That is Half 3 of my 5-Half Getting Shit Executed Sequence. As we speak I’m sharing why perfectionists should take a unique method to relaxation and day without work in contrast with everybody else. I additionally share what to do if you happen to really feel responsible taking day without work, particularly if you happen to’re somebody who loves work and wish to get totally caught up on every thing earlier than you let your self take a break with the intention to totally take pleasure in it.
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Introduction
Hello, and welcome to a different episode of The Perfectionism Venture, a podcast stuffed with perfectionism recommendation for entrepreneurs. My title is Sam Laura Brown. I assist entrepreneurs launch their perfectionism handbrake to allow them to get out of their very own manner and construct a satisfying and worthwhile enterprise. I’m the founding father of the Perfectionists Getting Shit Executed group teaching program, which is in any other case often known as PGSD. And for much more perfectionism recommendation that can assist you with your enterprise, you possibly can comply with me on Instagram @perfectionismproject.
Sam Laura Brown – (The Getting Shit Executed Sequence)
[00:00:29] Okay. That is half three of my 5 half Getting Shit Executed sequence. By the way in which, I’m simply going to imagine that if you happen to’re listening to half three, you will have listened to half one and half two. That’s the manner most perfectionists will method these sorts of issues. So I’m going to imagine the identical is true for you.
[00:00:46] Nevertheless, if that is the primary half you’re listening to, that’s completely okay. You’re going to get plenty of worth from it. However my suggestion so you will have the complete image of easy methods to get shit carried out as a perfectionist entrepreneur is that you just take heed to half one and half two as properly with the intention to be actually simply understanding and figuring out precisely what’s required to go from being a perfectionist Procrastinating, overthinker with lots of smarts and lots of potential to being somebody who’s constantly and sustainably taking motion of their enterprise.
[00:01:18] So on this half, we’re going to be speaking about clear relaxation, guilt free relaxation. It’s a subject that the majority perfectionists have a tough time with. It’s essential, very, essential. So keep tuned for half three of this sequence. I actually hope you take pleasure in it. And likewise, simply so that you’re conscious. And you may get prepared to enroll if it’s going to be the next step is to know that my program Perfectionists Getting Shit Executed, aka PGSD, which is my productiveness program for perfectionist entrepreneurs.
[00:01:50] We’re opening for enrollment for one week solely from the thirty first of January to the seventh of February. So to search out out extra about this system and to hitch the waitlist, so you may get prepared to enroll, you possibly can go to samlaurabrown.com/PGSD. It’ll be linked up for you within the present notes as properly, however I hope you take pleasure in half three of the Getting Shit Executed sequence.
Sam Laura Brown – (Begin of the episode)
[00:02:12] That is all about easy methods to get shit carried out as a perfectionist who’s constructing a enterprise, notably if you happen to’re a procrastinator, in case you are an overthinker, if you happen to burn your self out, if you happen to simply discover that you just get in your personal manner and also you’re like, I do know what to do and I’m simply not doing it.
[00:02:30] And I attempt to inspire myself and I attempt to be extra disciplined and I’m nonetheless simply not doing it. That is for you. And likewise, if you happen to didn’t know my program, Perfectionists Getting Shit Executed, it’s my productiveness program for perfectionist entrepreneurs. We’re opening for enrollment on the thirty first of January. So if you wish to get additional help with every thing that I’m speaking about, PGSD is the place for you.
[00:02:55] However on this sequence, what I’m actually desirous to do is help you with actually sensible items of recommendation, That you need to use to be productive this yr in your enterprise and to not simply be stuffed with the hope and the optimism after which not have it flip into precise enterprise outcomes. If you wish to have a full time enterprise or possibly you’re full time in your enterprise, however you aren’t making a full time revenue, or possibly you will have a much bigger objective than that.
