The Real Reason You Procrastinate
And the Hidden Tricks that Keep You Stuck
In this guide
You're going to discover
That the part of your brain
That creates wants and desires
Works separately and independant
From the part
That allows you to act
On those desires
So...
You have one part of your brain
Creating wants and desires
And a completely different part
That gives the green light
To act on those desires
So, it's possible
For your brain
To both create a want for something
And at the same time
Keep you from going after it
And...
That's what procrastination and sabotage are
A part of your brain
NOT giving the green light
To pursue a desire or outcome
Interestingly enough
Both parts can get in your way!
And in this guide, you'll learn how both your wants and resistance hold you back
1. Wants
Let's first start with your wants
It's hard to imagine
But many of your challenges in life
Actually come from your wants
That’s right!
Your challenge to doing what you want
Comes from the want itself
That's because...
The part of your brain that creates wants and desires
Is completely unrestrained
It’s creating wants one after another
The only job of this part of the brain
Which I call the wanting mechanism
Is to create wants
And it's cranking out endless wants and desires
Day in and day out
At a pace
Faster than you can achieve
You can think of your wanting mechanism
Like a simple on-off switch
That gets flipped
Based on certain cues
- It sees a new pair of shoes, and wants it
- The latest iPhone comes out, it wants that too
- Someone attractive walks by, and it wants that as well
This switch creates so many wants
In a single day
No one person
Has the time or energy
To achieve in a lifetime
Even if you lived multiple lives
You couldn't achieve
Let alone enjoy
All the wants
Your brain is producing
And that’s because...
Your wanting mechanism doesn’t understand
That your time, energy, and resources are limited
It simply creates wants
Nor does it check to see if your want is achievable
It simply creates wants
Even while you’re working on one want
Your mechanism will create other wants to chase
The wanting mechanism is the reason
- You buy stuff you DON'T need
- Crave things that AREN'T fulfilling
- And why people cheat when they’re already in a relationship
It’s also the reason
Why it’s so hard
"To do the work"
This mechanism pulls you
In so many directions
It’s difficult to stick to any one
Though...
This is just ONE of challenge of your wants
There are many other challenges your wanting mechanism creates, including:
A. Conflicting Wants
This is where
The brain creates
Two opposing desires
So, having one
Means giving up another
Because you don't let go of either
You achieve neither
B. Strong Wants
This is where
Your desire is so strong
It takes all your
Attention and focus
So you don't
Have anything left
To work on the
Task, activity, or goal
In other words
Since all your attention and energy
Is on the desire
None is available for actually
Working on the desire
C. Unaligned Wants
Just because your brain
Creates a want for something
Doesn’t mean you will
Enjoy or find it fulfilling
So...
You may be chasing
A want or desire
You deep down
Don't really want
This is where
One cause of your
Procrastination and sabotage
Comes from
The other is...
2. Resistance
As you learned
Anytime you have a want
It's reviewed by resistance
To see whether
You should do it or not
Resistance looks at many criteria's
To decide if you should do it or not
I'll quickly talk about one of them
So you understand how resistance works
One of the reasons resistance stops you from going after something is if
The task or goal opens the door to a lot of failures
I’ve traveled a lot
To over 100 countries
But there was a point
When I was afraid to travel
In fact...
Traveling was so scary
I rarely traveled alone
After diving into the root of this resistance
I realized...
My brain was processing
Everything that could go wrong
- What if I buy the wrong flight
- Book it for the wrong date
- Or I have to cancel and can’t get a refund
- What if I can’t make it to the airport
- Miss the flight
- Forget to pack something
Or worse
- My luggage is lost
- I’m pick pocketed
- Or the hotel isn’t nice
So...
Anytime you set out to do something
Especially something new
Your brain will process
All the things that can go wrong
You don’t notice the processing happen
But it’s there
Running in the background
All you notice is the inability to do the thing
The more things that can go wrong
And the worse the outcome
The more resistance your brain will create
But...
Instead of telling you
What those things are
Your brain just creates
This impenetrable wall
You can’t push through
It can feel
Like being paralyzed
And not knowing why
Though...
This is just one cause of resistance
There are many more reasons resistance stops you, including:
A. Self-Image
Many people have a self-image
Of being cool, smart, tech savvy, and so on
But they won't apply themselves
Because if things don't go well
They will have to face the fact
That they are not as cool or smart
As they believe themselves to be
So it's easier
To not do the thing
And hold on to the self-image
Than to do it
And face the possibility
Of proving it wrong
B. Avoid Something Bigger
This is a pattern
I see a lot
With inspiring authors
Many authors spend
Years writing a book
But they'll procrastinate
On finishing it
Because finishing it will mean
Facing something bigger
They're avoiding
Usually feedback and criticism
They are so afraid
Of what people will think
About their book
They will procrastinate
On finishing the book now
To avoid the bigger
Feedback and criticism later
C. Authority Issues
When growing up
If the people
In your life
Were always telling you:
- What to do
- What not to do
- How to do it
- How not to do it
Your brain gets fed up
And doesn't want to do
Anything anyone has
Ever told you
Even when you grow up
And want to do those things
Your brain prevents you
Just to not give
The authorities in your life
The satisfaction of being right
These are other causes of your procrastination & sabotage
3. Tricks of Resistance
Here's the thing...
