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This week, why it’s important to know what kind of person you are.
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Hello, and welcome to episode 350 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show.
WOW! 350 episodes. I never thought this podcast would still be going strong after six years. Thank you to all of you for following me and this podcast and to everyone who has sent in questions. Please keep them coming in—they are the fuel of this podcast.
So, back to this episode.
One way to destroy your efforts to become better organised and more productive is to fight against yourself. This can manifest itself when you are a deadline-driven person trying to be a carefully planned out person.
Let me give you an example: if you struggle to find the motivation to begin a project because the deadline is six months away, yet you pressure yourself to start now. You’ll likely find yourself losing interest and giving up after a few weeks.
Then you beat yourself up.
But, perhaps you’re not doing anything wrong; you’re just trying to do something you are not wired to do.
That’s why it’s important to know what kind of person you are and to figure and what works and what doesn’t.
Okay, before we go further, let me hand you over to the Mystery Podcast Voice for this week’s question.
This week’s question comes from Matthew. Matthew asks, Hi Carl, What do you recommend to someone who finds it difficult to get motivated unless there the deadline is right on top of them?
Ho Matthew. Thank you for your question.
I’ve witnessed something like this very close to home.
My wife struggles to start work on a project or a task until the deadline is right in front of her. She then pulls out all the stops pulling all nighters if necessary. Yet, she always meets her deadlines.
In the twenty + years I’ve known her, I cannot recall a time she missed a deadline. Ever.
My mother, on the other-hand is the complete opposite. She will begin getting her holiday items together sever months before she travels. I know, when we travel to visit my family over the Christmas holidays, he will be wanting to plan her next trip to Korea with me. Six months before