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Are you a victim of laziness, a root cause of procrastination? Do you often suffer because of what you initially considered as easy has turned difficult with the loss of time, and what appeared hard, due to further delay, has become impossible now?

You may draw comfort from the fact that you are in the company of many that are affected by procrastination. But you must realize that you must get rid of your laziness by shaking yourself up into action if you want to improve life. Like many others, you can indeed stop procrastinating and start meeting deadlines, by following a few simple steps that teach you effective time management.

1. Plan your daily must-do activities. Draw up a to-do list; preferably, write it down on paper; or, use a computer if you prefer.

2. Prioritize the activities, giving precedence on the more important ones over the less important ones. If there are urgent things to do, but not important enough to be worried about if not done, put them below the important ones. The idea is based on the established principle that 80% of rewards accrue from 20% of effort directed towards accomplishing important work.

3. Estimate the time required for each of the listed activities after analyzing their complexity. Avoid underestimation, as you may not have enough time to do well a particular of piece of work. Similarly, avoid overestimation, for that may leave some activities without enough time. A realistic budgeting of time is a must. Time management is a skill that you gain through experience. So keep reviewing and revising your time schedule as you progress.

4. Organize your life. That will keep you from wasting your precious time and you will have more time to do your work. Remember indiscipline causes confusion, even chaos, in life. It eats into your time. Avoid sloppiness. For instance, leave your personal belongings of daily use, like your glasses, your clothing, your computer etc., in the same place. If you do, you won’t have to search all over the place for them each morning. Apply the principle of doing work first and then taking time for pleasure and relaxation. Reverse the order only at the pain of falling prey to procrastination. You can get time for rest and relaxation if you are efficient in doing your assigned work.

5. Start working bit by bit. You may see a mountain at first, but mountains can be moved, especially if you begin by moving just a small stone from it. You know you can’t move an entire mountain in a day. Don’t get overwhelmed just because there seemed to be a mountain of task before you. That will put you off. And you will put off the task for another day, which will never come. Just begin by taking one small step and you will see your efforts at life improvement pay off.

6. Put first things first early in the day. Remember that over time, procrastination becomes a habit. Begin your day by launching yourself head first into the most important job waiting to be done.

7. Learn to cope with anxiety, depression, stress and other similar conditions of the mind related to your problems in life. Keep yourself fit, not just physically but mentally as well. Learn and practice suitable mental relaxation techniques such as meditation.

You probably let procrastination without realizing it but by practicing the above steps, you will be able to slip out of it before you know it. Don’t let your life rot away due to procrastination.

When you are getting into the MLM business or industry, you need to have an effective MLM system in place so that you can ensure yourself success when it comes to promoting and direct selling your products. Now, there are many ways to do this and it will really be similar to setting up any kind of business. The difference is that you will need to work harder than usual; but if it is for success and profit, this shouldn’t be a problem at all. Here are things you need to keep in mind when you are developing your MLM system.

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Make sure that you know your market – This means that you should enable yourself to be found by your customers. Online, this is not a problem at all. You can use all sorts of tools and websites to make this possible. Some examples include Google Adwords, search engines, social networks, forums, etc. You can use these things to redirect people to your own site and offerings.

Landing page – If you really want to get people interested in your MLM project, make sure that they have a place where they can go to online to check out all your services and what your MLM plan is all about. This is an essential piece of the MLM system that you need to prepare before you start your business. This way, people will be able to see exactly what your commission rates are and your overall vision for the MLM program that you have set up.

Build trust – Whether you are building trust with a consumer or an MLM rep that is interested in becoming a part of your downline, you need to be able to communicate with that person. Build a good relationship through email, through the phone, or through newsletters and blog entries where you can communicate with interested parties.

Building a great Sales Page - It is important that you do this part right, and make it part of your sales system so that people can get intouch with you daily. It is also important that you be able to respond quickly to all the inquiries that are made about your MLM products and plans.

Offer duplication – This simply means that you need to be able to offer interested parties the ability to be able to duplicate the program or system that you have in place. You can do this by offering training through videos and materials or even through chat or video sessions. This is a great way to build relationships with the people interested in what you are doing in the MLM industry.

Affiliate – Your customer should also have a means to promote their own MLM business and you can do this by affiliating your products with theirs. Of course, your products will have a much better chance of being sold if they are related to the products of your customers. That way, the sales will be mutually beneficial between the two of you or between you and all your customers.

When you join the XanGo x1concept team you will have a ready system in place, all you need to do is get started, make a plan together with your sponsor and go to work. The best thing is, this system is free to all x1concept members, join us today.

Set your goals on a regular basis to choose what you want to achieve short term and long term.Then, progress into a step-by-step process to achieve these goals because goal setting is actually a type of formal process for your personal life’s planning.

Well, the problem starts in the most basic part of the entire process… which is to set the goal itself!