[00:03:20] Productiveness and execution is important. And if you happen to’re a perfectionist, it is advisable take a selected method to productiveness. In any other case your perfectionist mindset can be triggered and you’ll procrastinate, overthink, be all or nothing. So identical to pressuring your self and like getting your self to do all of the issues, or then you definitely’re simply not even making an attempt in any respect.
[00:03:39] So we simply wish to have, you will have the proper instrument in your mind. It’s only a matter of getting, To make use of the analogy of somebody who wants glasses, like I put on glasses, when you’ve got glasses, you wish to have the proper prescription in your eyes. It is sensible. When you don’t have the proper prescription, it’s going to be fuzzy.
[00:03:57] Even if you happen to attempt to inspire your self to see clearly, it’s nonetheless going to be fuzzy. You could have the proper prescription in your eyes and it is advisable have the proper productiveness instrument in your mind. And so energy planning and having a versatile planning methodology. particularly in your perfectionist mind, particularly for you as an entrepreneur is essential and energy planning, the facility planning methodology.
[00:04:19] I educate that inside Perfectionists Getting Shit Executed. It’s completely important in my productiveness and my shopper’s productiveness. And likewise as properly, I wish to point out this as a result of I get lots of questions on it. We’ve lots of perfectionist entrepreneurs in this system with ADHD who’ve a lot success with energy planning.
[00:04:37] Okay. As a result of the way in which that energy planning works actually helps govt perform and has flexibility. It takes under consideration your work rhythms, and it’s all about having it give you the results you want as a substitute of in opposition to you. And that features your whole mind, not simply the perfectionist piece of your mind. So I wish to point out that as a result of lots of people ask about that.
[00:04:58] So I wish to speak as we speak. I do know it’s a little bit of an intro. Okay. I wish to speak as we speak about clear relaxation. So clear relaxation is when you find yourself resting with out guilt, resting with out disgrace. You’re truly in a position then to recharge versus proper now you may be in certainly one of two camps. You both don’t relaxation and also you solely let your self relaxation whenever you’re too exhausted to proceed both since you’ve utterly burned out or it’s 2am within the morning and also you actually can’t preserve functioning.
[00:05:31] Otherwise you procrastinate and also you get lots of relaxation by way of this like day without work, however you’re feeling so responsible that you just’re not truly doing the issues it is advisable do. So when you find yourself resting, even in case you are somebody who’s having some degree of productiveness, you’re resting, however you continuously really feel like I must be being extra productive.
[00:05:52] I must be getting one thing carried out proper now. I ought to like, particularly in enterprise, there’s at all times one million issues that you may be doing. And we perfectionists, we simply like to ought to ourselves and I must be doing greater than what I’m doing. And that guilt and that disgrace and that judgment from ourselves imply that relaxation isn’t truly restorative.
[00:06:17] That relaxation doesn’t truly recharge us. So then whenever you return to your work You might be exhausted and it’s actually laborious to get shit carried out after which every thing takes longer so that you don’t truly really feel like you possibly can end on time. You must work into the evenings or get up early within the morning to get work carried out, work in lunch breaks, do all types of issues to attempt to squeeze the work in so that you’re getting much less relaxation then.
[00:06:43] And likewise you’re feeling much more behind. So if you happen to do truly let your self take day without work, or possibly you will have a household dedication or a dinner or one thing like that, you are feeling so goddamn responsible on a regular basis. And what we wish to do and what energy planning actually helps you with. is getting relaxation that restores you.
[00:07:01] Getting relaxation that makes it simpler to be productive in your work time. In case you have a productiveness drawback, it is advisable have a look at not simply how a lot relaxation you’re getting. There’s lots of dialog round like work life stability and having day without work and like go to the spa and issues like that. What I’m extra fascinated with is what is occurring in your mind when you find yourself resting.
[00:07:24] What’s going on? Is your mind getting relaxation? And like, in lots of my day without work the enterprise, I’m taking care of my three little ones. Like I’m busy doing issues. I’m not simply sitting round chilling all day lengthy. That isn’t the present part of life that I’m in. I’m within the part of life, the stage of life the place my non work time is busier in lots of methods than my work time is.
