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December 2012 - Issue 101 - www.clareevans.co.uk
Hello ,
As 2012 comes to an end and you get ready for next year, it's always a good time to
reflect on what you've achieved in the last 12 months and plan what you'd like
to achieve in the next 12 months.
Get your New Year off to a great start - increase your productivity, find out how to get
more done in less time and focus on making a real difference to what you can
achieve in 2013.
The Kick Start sessions will give you proven tools and techniques that will
enable you to start the year as you mean to go on.
For the rest of this month you can get six sessions instead of four at the same great
price. There are only a limited number available, so hit reply or contact me today to ensure
you get your Kick Start to 2013. (Once all the available slots are booked up ... they're gone.)
If you enjoyed last year's 12 Days of Productivity - this year you can get 30 Days of
Productivity with the 30 Day Time Challenge to carry you over Christmas and in to the New Year.
Thank you to everyone who has joined me this year and connected with me through my blog, on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook.
Enjoy the holiday season and I look forward to hearing from you in 2013, if not before.
With very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
Clare
P.S. Feel free to pass this newsletter on to your friends and colleagues. Thank you.
 
What are you putting off?
If you have a tendency to put things off or leave things to the last minute, don't worry - you're not alone.
We all do
it and for various reasons. Understand
what those reasons are and you're more likely to be able to come up with a
solution. Dig down to understand what you're
resisting or what's causing you to put off a particular task and it can become
much easier to tackle.
Sometimes it's a result of getting in our own way and surprisingly it can even be our sense of
perfectionism that stops us moving forward.
Wanting to get it right first time or not wanting to make a mistake.
If you have clear goals and your focused on what you need to do you're less likely to procrastinate!
Here are a few ideas to keep you on track:
Planning - knowing what you need to do and
when you need to get it done by can help prevent procrastination. Create a structure to work with and make it
easier to tackle those more mundane tasks you're likely to put off.
Schedule things ahead of time and block out
time in your daily planner for them.
Prioritize - if you know what's important you'll know when you're focusing on that oh so 'critical' but actually not very important task that suddenly
seems a whole lot more interesting, while you put off the one that's actually
far more important (and potentially more profitable).
Break It Down - often if you've got a
task that's too big, it can seem overwhelming or will take time to do, so you keep putting it off until you 'have more time'. Which of course doesn't happen until
it becomes critical and magically you're then able to find the time.
Get someone else to do it. We'll often put off those tasks we don't
like doing or we're not 100% comfortable with because we don't have enough
skill or time. So hand them over to someone else who does. They'll do it quicker and more
efficiently, rather than trying to struggle through or putting it off for ever and
a day.
Focus - once you focus on what
you want, it's more likely to happen. If you've been putting something off for a
long time - and let's face it - there's probably something that we've all been
putting off for either just that right moment or for 'when we have
more time, resources, money ...' give it some focus and make it happen.
It could be a project at work or at home.
If it's worth doing, then invest some time and effort and get it done.
Set a time limit - if you only commit to
spending 10, 15, 30 minutes on a task you're putting off, it can seem less
onerous and you might find that once you've broken the resistance that actually
it's not so bad and you're able to get going.
Use a simple tool like a kitchen timer or download Focus Booster to help keep you on track.
Need help with the things you keep putting off? Get in touch - let's work through it together and find a solution.
Until next year - enjoy what's left of 2012.
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Clare Evans
Personal and Business Coach
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