Change is a desire for everyone. It is true that our situations won’t change by time. Our situations only change when our thinking starts to change. We should not be stagnant in life because being stagnant is implying that we are being backslidden. Therefore, we should change ourselves if we want our situations to change. But how do we bring changes to ourselves? One of the ways to bring change is to remember that when we want to get where we want to go, we should start where we are currently. Famous American author Napoleon Hill said, “The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.” As a result, it is important for us to have decisiveness in our lives.
According to the definition in Oxford dictionary, decisiveness is the ability to decide something clearly and quickly. Yet another successful businessman Lee Iacocca said, “If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.” Therefore, decisiveness is a crucial property to bring change.
However, things do not run smooth when we want to change. There is always enemy for everyone and everything, so is decisiveness. The enemy of decisiveness is ambivalence. Ambivalence is defined as the showing of both good and bad feeling about something. In other words, ambivalence is the constant fluctuation between two things. That implies that we cannot decide things fast and appropriately. With this enemy, a natural reaction will be following up, this reaction is procrastination.
With this opportunity, I would like to share 9 steps to overcome this problem of procrastination in our lives. First of all, we should
Activate our planner If we fail to plan, we plan to fail. It is important to start everything by planning. A to-do list is a very effective planner because we can delete whatever thing we have done. We can easily check our progress and this can give us encouragement to carry on.
Break large tasks When we are facing a large pile of documents to type, large amount of project to complete, a long essay to write and we don’t know where to start. It is good to start by breaking up part by part and finish each part in each period of time. This will truly lessen our pressure.
Create deadlines It is important to create deadlines prior to the official deadlines. This can enable us to have time for editing and train up our time management skills.
Deal with the mess Despite everything else, we should be well-organized. Do not get amazed by seeing a pile of works in a person’s office, it is nothing but implying that they are really NOT ORGANISED.
Encourage yourself Say positive word to yourself instead of discouraging words. It gives no cost to encourage oneself.
Face your face Don’t run away from the problem. Face it! The problem will not be solved until you choose to face it and solve it.
Goal review It is important to have a goal review after every time we have completed some tasks. This can enable us to evaluate how good our works are. At the same time, it can be a source of encouragement too!
Hang on, don’t give up! Even if we are facing a lot of things and we started to feel collapsed and desperate. We should not give up! Instead, we should always remember that this is a transition to success.
Initiate now! After getting know of all of these plans and works. We should initiate, but we should not just initiate. We should initiate now!
I believe through all these, we will have victory over procrastination. At the meantime, I want to send all of you a blessing that you will be successful in everything you did! ( It is as easy as ABCDEFGHI right? :))
WIth a blink of eyes... 2008 has made its step toward us.. Can't really imagine that time really passed so swiftly, in 2007, I really went through a lot, happy experiences as well as unhappy ones, but I really appreciate this all.
With the commence of year 2008, it symbolises my new beginning of life. I am currently in my hometown - Sandakan. I will be back to my study place (Singapore) on 10 Jan. During these period, I really went through a lot, in studies, it is no doubt watsoever I faced pressure at the beginning of the term, and gradually I started to adapt myself in this very environment, my exam result really indicated that the statement is true. I am sure that in the next sememster, I WILL BE SUCCESS!
In friendship, I really thank God that I can settle my relationships during these periods, so that I can really concentrate in my studies and not keep something in my heart which makes me feel heavy and anxious about.
To my friend: Thank you for the cares all along, and I really appreciate the time I spent with you. There are so many to thank and hope the year of 2008 will also be a new beginning for you too!!!
A lot has happened on 2007, from the time I step across the borderline of Singapore from JB, things started to work out accordingly, I have really grown up for sure. I really want to send my appreciation to especially these people: Aunty Stella Ong, Winston, Daddy & Mommy, Anna, Pastor Alan Lim, Archdeacon Moses Chin, Pastor Aaron (Kiun Lung), who cares for me and concern about me. You really played an important part to my life!
Thank you!!!
Let's start a new life from now on!!! MAKING A DIFFERENCE!!!!
The time I first came to Singapore is about 4 months ago. During these 4 months, I have really grown a lot. One of the things that I noticed and being heard of before I came is the tendency to compare to others, this always become the factor for the stress that evryone of us bring to ourselves..
Guess what.. Actually many of us are very very very good! It is just the factor that the surroundings have people greater than us, that shows that we are somehow 'bad'.. Actually this is wrong!
It depends on our attitudes! If we have a right attitude towards your works, all of them are the best by your own strength! It is true that everyone is no. 1!
one of the event that inspired me the most is the sports event, especially the "Special Olympics" and "Paralympics". They are very inspring, the message that I have earned always bring me a lot of mind renew! Following are the MV by Andy Lau, which is a propagandor of paralympic, I like it a lot! Hope can share with you guys!
Hey guys! I just got encouraged by the Special Olympic that will be held this year in China! Special Olympic is an olympic event which is being held for the impaired persons and the disables..
I watched the mucis Video that was shooted in China of the Theme Song of this wonderful event last week: "I know I can!" by 孙楠 and 何耀珊..
I am really touched! How many of you know that we all can have a bright future? We are not being limited by our circumstances but by our mindset! Whoever think he is, so is he! Friends, let no circumtance be standing on our ways to limit our success! Be real and be bold in everything you do!
Hey guys.. You know what.. Sometimes we might complaint about our situations that we have so many obstacle, most of us feels negative with their lives.. But you konw what, actually we are not that suffering ya know?
Sometimes we just feel that we are the most misearble person in world ever have! I know you might tell me, ‘Hey wait fella, u dunno what am I going through, how dare you said so?'.. Yes, I don't know what you are going through, truly everyone has their own hardships and adversaries.. But you know what, no matter how we feel, no matter what attitude we use to deal with these circumstances, they just won't change! So, how should we deal with them?
Attitude is important, it determines the altitude! All of us want to be a conqueror for sure, I'm not refering to the conqueror that will conquer the world.. I mean the self-conquer.. The one who can guard their hearts are more than a conqueror!
Whta is more than a conqueror? How can one be more than a conqueror? Well, a conqueror can change their circumstances and beat them; but more than a conqueror meanswe successfully overcome the hardship EVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES REMAINS!
Truly, this is a wonderful man, and HE IS MORE THAN THE CONQUEROR.. Nick Vujicic..
This is encouraging, friend, we WILL sure overcome what we can't overcome now.. Even he can do that, we not us!? A more inspiring example! A dog without limbs...