[00:07:49] And so what do you do whenever you’re in that state of affairs? You ensure your mind is getting rested, even in case you are bodily doing issues in that point, even in case you are together with caretaking, taking care of others, coping with tantrums and all these issues, that you’re truly in a position to get relaxation in your mind in order that when work time comes, You’ll be able to focus extra simply.
[00:08:13] You’ll be able to have impressed concepts after which you will have the braveness and the capability to truly execute on these concepts that you just really feel like you will have time and house to consider your enterprise excessive degree that you’ve time and house. When you’re somebody who likes to have like a much bigger chunk of time to work on issues that you just even have the power to try this.
[00:08:34] Moderately than simply, if you happen to don’t have lots of clear relaxation, you’ll discover that you just usually prioritize lots of the little issues since you simply don’t really feel like you will have the power to even sit down and do like a two hour job which may contain much more deep pondering. Your mind is like, Nope, thanks, and I do know that there’s no relaxation coming.
[00:08:50] And so for many who want a bit of help. With clear relaxation. And this is likely one of the largest issues that we coach on and help with in PGSD. It’s constructed into energy planning that it helps you to get clear relaxation. However this is likely one of the largest friction factors, if you’ll, with perfectionist and productiveness is I simply want to relaxation when every thing is completed.
[00:09:14] I don’t actually. Need to relaxation my enterprise isn’t profitable sufficient for me to have the ability to relaxation and like that’s for somebody who’s extra profitable for me or somebody who doesn’t like work as a lot as me. And I used to be a tough promote prefer it to get myself to return round to the thought. I actually needed to present myself. That I used to be much more productive with relaxation and with clear relaxation particularly than with out relaxation as a result of I really like working.
[00:09:44] I actually take pleasure in it. I really like what I do. I may sit at a pc fortunately all day lengthy. So there’s that. Plus after I wasn’t being productive, I used to be like, I actually can’t afford to relaxation. I actually can’t afford it. Particularly after I was nonetheless working half time, I used to be nonetheless working full time in accounting.
[00:10:00] Like I can’t afford to relaxation. I don’t have the luxurious to try this. And so with relaxation, it’s actually simply fascinated about an understanding that in case you are. within the mentality of I’ll relaxation when every thing is completed. The rationale every thing is rarely carried out and also you solely relaxation them whenever you’re utterly exhausted otherwise you lastly get it carried out at 2am is since you aren’t resting.
[00:10:24] Your mind doesn’t have sufficient power to truly do the work targeted and fast and simple. So, um, The analogy I like to share with that is if you consider understanding and you consider, so I take advantage of the instance of burpees, which is whenever you’re like leaping up and then you definitely put your arms on the bottom and also you bounce your legs again.
[00:10:44] And if you happen to had a private coach, say to you, do 10 burpees. And then you definitely do the burpees and like, okay. Okay. I’m going to do 10 extra. Like, okay. And do 10 extra. Okay. I’ll do 10 extra. Okay. And do 10 extra. And also you simply preserve getting informed do extra, do extra, or simply ultimately, simply preserve doing them on a regular basis since you ought to at all times be doing burpees.
[00:11:08] Finally a, the standard of your burpee dramatically lowering as a result of you are attempting to preserve power. You don’t even know when a break is coming as a result of this difficult ass private coach just isn’t providing you with any relaxation in anyway. So that you’ve acquired to get that relaxation your self by slowing down, by making up the excuse that I must go to the bathroom or even have a name I must take.
[00:11:30] Like we do that if we aren’t getting clear breaths. When you discover you’re procrastinating rather a lot, it’s since you want relaxation and that’s the one manner you may get it. So that you procrastinate, you scroll, you go and have a look at YouTube movies, you may do procrastinate studying and go and watch one other coaching about one thing that your mind is like, I can’t truly perform at this focus degree for therefore lengthy.
