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In today’s article, setting a deadline can quickly boost productivity in your life. I will be explaining to you the benefits of deadline setting. By showing why you might not be achieving your goals and how you can apply the deadline strategy into your own life.

One Reason Why Your Not Achieving Your Goals Quickly

You have probably guessed the answer already. Of course, it’s not setting a deadline.

When there is no deadline, it’s like your floating in space towards your goal. What a deadline provides is a target to attain. A purpose with a set of easy guideline of when you have to achieve something.

In my own life, when I’m told to do something without a deadline it never gets done in a hurry. There’s just no urgency behind it and it either gets forgotten or until I’m prompted to complete it by a certain date that it gets done.

You can see everywhere in life.

With the covid epidemic just look at how fast vaccines have been discovered in record time. Of course, you can be sceptical but these labs that have created vaccines have been focusing on vaccination for a long time. With a global emergency scientist from all around the world have had the deadline of it needs to be solved immediately and this has led to the creation of the vaccinations we see today.

Look at your own life when you have a deadline and when you haven’t. What’s the difference?

The Carrot And The Stick

A deadline can work two ways. You can either set a deadline for yourself or someone will set one for you. The foremost is more enjoyable because it’s within your control parameters. It’s a great way to boost the productivity level that gives you the push to achieve your goals.

When someone sets a deadline for you. You either crumble under the pressure or you find something inside that powers you through. I have been set deadlines in my life with my job security at stake and I have seen myself produce some of my best work. It has forced me into the best version that has lead to a winning mindset.

It’s all within us to work well towards a deadline. When humans were first roaming the plains of Africa we had a deadline for food, water, shelter, warmth, and safety. These deadlines gave us a purpose to survive. When our life and security are on the line it’s the most powerful deadline we all have to respond to. The saying is the survival of the fitness but it’s also the survival of achieving your deadline too.

What Are The Benefits Of Deadlines

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The benefits of a deadline are that it gives us focus and an urgency to move forward whether that’s survival or achieving our best work. Setting deadlines make us productive and create a habit that allows us to find within us the best version of ourselves. Either your setting deadline or deadline is being set for you but either way, you will find your true potential of what you’re capable of within that given time limit.

How Can You Apply Deadlines To Work For You

When creating your own deadlines. Making the deadline a priority will help you focus your mind on caring for the goal to be achieved.

Once it’s a priority then you must plan and keep track of your progress as this will allow you to know the path you need to take to complete the deadline. Without it, you will be aimless and give up.

When setting a deadline. Make sure it’s doable for your skillset. If you have never been skiing before don’t expect to be a master at it in a week. With this in my mind make sure you set a deadline that is reasonable to complete where it’s doable but challenging. For example, by learning a language you could set yourself a deadline of 3 months to complete.

Overall when setting your own deadline you have to want to do it. No matter how many deadlines you set yourself. If it doesn’t mean anything to you you won’t do it unless it forced upon you.

Over To You

I hope you enjoyed today’s article, setting a deadline can quickly boost productivity in your life.

Deadlines are never a great thing to talk about. But once you understand the power it can have on your life and the productivity you can attain from it. There is no doubt it has to be used to find the best version of yourself.

What deadline are you going to set today to change your life!?

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I’ve spent over 10 years coaching and mentoring people within sport and business. I have many life skills that I have developed and I want to pass these skills on so people can find their best self. I believe it all starts in the mind and I write about valuable tools and strategies to help people grow in this area.

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In today’s article, how to automate your new habits so you don’t fail. I will discuss the benefits automation has on succeeding with new habits. Also understanding why we fail with new habits along with 4 simple steps you can apply today to automate your new habits so they last.

Why Do We Fail With Succeeding With New Habits

Starting new habits is always an exciting prospect. After the excitement of preparation, the first day of the new habit is full of energy. You never feel like your going to stop this new habit forever.

Then it could be a day later or 1 month later and the newness and excitement of the habit will wear off. This is the point where new habits revert back to old habits and all the initial hard work goes back to square one.

One reason why we fail with new habits. Is that we haven’t automated the habit so we don’t have to think about doing it.

For example, when we have control of paying our bills. There is a higher chance they won’t be paid on time. When they’re automated via a direct debit that’s set up in advance. The likelihood of the habit of succeeding increases.

So instead of allowing ourselves to makes excuses, procrastinate or get distracted. Learning to automate habits helps lock them in for the long term.

Why You Should Automate Your Habits

The reason why habits should be automated is so they get done. We all want our new habits to work for us. It only leaves regret and a feeling of failure if we don’t prosper with our new habits. Focussing on finding ways how we can make our habits easier to complete. Is a must that allows the habit to develop. When habits are difficult to start it can take a lot of mental effort each day. That becomes draining and a chore to do.

How To Automate Your New Habits With 4 Simple Steps

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1. One Time Actions

Finding ways to automate the new habit with one time actions is a great way to make a habit stick. For example, if you want to watch less time watching television. You can either cancel your subscriptions or remove the TV. You can use this example with any of your habits to help you stay the course.

2. Take The Easy Road To Starting New Habits

Making the new habit always easy to start allows the habit not to take up mental energy in performing.

Easy is automation best friend.

For example when I exercise I focus on a 5-minute warm-up, not the new exercise habit I want to do. When it’s writing I focus on just writing the introduction, not the whole article. This is a simple trick to always get you started.

3. Utilise Technology To Help New Habits Stick

If your new habits are to do with finance. Utilising technology is a great tool to help you with your spending habits. You can automate your expenses, set caps on spending and set up index funds that you don’t have to worry about. Whatever habit you have that can use technology to help you. Do it! As long as it doesn’t hold you back from other habits.

4. Have Accountability Partners

By working together with someone on a new habit allows the accountability of performing the habit to increase. You just have to make sure the person you are performing the habit with is reliable. If your new habit is taking up exercise or a new sport. This can be great when you are tired then the other person can hold you accountable to your new goal. Imagine David Goggin’s as your accountability partner your habits will be automated without a doubt.

Over To You

I hope you enjoyed today article, how to automate your new habits so you don’t fail.

Creating all your new habits to be automated. Will allow you to always succeed by continuing to take action with your habits.

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