The fourth in the list is to stop striving for perfection. That’s just an excuse to procrastinate, and you know it. Filing your personal papers doesn’t have to be in color coded, typed folders. A simple system that you understand and can actually use is what’s important. Strive for progress, not perfection.

Think of cleaning up your mind diet. It’s a fact that whatever you spend your time focusing on is what you’ll have lots of in your life. Dwelling on the problem doesn’t take you closer to the solution.

If you eat candy all day, you’ll be sick. If you put junk into your mind all day, you’ll be sick. If you want to be happier, feed your mind a happier diet.

Get into the small steps that lead you to your destination. Make your life easier by learning to break all goals down into small steps.

The idea is that you are moving forward, slowly and steadily.

Use the analogy of a skyscraper. It was built brick by brick, one at a time. So are your goals. Concentrate on what you *can* do, like 10 minutes of walking each day, or cleaning out one room per month. You’ll be surprised at how fast the bricks add up to a building.

An important strategy is to always strive for consistency. It can be the most important of all the habits to be consistent in whatever you do.

Being consistent is what makes or breaks great people and great lives.

Examples abound in this direction.

Anyone who is organized, works on it consistently, not “whenever”. Anyone who is in good physical shape, works on it consistently, not hit-or-miss. It’s more about making a new habit, than it is the intensity of it at the beginning. Once the habit is instilled, it will be much easier to raise the intensity. — icbs.com (concluded)