The document discusses laziness and procrastination, identifying common excuses people use to avoid taking action such as "I'll do it later" or "I'm not ready." It explains that these excuses are a defense mechanism to protect the ego from potential failure or embarrassment. The homework given is to listen to one's internal and external words for excuses over the week and replace them with more positive self-talk.

1. Procrastination - Laziness
Hello Everyone!
Welcome to a brand new week of your life! Come on in and sit for a spell (what am I
from the South now?) while I cook up some tender lickin' information about laziness.
Thank you for the positive feedback regarding my post last week regarding the evil
hobbit that sits on our shoulder who yells at us "nooooo...you can do it tomorrow" called
PROCRASTINATION.
This week we'll focus on some of the reasons why we are lazy. Now, I don't know about
you, but sometimes it's great to be lazy right? I mean, get up, forgo the
toothbrush, and sit on the couch watching the Mr. Belvedere weekend marathon.
Nowhere to go...no one to impress....all the life.
What I'm saying is we all need to take a break from the rat race we call life and relax.
However, this life is NOT a dress rehearsal which means the camera is rolling all the
time. I'll share with you how most of the sentences from my coaching clients usually
start when they are sharing why they aren't going after their dreams:
a) "l'll get to that later"
b) "Someday I will..."
c) "When such and such is...."
d) "I'm just not ready to..."
e) "I'm waiting on...."
f) "If only...."
g) "Maybe when..."
h) "As soon as I'm finished with..."
i) "I don't know why I..."
j) "If people would just cooperate with me then..."
k) "I'll start fresh on New Years day"
m) "I don't have the time..."
n) "I don't know how to get started..."
o) "Oh...so and so will think I'm..."
You get the idea. Again, these are excuses and in my humble opinion excuses are a
defense mechanism triggered in our sub-conscious designed to protect us.
Now, what are we protecting ourselves from? Hurt, pain, embarrassment, failure,
judgment....Oh yeah...it's protecting our EGO!
Here it is in it's simplest form:

2. If we don't take a chance, to risk for which that matters to us, then we won't have the
opportunity to get hurt, thereby staying right where its safe and familiar.
We kid ourselves with the excuses above. And after awhile we truly begin to believe this
negative self-talk in our brains. With so many nasty people out in the
world, why in the heck would we lie to ourselves? Prevent ourselves from experiencing
all that life has to offer in the VERY short time we are here?
HOMEWORK: Listen to the words you say both externally and internally as you go
through this week. When you feel an excuse coming up for air - DROWN the
little (insert your favorite word here) and say something different. Really think about why
you are giving yourself an out.
Next week, we'll talk about one if the MAJOR factors holding many of us back from
achieving our dreams...F.E.A.R.!!!
Same bat time...same bat channel.....
All my best for your happiness and success,
Christopher