When your resistance
Stops you from doing something
It doesn’t tell you
That it's stopping you
Or give you a reason
As to why
For example...
If self-image is the culprit
Your brain won't say
“Hey, this goal of yours, might threaten the self-image we're trying to uphold, so I can’t let you do it”
Nope...
In action manifests other ways
Your brain uses manipulative tricks
To keep you
From taking action
And your brain
Has many tricks
Up it’s sleeves
To keep you
From doing so
To understand
What I mean by "tricks"
I’ll share a powerful story
Several years ago
I heard a woman
In South Africa
Give a speech
About her journey of addiction
She described a pattern
Addicts fall into
That she herself fell into
She said...
Many addicts know
What they're doing
Is wrong
When they're searching
For the next hit
A part of them knows
They should stop
But a sneaky little trick
Keeps them from stopping
They say…
After the next hit
I’ll stop
After the next one
I’ll stop.
I just need to do it one more time
But after, I’ll stop
Here is the thing…
They keep saying this
When they say it
They’re convinced
It’ll only be
Only one more time
Absolutely convinced
They truly believe
After the next one
They will stop
I bring this up
Because I know
You’re doing this
In some area of your life
Anytime a reminder comes up
In that moment
A voice surfaces that says
- I’ll do it later
- I’ll do it tomorrow
- I’ll do it this weekend
- I’ll do it next week
- I’ll do it next time
When you say it...
You’re convinced
You’ll do it later
Or next time
Absolutely convinced!
But when the "later" or "next" arrives
You push it off to the next
And next
And the one after that
And you'll do it for months and years
This is one of the tricks of resistance
It makes you
Keep putting things off
In fact...
There are some people
Who have been telling themselves
Later or next
Their entire life
Every time they say it
They're convinced
They will start next time
But they never do
Though...
This is just one trick of your resistance
There are many more, including:
A. Overwhelm
Have you ever
Procrastinated on something
That you thought
Was much bigger
Or more difficult
Than it really was
But after starting
You realized
It wasn’t so bad
Well...
That's a trick
Your brain uses
It makes things
So overwhelming
You don't feel like starting
Let alone thinking about it
B. Bottle Neck
Have you ever told yourself
You'll start working out
Once you sign up
For a gym membership
Then you waited
Months and years
To sign-up?
That's another trick!
Your brain keeps you
From doing something small
To create a bottle neck
To the bigger action
As long as you
Don't do the small thing
You can't take the bigger actions
that lead to the result
C. Feel Superior
Have you ever had
Someone give you advice
But you said
"Nay, I don’t need that"
"I got this"
Or have other feelings of being "too good?"
As long as
You feel too good
You don’t do the thing
As long as you don't do it
The "tricks" win yet again!
By now you're understanding
There's much more
To your procrastination
Than you might have imagined
I'm sure you've
Heard the phrase
"You are your own worst enemy"
Well...
Resistance is the enemy within
That stops you!
So...
Anytime you find yourself
Procrastinating or sabotaging
Or not able to do that thing
1. The first step
Is starting with your wants
As you saw
Your own wants can be the very thing that keeps you from going after them
2. The next step
Is addressing the resistance
Figure out why
Your brain is
Holding you back
If you remember
All your wants are filtered by resistance to see if you should do it
3. The third step
Is to notice
the "Tricks" at play
That's because
When resistance stops you, it doesn't tell you that it's stoping you, but uses manipulative tricks
So...
Anytime you're stuck
Look at these steps
I hope you found this guide helpful
And it opened your eyes
To how deep
Your procrastination and sabotage goes
If you'd like
To go even deeper
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You'll learn:
1. How to gain control of your wanting mechanism so it's not pulling you in every direction
2. Over 15 reasons resistance puts the breaks in your life
3. Over 30 tricks your resistance is using right now to hold you back
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42 HD Video Lessons - Accessible on any device
Topic 1 - Mastering Your Wants
Topic 2 - Unraveling Your Resistance
Topic 3 - Exposing the Tricks of Resistance
Topic 4 - Removing Your Resistance
Topic 5 - Taking Consistent Action
Bonus Module - Tools to Release Resistance in the Moment
Bonus Access - 30 Days Support from Me
Worksheets After Every Module to Apply Material
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