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If you're finding yourself struggling with procrastination, step back and ask yourself one question: What problem, is it, that you are solving? So, too, if you're looking to build something for someone else, start with their frustration, rather than talking about your solution. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

If you're finding procrastination is holding you back, think of setting small goals along the way. A most effective way to do this is to build feedback loops into your processes. "Feedback" feels like a negative term, but the feedback may be positive. And even if it is negative, it can give you some clear idea of when you're on the wrong track. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

It can be so discouraging when you start a new project and have no traction. If you're building an audience, for example, you have exactly zero followers. It's tough. Here are some ways to get past the starting mark: keep focused on the big goal and the payout from achieving it be grateful for little wins along the way - small milestones recognise you're never really starting from zero. You bring a lot of experiences to the table, so "zero" is not really zero. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

If you were to disappear for a while, what would still keep happening? What systems, processes, events would keep going, if you took a break? Today's episode shows you the value of having things that can run without you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

You know what it's like to put off a job that should take you just 20 minutes. 20 minutes turns into two hours. Two hours becomes two weeks. A few weeks more, and you still haven't got back to it. But what if your procrastination could turn your two hour job into 20 minutes? What if you were to spend two hours working deeply on this "little" job, and then built a system to make it a smooth ride every time you have to do the same job again? Here is your permission to procrastinate ... and how to do it properly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

So, you're a creator, a dreamer. And you don't see yourself as a technology person. That's OK. In this episode, you'll get a new perspective on technology, and a very simple way to spend less time on it ... without having to outsource the work to someone else. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

You'll never know your value until you hear it from a stranger. The challenge is that you need to create something that matters to people, and that's hard to do unless you're actually in touch with people who care about what you create. But you also can be deceived by friends who encourage you, and have no real interest in what you make or do. That's where strangers come in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

How do you push through when you feel like a failure? How do you manage it when your efforts seem to have been fruitless? Here's my approach to failure. The key is not to see success and failure as binary, but to find little wins in every apparent failure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

Do you every find yourself saying: "I didn't have time", or "I'll do that later"? Are you postponing important activities until you have some spare time? Well, there's no such thing as spare time. That doesn't mean you need to be super productive. But any time you spend - even leisure time - can be spent with a purpose, rather than burning up (wasting) time because you had nothing better to do. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

If you're feeling like you're not an expert, it's time to think again. You don't need to be an expert to be able to help someone else. If you're feeling a little bit of impostor syndrome about whether your work is good enough, remember that your audience is people who are just behind you. Others are looking to you, not because you're some world leader in your field, but because you've been able to achieve something that they're on the verge of trying. You're not an expert! Live with it! Ask, instead, who needs my help? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

When you're building a new habit, or starting to use a system, the advice is generally to do something every day. In this podcast, you'll learn why in building a habit you should aim for twice a day, in order to cement the habit. This is episode 014 of the Learn to Implement podcast, where you learn how to: stop procrastinating manage perfectionism, and execute on your ideas. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

Are you sick of waiting for things? Here's a better way for you to use your waiting time. And it's not just advice to be patient! There's a lot more you can do to profit from the time you spend waiting for things. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

Are you swamped? Overwhelmed? Do you keep telling people how busy you are? You may have created a trap for yourself; the busy-ness trap. Here's how to get out of it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

Is procrastination holding you back? Here are three methods you can use to help you get moving on that project you've been thinking about for too long. (Bonus: there's a fourth approach towards the end of this podcast which will also help beat procrastination). ---------------------- My name is Anthony English and this is episode number 10 of “Learn to Implement”, where we teach you how to fight procrastination, manage perfectionism, and implement some of those business ideas you're always learning about. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

When you have a series of repeatable tasks to do, you can buy yourself back a lot of time. Supposing you need to process something for a group of customers, and each customer has 5 steps involved. One way to shorten the time taken is to batch up the steps that you have to run for each customer. Do step 1 for all the customers first. Other options are discussed in the podcast episode. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

