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Whether we admit it or not, we like putting things off for tomorrow. As Canadian hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky put it: "Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy."

Tiresome Practice
Simpleology user Abel Salais Sr. was brave enough to admit that procrastination was indeed preventing him from living life to the fullest. But first, he had to take a good look at everything that he was doing wrong.

Before discovering Simpleology, life for Abel back in 2005 was one exhausting cycle. He relates, "Once again, I was talking to my wife about how, although I have a great paying job, we continue to be caught in the rat race. We'd get up in the morning, go to work, come home, do a few things here and there, go to bed, and then get up the next day to do it all over again."

Mental Overhaul
At that point, Abel knew things had to change. As such, he came up with three moves that will help you snap out of your "I'll do it tomorrow" mentality:

1. Identify your mistakes. Abel realized that his "I'll do it tomorrow" act had actually made it possible for him to waste more time than he realized. "I knew I was stuck in a pattern," he admits. "But then no matter how great my intentions were to accomplish something great in my life--I always seemed to think in terms of 'I'll start tomorrow.' The funny thing is that for me that 'tomorrow' had not yet come for me even after years of saying [that I'd get around to doing things]."

2. Set some realistic targets. Prior to discovering Simpleology, Abel had tried out several programs for self development. "However, I tend to take short term action and then when things do not work out the way that I plan them, I get discouraged and stop doing the things that I know I need to do to actually hit my targets," he says. Abel realizes that he lacked the drive to follow through on his targets in the past because he "made things too complicated" just as he was finding his footing, so to speak. He was, as he himself confessed, "violating The Law of Straight Lines," the first law of Simpleology 101: The Simple Science of Getting What You Want which teaches you how to hit your desired target in the least amount of time and the simplest way possible. It would also help if you start with targets that are realistic like, say, taking care of your correspondence for an hour in the morning.

3. Be consistent. Replace your "I'll do it tomorrow" act with a "I'll do it now" habit. Catch yourself each time you feel yourself reverting to the "I'll do it tomorrow" scheme. To cure himself from his tendency to procrastinate, Abel made it a point to incorporate Simpleology principles into his life. "I have done every lesson, every single day, once a day for my personal life, and once a day for my job," he says.

Timely Benefits
Ditching procrastination did wonders for Abel. "[With Simpleology], I finally 'found' time to do things that, in the past, I would normally put off for tomorrow. I used to think that there weren't enough hours in the day for me to do my tasks, but with Simpleology, I suddenly had extra time," he states. "I finally had the courage to jump on a business opportunity that I had been sitting on for over seven years. I had been waiting for 'tomorrow' to arrive so that I could take advantage of it. I feel great about my life, my family, and my job."

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