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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.

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:

You bring a lot of experiences to the table, so "zero" is not really zero.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

This is episode 005 of the Learn to Implement podcast, where you learn how to: - stop procrastinating - manage perfectionism, and - execute on your ideas.

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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.

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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.

This is episode 003 of the Learn to Implement podcast, where you learn how to: - stop procrastinating - manage perfectionism, and - execute on your ideas.

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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.

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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.

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