How To Be Cool and Do Stuff

I get distracted easily. I battle with this constantly.

To be truly cool, you have to get stuff done. Here’s how:

1. Eliminate Distractions. Even one distraction can bring your house of cards down, so be complete about this. This means:

• Clear your desk. If you need to, clear it all off into a pile on the floor to deal with after you are done.
• No internet or computer programs open that are unnecessary for your project. *
• No TV or Radio unless it is instrumental or unless you are doing art work and you work best with music.
• No noise. If you have other people nearby that make noise on a regular basis, consider getting a pair of noise canceling headphones.
• No phone. That’s what voice mail and caller id are for. Don’t answer it. If you think it might be important you can listen to the voicemail and decide when will be the best time to call back. Imagine that you are in a meeting and can’t be interrupted.
• No email or feed reader.
• Just you and your project.

2. Visualize Take 5-10 minutes to visualize your project and what you need to do overall and today.

3. Planning Write out the plan for your project whether it is to clean the house, design a website, complete a writing assignment, create art, complete a day of errands, studying for an exam, or whatever. Write out the major steps from start to finish in a basic outline format.

4. Today Plan Write out the action steps you will take today and the approximate time you will be working on each step. Be as granular in your outline as need to keep yourself on task, but not any more than is necessary.

5. Breaks & Rewards Build in breaks into your Today Plan. Write in the times and use a timer to stay on track. Here is a free online timer. Plan a reward for the end of the day.

6. Take Action Work your plan. Use your Today Plan as your guide. Keep moving forward. When you find yourself getting distracted go back to your Today Plan. Be strict with yourself about keeping distractions from creeping into your project time.

Complete Article: How to Focus Your Mind on the Project

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I think you’re starting to feel better, too.  I know I am.

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That’s not all, either. You may have noticed the tagline “Blogged with the Flock Browser” in the lower right corner of a few posts.

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“If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?”

- Dr Robert Anthony

This is just incredible to think about.  Our beliefs direct our lives, whether we know it or not, and whether we like it or not.

Original post here

Started in March.  It takes me 6-8 weeks for this to come in.  Just shaved it off, as Mustache May has officially ended. New haircut as well (still adjusting my self image).

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Welcome.

You’ve wanted to know how, so i’m going to show you. HowtoBeCoolandDoStuff.com is your guide to being cool and doing stuff.

What stuff you say? The best and coolest stuff of course. Otherwise it would just be ‘things’, now wouldn’t it?

Sounds compelling doesn’t it? Maybe just confusing – ha ha.

Here’s the deal – Being cool and doing stuff is a life philosophy. It’s all about making the most of and enjoying the time you have here on this round ball of a world.

What you’ll find here is the stuff and happenings that occupy my world… and perhaps even yours too. In which case, leave your comments and subscribe.

Go ahead and check out the ‘about me’ page. It just might answer ‘what’s the point?’

BCDS