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The Secrets Highly Productive People Use to Make Self-Imposed Deadlines Work

In the past four episodes of the ActiveGrowth podcast, we've dug deep into the topic of entrepreneurial procrastination. From forming highly productive habits to resisting the allure of bright-shiny-object syndrome, we've covered many tools that can help you finish projects (and grow your business) faster. In this episode, we're looking at another massive productivity booster/challenge: sticking to deadlines. Listen in to discover how you can set deadlines for yourself and ship, without putting the work off until the very last minute. More... Subscribe & ...

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Screw Motivation! What You Really Need to Focus & Deliver Results

Why is it that each time we face a new, difficult task we need to work on, suddenly even a mediocre Netflix series or our former neighbor's Facebook profile becomes so intriguing we can't resist to check it out? For many of us, this reaction has become the automatic response to a new task. Even though we know that doing the work will do good to our business, when we're about to get started, some greater power seems to take over control. Why does ...

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Procrastination by Perfectionism: is this Common Habit Killing Your Business?

You know you're not lazy. You're a hardworking entrenpreneur pursuing your goals. You just need to finish a few things first, before you can go live. It's just that your product is not quite ready yet...If that's how you feel, you're not alone. Most entrepreneurs would tell you they haven't launched their product / service / website yet, because they feel like it's not complete yet. It's just not good enough. In fact, perfectionism is probably the most common reasons among ...

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Visualizing Your Success Will Make You Fail Harder

Do you ever catch yourself staring out of your window, getting dragged away by thinking about your future life? You visualize the successful empire you're going to build, the fame and recognition, the infinity pool in your villa's backyard, the private jet you're going to fly your loved ones to the Bahamas every Christmas...Wake up! While having these pictures in your mind is highly satisfiying, getting carried away by these daydreams is actually hurting your progress big time. If you're one of those who ...

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Is “Bright-Shiny-Object Syndrome” Keeping You from Growing Your Business?

Do you think coming up with a good idea for a product or learning the skills to build it is hard? If you've tried launching your own product or service before, you know that there's one thing that's even harder: shipping it! We're here with a brand new podcast series that we named "Your Job Is To Ship". As the title says, in this series we're discussing why shipping is the most important part of your business, why so many of us ...