Sometimes just getting up and facing your “to do” list can create doubts and fears.
There are very few really successful people who have a “to do” list that is initially reasonable for them to accomplish. It gets longer each day, filled with things they “should” get done and many times they just keep shifting old items to a new “to do” list.
The truth of it is, your “to do” list will never be done. The bright side of it is that you can really tell a lot about yourself and your struggles for creating daily success by what you continue to put on that list and NEVER get done.
When you do not complete an item and you continue to transfer it to a new list, it will wear on your confidence and create doubts and fears. Why do you think that is?
My experience with my clients is that they are adding stuff to their lists that need to get done, but not necessarily by them. They see a need and add it to their list. It stays there for a long time; then they get guilty for not completing it; then they get their pants in a bunch cause it is not done; then they begin to doubt their themselves cause they can’t seem to get it done…
Sound familiar.
My suggestion is this: put on your list what you should be doing.
World peace may be on your list to solve, but is it reasonable for you to take that on? You can contribute, pray, discuss etc, but you are not in charge of something quite this big.
It is the same with your list of things you think you need to get done.
I am suggesting that you do what is within your scope to do; apply your particular talents to; can make a difference completing; adds to the project; creates success. You get the picture.
If you are taking on items to do that you are not good at and really don’t have the time to do, it defeats you. It can only create doubt and fear because you will never get it done. Or if you do, it will not be as good as maybe someone else could do. And there is the rub.
Until you really take the time to evaluate what you are best at; should be handling; learn to delegate and be totally reasonable about what is most important to you to accomplish, you will continue to add things to your “to do” list that will never ever get done.
My most successful clients take time each day and week to evaluate what they should and could be doing to create the life that is most important to them. It takes confidence to choose what you do well and then do it. It also takes thinking and evaluating time to get to that place where you can decide what is most important to you.
Ask me about my VIP Coaching Days. We can dramatically shift your mindset and world in one day by concentrating on what is most important to you and then building a “to do” list that is relevant, achievable and feeds your confidence for creating success. I would love to work with you. Success@NatalieManor.com 800-666-2230
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