If you're frustrated with yourself and feeling stuck, there's a simple way to get yourself out of that. It's called building a process, but you need to be careful about what kind of process or system you want to build. First, you need to make it small. Second, you should start with something that is totally in your control, and not relying on someone else. I find it helpful to start with the pain or problem that you have, rather than to start with a goal or ideal outcome. I explain why in this episode. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

Thoughts come to us like clutter. It's like a perpetual sushi brain of ideas, tasks we have to do, reminders. Well, what if you actually were to let those thoughts stream past, just like a sushi train? No judgment. Just let the thoughts come in and flow out. This is episode 006 of the Learn to Implement podcast, where you learn how to: - stop procrastinating - manage perfectionism, and - execute on your ideas. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE ON HOW TO SAY BYE BYE TO BUSY WORK. ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP TO GET LESSON 1 HERE⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

Habits are ways of doing activities with less focus, less stress and less clutter in your brain. What's one small habit you can build today that is going to be a gift to yourself tomorrow? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

When you put your keys in the place where you can find them tomorrow, you're investing in your future self. When you brush your teeth, you're planning to live another day. In fact, most of our actions are about the future, and making us better prepared for it. In the same way, if you stay up too late tonight for no good reason, you're stealing from your future self; you're going to be too tired tomorrow. This episode shows how you can give a gift to your future self with your actions today. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

With the million ideas, tasks and reminders that are going around your head, how do you make them less of drain? Simple! You turn them into habits. If you're spending a lot of mental energy on tasks that ought to be low concentration, it will drain that energy that you should be using for the more intensive thinking time. By adopting small habits, you get to relax while you're doing them, so that you can give your attention to more important ideas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

When you click to download an app - or to listen to a podcast- beware! You may be committing to a whole lot more than the time it takes you to download or to listen to that episode. Each time you subscribe to an email newsletter, download a free eBook, or start listening to a podcast episode, if it's more than just entertainment, you're making a promise to yourself to start implementing this. So, be aware of the commitment you might be making. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

Do you consume podcasts, read loads of books, and learn all you can? Good for you! But how much do you get to implement? How do you implement all those lessons, so that those great ideas don't just slip through the cracks? In this short-form podcast, you'll learn some practical steps that help you apply what you learn, so you go from learner to implementer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learn-to-implement/message

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Forget about how to do a particular project or develop a habit. Start with what your real motivation is. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

If your day is run by interruptions people chasing you up and take a leaf out of the book of a detective on the TV show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Have you got a pile of books in your reading list? Does listening to them in audio format feel like cheating? Here's a different perspective. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Another day of interruptions. That project, that idea, you just never really got to work in it. Here's how to change that story…without working longer hours. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

More importantly, why do you want to build a habit in the first place? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Failure has a positive side. Here's my story of how I wrote a book fir Kindle Direct Publishing and made only 1 cent from it last month. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Is your day a string of interruptions? Is it like a sushi train of colourful things to fill up your time and never satisfy you? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

What if your lack of something is actually a gift? What if your lack of experience gives you the ability to look at a situation with fresh eyes? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

If you get to the end of the day and think: “what did I actually achieve?”, it maybe time for you to address the interruptions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Can you think of anything more difficult to sell than a dentist's offer of root canal surgery? If you find it difficult to sell yourself then listen to this episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Think of some small project you have to do. Your activity could involve something you need to know first, or something you need to do, or something you have to wait for. Know/do/wait can all be shortened. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Productivity sometimes seems to be about getting lots of things done. No doubt, people who are productive can achieve many things. But there's another kind of "work", which can have a bigger impact ... even if you're not ploughing through a to do list. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

