Eliminate Tolerations And Eliminate Stress And Increase Productivity In Record Time
Being a tolerant person is great. It means you can put up with others and you’re generally happy with a “live and let live” mindset. In the bigger picture of your life, being tolerant will make dealing with all of the differences and idiosyncrasies of people much easier.
However, when it starts to feel like much of your time is spent tolerating people, behaviors, etc. in your business and personal life, you’ll find success slipping away from your fingers.
It’s true. If you’re serious about being successful in every area of your life, you have to start eliminating the things you’re simply putting up with or tolerating.
Why? Because each and every thing you are tolerating drains your energy. It tires you out and wears you down.
Maybe you’re tolerating the fact that your garage is a cluttered mess.
Maybe you’re tolerating an in-box that gets fuller and fuller and every time you look at it, you get more and more overwhelmed.
Maybe you’re tolerating a friend that is always bitching and moaning about her life and never brings any positive energy to the table.
Or, maybe you’re tolerating some of your own bad habits - you can’t get organized, you’re always running late, your finances are a mess or your office looks like a tornado hit it.
The fact of the matter is that all of these tolerations can take energy from you that is needed for other things. And, if you don’t eliminate them, they’ll turn into bigger and ‘badder’ monsters and the overwhelm will continue to get exponentially worse.
So, try this. Make a list of everything you’re putting up with in your life. Be completely honest with yourself about what needs to go, what’s causing you stress, and what constantly drains you.
This is not always easy for people. Many of us have become so numb to these tolerations that we have a hard time making th [Read more →]
