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Just published:  Martha Treat #194


It Works Every Time
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During a recent client follow-up day, I was once again in awe of how important completing is for our well-being.

Simply finding and writing down all of our incompletes and putting the systems in place to review regularly lifts overwhelm, moves the stagnation and gives us back our enthusiasm—not to mention increases our physical stamina.

I noticed the temptation to want to address the client’s lack of enthusiasm for their work by talking and exploring options other than simply processing the incompletes. I know from experience that the best way out of emotions and trying to figure things out is to focus on completing. The simple act of gathering each of their incompletes and identifying next actions did the trick of shifting the energy.

In my Weekly Review last week, I was ruthlessly honest with what I was allowing to stay on the lists. Out went the “shoulds,” and “the probably nevers,” and I refreshed my agreements on each list. The updating and deleting freed up a subtle fog I wasn’t acknowledging.

The willingness to bring to our conscious awareness all we are not doing, name the next actions, and keep our Weekly Review alive works every time.


Martha Invitations 
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1.  Go through all your action lists and delete what is not happening.

2.  When something floats through your mind more than once, write it down so it is not floating in the incompletion plane.

3.  Allow yourself to do one thing for you that has been sitting on your lists. Today I found myself suddenly painting a table that has been on my Someday/Maybe list for almost two years. I just moved it to a project and that shift opened the space for completion.


virginia@msia.org 
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