[00:11:54] I must take a break. You aren’t giving me one. So I’ll get one by way of procrastination, or I’ll get one by way of overthinking this easy job in order that I don’t have time to maneuver on to the more durable duties that my mind doesn’t have power for. So after I began experimenting with clear relaxation, it was after I was truly in a position in my work time to To not solely prioritize, I truly began prioritizing what actually wanted to be carried out, however I had manner higher concepts.
[00:12:23] I may get work carried out extra rapidly, extra simply as a result of I may see there was a light-weight on the finish of the tunnel that I knew I may belief myself after I was truly going to complete, that I’d get relaxation the identical manner. In case you have a private coach and so they stated, okay, do 10 burpees. And he stated, okay, I’m going to do 10 burpees.
[00:12:40] They stated, okay, we’re going to do three units of 10, 30 in complete. And then you definitely get to relaxation. That’s the top of the exercise. You’ll do this, giving it your all, as a result of you recognize relaxation is coming. The identical applies to work. If you recognize relaxation is coming, even if you happen to’re going to take care of your youngsters or be busy, if you recognize that mind relaxation is coming, then it’s protected to offer a full effort.
[00:13:07] However proper now you’re working on this like 50 % conserving power mode since you don’t belief you’re ever going to get a break. So you need to preserve power and also you’re simply continuously like engaged on simpler issues otherwise you aren’t working in any respect. You’re procrastinating. Otherwise you’re having to then subsequently additionally depend on the final minute spurt of motivation.
[00:13:29] So that you procrastinate all all through the day and then you definitely’re like, Oh my God, I solely acquired a few hours to get issues carried out. Or like now it’s the night. I actually should get issues carried out. And also you do this versus what we educate you is easy methods to relaxation. After which in your work time, the hours you truly wish to work, you possibly can simply be productive.
[00:13:45] And it’s a little bit of a thoughts fuck as a result of you need to take the counter intuitive method. of accelerating your relaxation to extend your productiveness and never simply bodily relaxation. It’s about mind relaxation and resting with out the story that I must be doing one thing proper now, resting with out the story that I’m behind.
[00:14:03] So in PGSD, we educate you easy methods to get clear relaxation. And it makes such a distinction, not simply to the, your, um, high quality of your work and productiveness, However the high quality of your life, you truly get to be current along with your accomplice, along with your youngsters. You truly get to have a lot extra of a private life and really take pleasure in it fairly than resenting your private life for taking time away from your enterprise.
[00:14:30] So that’s all about clear relaxation and why it’s so necessary for perfectionists. It’s completely key. You could get your self clear relaxation. It’s totally different for everybody. There’s no set quantity, however it must be just a bit bit greater than you’re comfy with. Okay. And thru energy planning, it is possible for you to to check your self and perceive for you particularly on this stage of life you’re in, what your preferrred quantity of fresh relaxation seems to be like.
[00:14:53] So for me, clear relaxation regarded totally different after I was at totally different phases of my enterprise and totally different phases as properly of my private life, like earlier than I had youngsters. After which after I had my daughter, after which after I additionally had the twins. So, So it’ll look totally different as your life modifications and your enterprise modifications, however by way of energy planning, you will have the talent to have the ability to determine for your self what that preferrred quantity is for you.
[00:15:17] And then you definitely’re in a position to help your self to truly get that. And it’s simply among the finest methods to dramatically, dramatically enhance productiveness, work high quality, and life satisfaction. So I’m a fairly, fairly huge proponent of fresh relaxation. So I hope that’s useful. And I’ll speak to you within the subsequent a part of the sequence.
Outro
[00:15:41] If you’re able to get out of your personal manner in your enterprise, I wish to invite you inside my productiveness program for perfectionist entrepreneurs known as Perfectionists Getting Shit Executed. We’re opening enrollment for one week solely from the thirty first of January, 2025 to the seventh of February, 2025. To search out out extra about this system and be part of the waitlist so you possibly can enroll when doorways open, go to samlaurabrown.com/PGSD.