Let’s zoom it closer to setting goals - not many people are very good at doing that because we’re not ‘train’ to do so. There are plenty of rooms for mistakes when doing this, but the real challenge seems to be what we do once we set them in motion.

For starters, it is essential to know what your goals are. Take a few minutes right now to figure this out. Simply take out a blank sheet of paper (yes, you can use your computer too :-)) and avoid all of the distractions for just 10 minutes. What comes to your mind in regards to your goals? Write them down now.

The process of setting goals and targets allows you to choose where you want to go in life. By knowing exactly what you want to achieve, you know what you have to concentrate on to do it.

The only variable here are the methods that you use to go about it. When it is career, work to get noticed; for relationships, work on maintaining your intimacy or getting it back; in financial matters, work to save and invest money etc. It really is that easy.

By setting sharp and clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals. You can see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless effort.

How do you set your goals? It starts with your lifetime goals, and then works through a series of lower level plans culminating in a daily to-do list. By setting up this structure of plans you can break even the biggest life goal down into a number of small tasks that you need to do each day to reach the lifetime goals. The first step in setting goals is to consider what you want to achieve in your lifetime, as setting lifetime goals that gives you the overall perspective that shapes all other aspects of your decision making process.

For example, perhaps you want to set a goal for your own personal improvement. Does your own mindset hold you back from making progress? Is there any part of the way that you behave that upsets you, for example, do you talk too much? If so, set a goal to improve your behavior or find a solution to the problem.

Or maybe it’s your career. What level do you want to reach in your career? Is it your goal to be the boss or own your own company someday, or do you want to be the president of someone else’s company?

Then there’s everybody’s favorite topic – finance. How much do you want to earn by what age in your life? What can you do to make that come about?

Once you have set your lifetime goals, the best thing that you can do is set a 25 year plan of smaller goals that you should complete if you are to reach your lifetime plan. From there you can just shorten your overall goal spans for example, you set a 5 year plan, 1 year plan, 6 month plan, and 1 month plan of progressively smaller goals that you should reach to achieve your lifetime goals. Each of these should be based on the previous plan.

Then review the goals and re-prioritize until you are satisfied that they reflect the shape of the life that you want to lead.

By setting goals, you will also raise your self confidence, as you recognize your ability to meet the goals that you have set. The process of achieving goals and seeing this achievement gives you confidence that you will be able to achieve higher and more difficult goals later on.

Also, you should ensure that the goals that you have set are the goals that you want to achieve, and not what your parents, spouse, family, or employers want them to be.

Success only happens when you are working for your own well being because doing it for others will ensure that you sabotage your own success.

As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.
Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody
As I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me.
Today I call it “RESPECT”.

As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life,  and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.
Today I call it “MATURITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance,   I am in the right place at the right time,
and everything happens at the exactly right moment.
So I could be calm.
Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.

As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time,
and I stopped designing huge projects for the future.
Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do   and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm.
Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”.

As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health  -  food, people, things, situations, and everything the drew me down and away from myself.
At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.
Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.

As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right,
and ever since I was wrong less of the time.
Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”.

As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worry about the future.
Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening.
Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILLMENT”.

As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick.
But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally.
Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.

We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems   with ourselves or others.
Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born.
Today I know “THAT IS LIFE”!
Charlie Chaplin wrote the poem on his 70th birthday on April 16, 1959.
wishing you and your loved ones the best for the holidays.
May every happiness be yours for Christmas and the brilliant New Year of 2010.

Should you choose to go, do, and be, at the end of your life, shocked and dismayed, you’ll likely exclaim that because of all the uncanny events, wild timing, weird coincidences, and sheer chance encounters, all of your life’s good fortune must have been your destiny.

Or, should you choose to wait, wish, and hope, at the end of your life, shocked and dismayed, you’ll likely exclaim that because of all the uncanny events, wild timing, weird coincidences, and sheer chance encounters, all of your life’s bad luck must have been your destiny.

Do you see what the difference is?

The Universe Mike Dooley

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career.
I’ve lost more than 300 games.
Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot - and missed.
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my Life.
And that is why I succeed.”

~Michael Jordan

Wow I just got this and it’s very exciting….it shows that even if you start later in MLM then your uplines you can still make more money..contrary to the twisted “excuse” thinking some people have that only those at the top make all the money or those who come first…nah nah nah not true …look at Joao from Portugal… he started after me and cashes in more Congrats Joao

Congratulations to my Sponsor P J Consult

Congratulations to all Team members from Portugal for their continuos great work, detication and commitment

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from David Turnbull of Adventures of a Barefoot Geek.

There are two challenges that people face when choosing to live a more simpler life: owning little and wanting little. Yet people fuse these challenges together into a larger “live simply” goal. Unfortunately, they’re two different beasts that need to be tamed in their own ways.

Owning little requires a practical approach – systematically decluttering your life and eliminating the unnecessary. Wanting little on the other hand is focused on the way in which we think, a far more blurred aspect of simplicity.

