One of the top obstacles we face, is that we put off doing the things we need to do.

We KNOW what needs to be done - but we still procrastinate.

So, why do we do it? There can be many reasons. Many of them have to do with fear of some sort. Since there are hundreds of fears, that would take a lot of time to analyze. But for now, here are two “deep” reasons that are not talked about that often:

Procrastination Reason 1: Being “bossed around” when little

When we were kids, we weren’t really asked what our opinion was. We were just “ordered” to do things.

“Sit down!”
“Pay attention to the class!”
“Eat your food!”

Sometimes, the intention behind this was good. The adults wanted to help us build a better life (for the most part). However, we had developed a negative association with being told what to do.

As kids, since we had no “power” over the adults, we just decided to be “passive aggressive” about it.

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Imagine eating a nice steak or your favorite food. After 30 minutes you eat AGAIN. After 20 minutes you eat yet again. And so on. It doesn’t matter how healthy or delicious the food is - after a while the body just can’t handle it.

This is very similar to information overload. This is so cliche in our industry that it ain’t even funny. The problem is not that there’s not enough information available - it’s that it has become too much for us to absorb.

One of the new “ailments” of today is called “Information Anxiety” (as if we didn’t have enough issues to deal with ;-)). We want to learn more and more - and we feel anxious if we don’t know everything there is on a subject and we are not “up to date.”

You feel the need to read more and more books, ebooks, articles, reports and forum threads. You feel the need to watch more DVDs and online videos. You feel the need to listen to more teleseminars, CDs or audio programs.

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This is the 2nd post on this blog.

Thanks for all the comments and emails you sent regarding the first post. It felt “weird” communicating with people again - but it was “good weird” - not “freaking weird weird.” ;-)

Ok, lots o’ stuff to cover today, so let’s get to it:

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Attention: Some of the stuff below may sound like new age weird philosophies. That’s exactly how it felt sometimes, as I was writing them - but I can assure you, these are NOT THEORETICAL. These are PRACTICAL things you can apply in your life right now (in minutes).

You will start seeing immediate difference in your business and personal life. How you write ads, articles, salesletters, how you do research, how you make decisions, etc. Although some explaining may be required regarding why we do some things, I’ll try to keep the “theory” to the minimum and give you the specific things to do (at the end of this post).

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The most important and most neglected ability:

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