Your Brain on Procrastination.

“Sarah, I have so much that I want to achieve, but I cant get it done, something stops me. What is going on?”

Ah, yes, PROCRASTINATION. The #1 block and frustration of so many women in business. I help entrepreneurs like you tap into the power of your mind, change your thinking and train the way you think so you can create the success in your business and life that you desire, and that also includes slaying procrastination.

I know you are like me, we have big dreams and big goals, We get so fired up and jump headlong into our action list and making them happen. But then for no absolute reason whatsoever we find that we had jumped from the task in hand to something else - checking social media, considering the washing up, or rearranging the living room. Doing anything but the things that will bring all our dream into our life and move our business forward. 

Does this sound familiar?

We procrastinate and at the same time we really want to see our business or financial goal accomplished, so it’s a really big and real struggle for many of us. If you have been told just try harder, then this advice just wont work. It’s not about willpower and forcing something to happen..

Today, let’s break this down and dive deep into our brain and what's going on behind the scenes in your mind and how do we stop this dreaded procrastination?

Procrastination is your brain's way of dispelling fear on a subconscious level.

Here’s the thing. Your brain wants to keep you safe and life familiar, it also want’s to be as energy efficient as possible, but what it really doesn’t want you to be a successful business owner. Being an entrepreneur requires taking risks, getting visible, getting vunerable, getting rejected and thinking in a different way from the rest of the population.

You are not naturally hard wired to be a successful entrepreneur, but you can be when you remove your old beliefs and re-programme your brain for success.

Here's an example of what’s happening.

* You get this great idea (from your pre-frontal cortex) to increase your visibility to grow your business... "I want to go live 3 days a week"

* You grab your pen and paper and begin to plan what you want to say. (Triggering your imagination centre)

* BAM! All of a sudden you start procrastinating.

So here's the thing

Your conscious brain has the great idea. However, your conscious brain only comes up with the great idea and it only runs 10% of your daily actions. You also have these hard wired limiting beliefs found in your subconscious brain and yes you have guessed it, these beliefs run 90% of your daily decisions, actions and will stop you in your tracks from getting you the results you think you want.

You begin to think subconsciously "I'd like to go live but what if I make a mistake.” Who do I think I am doing this:” or "I don’t know enough". “What will people think of me.” These thoughts will have been in your mind for a long time, just waiting for an opportunity to stop you in your tracks and keep you safe and stop you going for that dream.

Repeating these thoughts over and over again have literally hard wired them as neural pathway and a form of self protection.

You didn't know your were doing this right? It’s. not your fault. And to be honest, it’s the perfect, automated tactic that our brain has developed over thousands of years and it works so well, but not for entrepreneurs.

So when you go to take a big, inspired action or reach that financial goal then your brain wants to help you out and says "Oh no, stop right there, that is just too risky. I’ll think of all the thinking of other things you can do to keep you safe....to Procrastinate. I'll help you do anything else other than going live.”

Whatever procrastination looks like for you - ask yourself it could this be a fear. There are over 50 types of fears that entrepreneurs experience. Could this be a fear of not being good/ educated/ worthy enough etc.

We all run stories in our head about ourselves and they are often titled "Do I have what it takes” or “What will people think." You didn't know this but you've actually hard wired those limiting beliefs. The good news is the same way you've hardwired the limiting beliefs you can actually hard wire your success. That is what I get to do every single day with amazing business women just like you in The Empowered Mind Method.

My challenge for you today is to grab your journal and write this down … “When I have a big dream that is stopped by procrastination what am I really afraid of?”

By doing this you will uncover what is stopping you from feeling safe and why procrastination is your brain putting on the breaks.

That is the challenge... safe and familiar is not going to get you to that business success you crave. I get to teach my entrepreneurs how to become aware of these limiting stories and remove them and how to prime into your brain exactly what you need to get every dream and vision to come to pass.

One way to change these beliefs and stories id by taking action, so get the days and times in your calendar and go live. The fear will never go away, you have to work with it and feel into the resistance. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Know that you can absolutely and completely re-programme the mental blocks and limiting beliefs and programme your mind for the massive success that seems elusive right now.

Find out how at The Empowered Mind Method and join next months intake of inspired, dedicated , bold unstoppable entrepreneurial women who are ready to up level their mindset and grow their business

Sarah x

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