Sincerely wanting little is difficult. It goes against our firmly rooted desire for certainty, for ownership. To cut through this psychological attachment  requires more than step-by-step processes or following a list of tactics, it requires a shift in your thinking, a shift in the way you approach your day to day life and how you make decisions.

1. Have a vision for your life. Goals are somewhat useful tools to get from point A to B, but they often lack depth, emotion and meaning, and without those three things there’s a deficiency of purpose and drive.

Think about the lifestyle you want as a whole instead of simply focusing on your desire to want very little. What do you want to own? How will you spend your time? Where will you be? Be specific.

This outline acts as a funnel. Desires for more may attempt to flood your life, but because you’ve clearly defined what matters to you, only the things conducive to your aims will make their way through this funnel. It becomes much easier to say “No” to something when you’re certain it’s not apart of the bigger picture.

2. Find your motivation. What is your why? Why do you want little? Because it’s trendy is unfortunately not enough to quench your lust for stuff. Personally, I want little because I have dreams of traveling the world for months on end, and stocking up on gadgets and gizmos doesn’t exactly gel well with that.

Here are some other common reason why’s:

Saving money – for retirement, travel, charity etc.
Eliminating stress.
Freeing up time from the offset of being able to work less, clean less, and maintain less.
Don’t be meaninglessly minimalist. Be purposeful and deliberate in your quest to want little.

3. Experience the benefits. No matter how many times you hear the benefits of wanting little, or visualise your motivation with all the intensity in the world, experiencing an uncluttered lifestyle will always be the best way to switch from a “want more” to a “want little” mindset.

Aside from simply throwing out everything you own, there are a few ways to go about this:

Plan a short vacation where you take as little as possible, including no technology or fashion accessories. Only pack the essentials.
Pick one room in your house or apartment that you want to transform into a no-stuff zone. Dump as much as you can from that room into a spare room or garage. Notice the difference in tranquility as you walk between your regular rooms and the no-stuff zone.
Visit locations that are inherently uncluttered. Buddhist temples spring to mind as being places with the bare minimal.
4. Be noncommittal. Decisions become scary when they’re set in stone. In other areas of life a little fear could indeed be a good thing, but it’s unnecessary and undesirable when striving to eliminate the desire for more – the challenge is difficult enough without adding further resistance.

There’s no line to cross with attachment to stuff, no mountain you must overcome. It’s a lifestyle you can back out of anytime, a mindset that in no way restricts your ability to choose. Wade through the shallows before diving in the deep end.

5. Understand the psychology of influence. Marketing and sales are apart of this world and it’d be silly to chastise those sectors because in reality we’re all marketers and salespeople – all livelihoods are fuelled by being heard and mutual exchanges. But that doesn’t mean you need to fall into the trap of cheap psychological tricks.

Start by reading about how marketing weasels will try to manipulate you and for more depth pick up a copy of Robert Cialdini’s classic, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.

Other books on the topic that I’m yet to read, but you may want to check out include:

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, Dan Ariely
Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy, Martin Lindstrom
6. Grow into it. Start with small victories. Be mindful of all your purchases and desires and regularly ask yourself “Does this fit into my vision?” You will stumble, it’s the nature of the beast. The world wants you to want more, and the world is a mighty challenger.

Be persistent with your quest for less and surround yourself with positive influences – classical works of literature like the Tao Teh Ching and Walden; Or, Life in the Woods, plus like-minded individuals who want to cut themselves free from the leash of things.

7. Lose yourself. Purchasing is a process we lose ourselves in. First something catches our eye, then there’s the inner conflict (should we buy it?). If we convince ourselves that we should part with our money, there’s that little buzz you get of claiming ownership. You take the product home. And then you use it.

It’s an exciting sequence of events – full of uncertainty and possibility – that we get swept up in. But the problem is, it mostly ends with buyer’s remorse, a dented bank account and all the other costs of owning stuff.

What you need to do is learn to get lost in activities rather than acquisition. Instead of being strung along by the latest gizmo, learn to transplant that process into an outlet such as writing, music or drawing. Focus on doing interesting things rather than buying interesting things.

8. Crunch the numbers. It’s likely that you have a passion that has expenses (like travel or reading) or, at the very least, you would like to put away some money for a rainy day. One simple trick I use to avoid acquiring things is compare the cost of the particular thing in question, to the expenses of my passion.

For example, backpacking through Thailand is something I dream of doing. Now, say it costs $25 per day to live in Phuket. If I were to see an Xbox game selling for $50 I’d ask myself “Is that game worth sacrificing two days in a foreign culture?” Most of the time the answer will be a resounding “No” and it’s in those instances where you’ll be dodging a purposeless impulse buy.

If the answer comes back “Yes,” nothing is wrong with that. Wanting little isn’t about depriving yourself of what’s important to you, but eliminating all the clutter that makes its way into our lives. But make sure you’re being honest with yourself.

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