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Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy.

Yesterday we talked about doing what your 10-year-old future self would advise you to do.

This morning, I want to bring it a little closer to the present moment.

You see, getting yourself to do what you need to do in this moment right now, that is where

the battle is fought day by day, moment by moment. So often, you don't feel like doing what

needs to be done now. And your brain can conjure all sorts of excellent rationalizations and justifications

not to do it. They are hard arguments to win. I'm in too big of a hurry to make the bed. I'm too

tired to wash the dishes tonight. I got to attend to this email before I can start my vital

priority. All of those can really be good arguments in the

moment. In the moment, you are doing battle with the emotions. It doesn't feel disappointing to

myself in the moment. But later, we all suffer the consequences of that previous in the moment choice.

We have to get into an unmade bed that night. We wake up to a sink full of

dishes from last night's meal. You get to the end of the day or end of the week and you have not

accomplished those few vital priorities. So a little mental perspective shift that I have done

is this. Instead of making the choice to do or not do in the present moment

as my present self, I think about my future self. I get a great sense of satisfaction by doing

something that I don't want to do now to give my future self a gift. It's late. I'm tired. I just

want to go to bed, but instead I take three minutes and prepare the coffee maker now

so that when my future self wakes up all groggy-headed, the coffee is hot and already waiting for me.

What a gift!

Same thing with making the bed.

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