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WASTE 33 YEARS WASTE 33 YEARS How I was on pace to of my life @imrane @escapeyourdeskjob (and what I did about it)

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Early last year, I

realized I had a

March

REALPROBLEM2

014

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No matter what I

tried, I was a

CHRONICPROCASTINATOR

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As a former productivity consultant

for a big consulting firm, this was...

Why the f*** isshe so happy?

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EMBARASSING

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So for 2 weeks, I recorded

each and everything I did

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If ISlept

Ate

Shat

Bathed

Read books

Watched movies

It didn't matter,

I recorded

EVERY-MINUTE

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At the end of the

two weeks, I

added up the

numbers...

WTF, who still uses these?

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and guess

what...

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I was wasting

41%of my life

Life

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On things like

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Imagine almost

HALF

of my life would be spent on these

things if I kept going

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And I'm not alone

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The average American watches

4 hours of TV every night

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...and another 2 hours is spent on

social media

5 bucks, says this is Tinder

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And we are paying the price

physically

financially and

emotionally

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We now sleep 20% less than

people did 60 years ago

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We spend 25% less time with

family than just 30 years ago

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And because of that we are...D

ep

re

ss

ed Tired

and lazy

Sic

k

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But back to

Me

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I needed to do something

BADLY

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Or risk not

accomplishing

anything with

my life

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So I started

of research into

behavioural

change

Months

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I studied ideas from BJ Fogg, a professor in

behaviour modification for the last 20 years

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...to gurus like Robin Sharma, Tim

Ferriss, Seinfeld and Tony Robbins

to see what they do

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and finally found the

Answerin

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wait for it...

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Habits!

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What...you knew that

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Shut thefront door

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40%

Did you

know that

of your day is spent

MINDLESSLYrunning through

habits

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Like that can of pop you

have everyday for lunch

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Think about it

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Don't you

visit the same

websites every

morning after you

reach work?

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Don't you start your

day the same way?

(maybe a bagel and coffee)

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Don't you talk

with the same

coworkers about

the same stuff

everyday?

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We don't think about these

things because our

brains use habitsto reduce our

mental load

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...and as we get older,

our routines become

more firm and

harder to change

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This can lead us towards

like our habits of

eating a salad for

lunch

positive outcomes

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or towards

like having a double,

fat, triple fudge

double dipper,

decadent cafe

laaaattee every

morning

negative outcomes

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OKNow, let's talk

about two things

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1What is a habit?

and the two ways to break them

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2The two things I did that

changed my life, forever

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4There are

parts to any habit

1 What is a habit?

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Let's use an example from everyones live's to demonstrate

The Habit of Checking Facebook

1 What is a habit?

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1 What is a habit?

CueThe

Start's off the

habit

Think about that feeling of being

anxious before starting work

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1 What is a habit?

RoutineThe

Our response to

the cue

Think checking Facebook in

response to being anxious

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1 What is a habit?

RewardThe

What we get or feel

for following through

That feeling of being connected

and satisfying out FOMO (fear of missing out)

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1 What is a habit?

CravingThe

Brings it all together

Now, next time we get the cue, we

immediately CRAVE the reward

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NowThere are two ways

to break any habit

2 Two things I did

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1 Remove the cue

2 Change the routine

2 Two things I did

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Let's talk about

the first one

2 Two things I did

Eliminating Distractions

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Did you know the typical office work is

interrupted every 11 minutes

2 Two things I did

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And it takes more than

2xAs long to get back on track

(or 25 mins)

2 Two things I did

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Let me add that up

for you - thats

2hrs EVERYDAY

spent distracted

2 Two things I did

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Every. Single. Day.

That's

12.5%of

2 Two things I did

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So what I did was

2 Two things I did

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1. Turned off myphone notifications,

all of them

2 Two things I did

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Becausenothing is

urgent or they would call

Really

2 Two things I did

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2. Deleted allinfinity apps off ofmy phone(Think Facebook, Twitter, any app that has endless content)

2 Two things I did

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2 Two things I did

Change #2: Created a Morning Routine

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Leo BabautaFounder of Zen Habits

Wakes up at 4:30amDrinks waterSets 3 important tasksfor his dayFixes lunch for his kidsEats breakfast & readsExercisesShowersWakes kids & wife at6:30am

EVERY MORNING 2 Two things I did

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Tony RobbinsThe Self-Help Guru

Calls it his

Hour of power

which includes lightexercise, motivationalincantations and 10minutes of thinking abouteverything he is grateful of.

2 Two things I did

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Do you have ablock of timeset aside in

your mornings?

2 Two things I did

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If not, start by writingdown 3 goals you have

2 Two things I did

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And then take onestep towards

each goal every morning

2 Two things I did

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Making these two changes,

2 Two things I did

(And a few others - learn more by clicking here)

In only 21 daysI was able to...

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2 Two things I did

Read 4 booksLearn 363 Portugese wordsPublish 3 comprehensive blog postsExercise for a total of 840 minutesMediate for a combined total of 315 minutesAnd start my side business

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Since then I'veused habits

to...

2 Two things I did

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Become a VeganSwim 30 laps at the pool - Non-StopComplete 250 sit-ups in one sessionAnd even create this presentation!

2 Two things I did

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Start makingthese changes

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TODAY!

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The next

33 yearsof your life depend on it!