The master craftsman knows something that will help you get past impostor syndrome. And if you're a perfectionist then you're missing out on something that mastery has to offer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Before embarking on a new project be very clear about what's driving everybody to be part of it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Perfectionism has its upsides. It's good to do things well, to want to pay attention to detail. It says you take pride in your work. But perfectionism can also have its downsides. It can be a reason for beating yourself up, or for avoiding good work that you know you could do, and that you know you should do. But how do you set aside perfectionism? Do you need to change your whole personality and way of doing things? No. There's an easier way to manage perfectionism, and still be professional and get things done. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Are you stuck doing things that you just have to do but don't really enjoy? How do you turn those things into leisure? Yep; it can be done! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Businesses exist to make a profit. However, "profit" isn't limited to a financial one. The profit is financial, and emotional. And it depends on happy customers who also want to make their own "profit" from using your service or product. If you're feeling impostor syndrome about starting a business - as I did (with no business experience) - this episode will give you Business 101. We don't dive into the financials or legal stuff. Just the high level - what is business all about? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Is all multitasking bad? I don't think so. Multitasking is doing two things at once…or several things at once. Actually, it's better to call it switch tasking, as you can only concentrate on one thing at a time. But there is a case for some multitasking, I think. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

How good are you at making decisions? If you have a finite number of decisions you can make in a day what kinds of things should you focus on? Here's how you can get better at daily decision making. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Feeling discouraged? Have you started learning something which you thought would be very useful, but then you've given up? Are you chasing pleasant things, but really procrastinating? The love ladder will help you. A lot! What is the love ladder? It's a hierarchy of loves, of reasons (if you like) for taking action. The love ladder has three rungs. Things that are merely useful for something else, such as bitter medicine. Things that are desirable in themselves. They're pleasant (and may also be useful) Things that are fitting for you. They make you be who you're meant to be. Listen to the episode as I share some examples and tell you how these can help you when impostor syndrome is holding you back. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

"I'll never teach my children to drive." That's what I always said. But somehow I did, and will be starting to teach our fourth child in a couple of months. 120 hours of supervised driving before they can do the test to get their license.

Do you have big hopes and dreams but you feel like giving up even before you start. You don't know what your next step should be in the mountain peak is shrouded in fog. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Do you look at job ads and think: "I don't have all of those skills"? Do you find job interviews hard? What about if you're running a business and trying to talk to a prospect about a service you're offering? You probably focus on your skills and experience, and your work ethic. All very important, but you may be making it difficult for yourself and for the person you're trying to sell your services to. Here's a different approach...especially if you feel like an impostor. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Impostor syndrome isn't just about feeling that you're about to be found out as a fraud. It's also got some more subtle symptoms. Some of them are: dismissing all compliments spending time on low-value tasks agonising over unimportant decisions negative self talk (beating yourself up can be your favourite pastime) giving up before you start Being able to identify the symptoms is the first step to treating them. The subtle symptoms are very sneaky, and sneakiness hates being exposed to the light. So, let's shine some light on them, shall we? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

"You see, I'm a perfectionist." Have you heard that one before? I created this podcast with minimal ambitions, so as to fight the perfectionist monster. I started with no special microphone. No editing No guests No commitment to regular episodes And not even any plans to build an audience. I literally just hit record. Two years and 140 episodes later, I've now got some assets - the episodes - which can be used to share with an audience across different podcast platforms. There's a lot I could enhance - the podcast image. Create an email list to alert people as new episodes come out. Maybe associate episodes with chapters in a book I'm writing. But none of that would have happened if I'd started with thinking it has to be perfect. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

When you feel overwhelmed - too many things going around your head - you can take some simple, practical steps to clear those out of the way permanently. Ask yourself a few questions: What's the task? Why does it need to be done? Why does it need to be done by you? What's the outcome? Focus on the benefits - immediate ones and long term. What's the process? Can you automate this? Is there an app that can do this? If you were to teach someone else to do this, what would they need to know? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

Here's how to get things out of your head, which will reduce your stress and actually be an act of generosity to others. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message

It's raining, and I'm recording this episode in less than ideal conditions as I walk to get my morning coffee. That combination of problems is what you're going to help me solve today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impostor-syndrome-aus/message