Creative people are supposed to create. Whether they are artists, coaches or business men/women.
But even creative people procrastinate.
Or get stuck.
So how can you get things (any things) done?
Here is a little system that can help you remember the basics. And it’s as simple as the alphabet.
Follow your A-B-C’s.
Here is my list of ways to stay motivated by using the alphabet for inspiration.
For example:
- A – Announce my goal to others to make sure that they keep me accountable.
- B – Begin: taking the first step is always the hardest part.
- C – Call a friend whenever I feel like giving up on my goal.
- D – Dare: to put myself out there, to share my ideas, to fail… and to move forward
- E – Efficient and Effective: ask myself in everything I do to reach my goal whether it’s efficient and/or effective – if not it costs me too much effort and that is draining.
- F – Fail. Failure is good. Learn from it and move on/up.
- G – Grow: growing means changing, it hurts, but it’s the only way up.
- H – Help: ask for it and get it whenever I need it. It is NOT a sign of weakness. It is a smart move to make me advance faster.
- I – Immerse myself totally in my goal/project from time to time without ANY interruptions
- J – Jogging: get regular exercise to let off steam, relax, stay happy and fit.
- K – Know myself, understand my strengths and weaknesses, my limitations so that I can provide my best work.
- L – Listen to feedback, advice, constructive criticism. Pick out what is useful, use it and put the rest away.
- M – Master my fear, my overwhelm, my chaos. Reduce it to the size it really is and put it where it belongs.
- N – Number: Limit the number of things I am working on. There’s only so many things I can do at the same time. If I want a project to be done well, I cannot be focused on 100 others at the same time.
- O – Optimism: stay positive. It focuses my energy in the right direction.
- P – Pessimism: avoid negativism, criticism, complaints and gossip by all means!
- Q – Question myself, my goal from time to time, in a positive way.
- R – Resist jumping to conclusions, trying to finish quickly, taking the easy road. If I do something, I want to do it well.
- S – Support: surround myself with people who support me
and set up Systems that make me achieve my goal more effortlessly. - T – Trust myself, my capabilities, my gut feeling.
- U – Unitize: break big plans and projects into little units. Little steps become more oversee-able and do-able.
- V – Vent if I need to let off steam, but finish on a positive note and with a solution to avoid the same frustrating situations in the future.
- W – Wonder and Wander: sometimes it’s okay to pause and look at the scenery and maybe even get off your road a bit. I may get some great ideas that help me move on faster.
- X – X-Ray my goal from time to time to see if what I am creating is growing together as I had planned.
- Y – Yes I can, Yes I am!
- Z – Zen: remember to stay zen even when things get a little crazy. It’s never as bad as I think.
What does your ABC look like? Can you turn it into a song? 