go with the lazy.

Why are people lazy?

Very simple: due to lack of motivating objectives and due to accommodation. If you don't have something to move you, you will be lazy. To stop being it, it is essential to have something that motivates you.

-The elite athletes who train 8 hours a day or more do not do it for pleasure, but because they seek to win a championship or trophy.

-Students who get up at 7 in the morning to study do so to get a good job.

-The workers or entrepreneurs who work more than 10 hours a day do so because their projects motivate them.

In these three cases, there are three clearly motivating goals for their subjects: earn something, get a job, and complete or start a business. You may not be particularly motivated by those things and that is why you have to find what motivates you.

On the other hand, there is the accommodation. It is a case that is clearly seen in today's well-known ninis: they have a house, food and money. Because her parents give her everything they want, and they do not have high ambitions, they do not strive to work or study.

Although I will comment on it later, the most important thing is: 1) find what motivates you: a new job, being financially independent, having a better physique… and 2) avoid settling down.

Tips to overcome laziness and laziness

I'm going to discuss 6 ways to stop being lazy:

Find your motivation

Your motivation is the reward you want to get for your efforts.

They can be as varied as:

• Have a family.
• Buy a house.
• Finish your studies.
• Travel.
• Be independent or autonomous.
• To have more money.
• Slim down.

Reflect and think about what you really want. Once you know it, set objectives and write them on a sheet of paper that you leave in a visible place.

Think about the benefits of your effort

Don't stop at figuring out your motivation: think about the benefits of losing weight, being more independent or saving more money. Focus your attention on the benefits.

Also, when you go through an episode of laziness, think about the consequences of not acting.

Break big tasks into small tasks

It is normal that if you think you have to write 20 chapters of a book, you get a little lazy. However, if you intend to write a chapter in 5 hours, it will be much easier to get started.

It is a fact to feel tired, uncontrolled or unmotivated when we perceive tasks as too long.

Dividing those big tasks into small tasks will solve the problem, since each one will not seem so difficult. This principle can also be applied to the achievement of objectives.

Visualize

Visualizing is a very good technique to act and practice. For example, athletes often do it to practice their strokes (tennis or golf).

It has a great influence on your habits: if you visualize yourself with a lot of energy, regions very similar to those that would be activated acting in this way will be activated in your brain.

Rest well

It is necessary to rest if you want to be with the energies to the maximum. By relaxing, you take time to think about other things, reflect, and get inspired.

In fact, resting is part of being productive.

Take care of your thoughts and your non-verbal language

Your thoughts create a state and that state makes you behave in one way or another. Every day we have thousands of thoughts and you must take care if they are negative.

You may think "I don't feel like going to work, it will be a hard and boring day" or "I have a great job, today I will try my best to show that I am very good."

To adopt positive thoughts and beliefs, I recommend making a list of self-improvement phrases.

Being aware of your internal dialogue, of your thoughts, is very important for your well-being and will have a great influence on how you feel and how you act.

Non-verbal language also influences your energy, how you feel, and your thoughts. If you use an open and straight position, you will feel more confident and energetic.

Use the Two Minute Rule

This rule has its origin in GTD and it tells us that if you are planning an action or task that can be done in less than 2 minutes, do not wait and do it immediately.

You can extend that time to 5 or 10 minutes. If you make this rule a habit, there will be a multitude of tasks that you won't have a chance to put off.

Avoid distractions

The more temptations you have near you, the more difficult it will be to carry out the task, so I recommend that you turn off or disconnect your mobile or computer and avoid any other type of distraction. Your work area should be a spacious, comfortable and bright place.

Use an agenda or to-do list

This will help you to plan your time when carrying out tasks, so that it will be easier for you to focus on all that remains to be done and to carry out a good day-to-day organization.

Regularly review your goals

On some occasion you will find yourself with a complicated or boring task but if it is important to achieve a goal or a goal, think about that final goal and this will help you achieve the small goals.

Give yourself a reward when you finish homework

Get motivated by thinking about what you will do after doing the job and give yourself a reward once the task is finished not before. Define your own incentives.

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