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I've completed a lot of projects in my life. I wrote a book, I've launched several courses, I've traveled around. Started a family. So I've learned a lot about how to finish what I start, but for this podcast, I'm gonna throw all of that out the window. Here are the top eight most effective ways to self-sabotage your efforts.
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I've completed a lot
of projects in my life.
I've written a book.
I've launched several courses.
I've traveled around a good bit.
Started a family.
So I've learned a lot about
how to finish what I start.
But for this podcast, I'm going to
throw all of that out the window.
I'm going to give you the top
eight, most effective ways to
self-sabotage your efforts.
If you follow these steps
closely, I can guarantee you,
you will stall out your projects.
You'll spin your wheels.
And you'll wonder what the heck
you have to show after days,
weeks, or even months of hard work.
Are you ready?
First always start
everything from scratch.
Don't think about the past.
Don't look at existing material that
you might have access to or anything
you've learned or discovered in life.
Nope.
You need to insist that everything.
That you do from this point forward
is a hundred percent original.
Start every piece of writing
with a clean white page.
And use only the ideas that you can
come up with right in that moment.
Especially avoid studying existing
ex experts or old masters.
The, you might have met him,
be able to learn a lot from.
Now second, you need to try
to feel as guilty as possible.
It's important as you begin creating plans
and routines in your life, especially
at the beginning of the year here.
That your background, emotional
state is one of guilt.
Think about and ruminate on all
the times you failed in the past.
Convince yourself that you will
inevitably fail in the very same
ways as you have in the past.
Now if possible this is an advanced tip.
Turn that guilt into shame.
Which is even more effective
in keeping you stuck.
Next you need to insist on
perfection in everything you do.
Assume that there will be immediate,
catastrophic consequences on your life.
If you make even the smallest mistake.
Don't allow a typo, a broken link.
Unfinished sentence or half
formed thought in your mind,
much less appear in your work.
Tell yourself that avoiding all
mistakes is the only path to success.
Wait to take any action until a
successful outcome is 100% assured.
Now fourth.
You need to do all the research first.
The Internet's full of
interesting content.
YouTube is full of hundreds
of thousands of videos.
So you'd better consume all that available
advice from every random person on the
internet before you take that first step.
Right.
By doing all this research up front.
You can tell yourself that
you're making progress.
When secretly you're procrastinating
on the real world learning that
would actually make a difference.
Doing research is the perfect
excuse to avoid anything that
takes you past your comfort zone.
And, you know, what.
If all else fails.
Try to get yourself mired
in the more complex D.
Debates about the correct tagging
system or how to organize everything.
Or how to build, click up, which
we know that leads to never.
Now the fifth point is you
need to go big in everything.
You do, whatever you take on.
Make sure it's the grandest
most ambitious endeavor.
Anyone's ever conceived of.
It's best to think of your goals as
these awe inspiring feats, the likes of
which humanity has never seen before.
By going big from the very start.
And also committing to it forever.
You create this rush of excitement that
sends you into a flurry of activity.
Without too much reflection
on any kind of strategy.
You can tell everyone, you know, about.
Uh, about your grand plans, thereby
getting the most emotional payoff
or accomplishment without having
to actually achieve anything.
Point number six to maximize
your chance of failure, do
things completely by yourself.
Don't talk to anyone.
Don't ask for advice.
Don't seek out teachers or mentors.
Or join a peer group and
definitely don't get feedback on
your ideas at the early stage.
Doing it all by yourself.
Ensures that you continue doing things
just the way you've always done them.
Even if a project commands.
A completely new.
Line of thinking.
Best of all working in secret means.
That you only ever have access to
your own ideas, your own imagination.
Your own life experience.
And thus, you can never really
create anything different from
what you've created before.
Now try to compare yourself
with others as much as possible.
That's 0.7.
Ideally choose people who are
the most successful, impressive
performers in their field.
Highlight their best qualities
while excusing the things that are
wrong, the things that are bad.
And then do the opposite for yourself.
Definitely never consider,
let's say learning from them
or using them as inspiration.
It's much more effective.
If you think of them as a competitor
or a rival that you have to beat.
And finally step eight,
possibly the most important.
Postpone gratification.
I want you to strenuously avoid any
kind of pleasure or joy and assume that
any positive feeling will just make you
lazy and extinguish your motivation.
Listen closely and really believe
that inner critic in your head
that is constantly telling you
that you don't deserve fulfillment.
You don't deserve to celebrate small wins.
And you know what, no one
notices or cares anyway.
Pleasure and fun or what make any
effort sustainable in the longterm?
And we all know that results come
from consistency over the longterm.
So make sure you don't enjoy
any part of the journey.
By following these eight steps, I can
virtually guarantee you that you will
never accomplish a creative dreams.
For more insight on how to avoid
accomplishing your most important
goals, make sure you avoid joining
team orange, my private coaching
community for underdog entrepreneurs.
Indefinitely.
Don't subscribe to this
podcast or my YouTube channel.
As the rest of the episodes and videos.
Those are particularly hazardous to
anyone trying to avoid effectiveness.
Increase their stress level.
And generally not get things done.
Good luck.
I'm off to watch a hour of two of
Tik TOK videos and cat videos without
actually getting something done today.
If you have any, uh, self-sabotage
tips that have worked for you.
Make sure that you leave
those in the comments.
And as always stay humble and kind.
And always do what is necessary.
Seeing the next episode