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This document discusses strategies for overcoming procrastination and increasing self-discipline and productivity. It argues that procrastination costs the average employee 2 hours per day, or $10,396 per year in wasted time and money. It promotes developing a "take the stairs" mentality of starting difficult tasks instead of putting them off. Specific tips include focusing on solutions rather than problems, cultivating the habit of action by demanding progress over perfection, and gaining commitment through praise and accountability. The overall message is that small, consistent efforts each day can lead to significant long-term success and benefits.
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- 1. Take theStairsRory Vaden, MBACo-Founder ofSouthwestern Consulting™ Self-Discipline Strategist featured on Oprah radio, in SUCCESS Magazine, in Businessweekon Zig Ziglar 2.0 and for Dave Ramsey
- 3. Take theStairs How much does Procrastination cost?Average employee wastes 2.09 hours EACH DAY!!!!!
- 4. Take theStairsThe Purchase Price of ProcrastinationAverage employee in US makes $39,795 or $19.13 per hour.Costs Employers $10,396 per yearPer Employee!!!
- 6. 3 Types ofProcrastination
- 7. Take theStairsDisciplineStart doing things you don’t want to do.Create a “Take the Stairs” mentality
- 8. Take theStairsThe Paradox Principle of SacrificeA Buffalo Mentality
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- 10. Take theStairsThe Paradox Principle of SacrificeEASYshort term choices lead toDIFFICULT long term consequencesDIFFICULT short term choices lead to EASY long term consequences
- 11. Take the StairsThePurchase Price of ProcrastinationIf a company invested that$10,396 at 12% For 30 years... For 40 years…$311,463$967,358
- 12. The Purchase Priceof ProcrastinationIf your target income is $79,590 per year or $39.26 per hourProcrastination Costs you $20,792Per YEAR!
- 13. Take the StairsWeALWAYS pay a price
- 14. The Trajectory TestLeverageLONG TERM vision to endure SHORT TERM sacrifices
- 15. A Take theStairs LeaderKnows that leadership by INSPIRATION always works better than management by CONTROL
- 16. ACTION ITEM: Listout 5 things that you’ll start doing that you know you should be doing that you haven’t been doing.
- 17. Take theStairsThe Buy-In Principleof CommitmentThe MORE we have invested into something the LESS likely we are to let it fail
- 18. DecisionalThresholdThe Commitment ContinuumPivotPointYour Question Is: "How will I?"Your Question Is:"Should I?"
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- 20. Take theStairs Increase your commitment by creating the question HOW instead of relenting to the question SHOULD
- 21. A Take theStairs Leader Gains commitment by COLLABORATING rather than AUTHORITATING
- 22. Take theStairsThe Magnification PrincipleFOCUS is power
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- 24. Take theStairsAt any moment we’re choosing to either focus on the things we’re THANKFUL for or fretting over the things we’ve not yet been GIVEN.
- 25. 3 Types ofFocus
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- 27. 3 Types ofFocus
- 28. Take theStairsPermanent changes in our ACTIONS have to be reinforced by permanent changes in our THINKING.
- 29. A Take theStairs Leader Gains commitment by praising PUBLICLY, PERSISTENTLY, and PASSIONATELY
- 30. ACTION ITEM: Writeout 10 affirmations
- 31. Milwaukee Brewers StadiumMilwaukeeBrewers Stadium
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- 35. Take the StairsBookThe Truth about Overnight SuccessGet better results by:Simplifying self-disciplineOvercoming procrastinationLearning how to do things when you don’t feel like doing them!
- 36. Take the StairsWorld TourJoin the tour – Bring a business card – get a free bookmarkSupport the charitiesHelp spread the wordwww.takethestairstour.comwww.roryontwitter.comwww.roryonfacebook.com
- 37. A Take theStairs Leader Focuses on the SOLUTION not on the PROBLEMYou create the momentum of your team
- 38. Take theStairsRory Vaden, MBACo-Founder ofSouthwestern Consulting™Let’s Connect!www.takethestairstour.comwww.roryonfacebook.comwww.roryontwitter.comwww.roryonyoutube.com
- 39. Take theStairsThe Creation Principleof IntegrityThe CREDIBILITY bank account
- 40. Take theStairsThe Creation Principleof IntegrityYou THINK it, you SPEAK it, you ACT, it HAPPENS
- 41. Take theStairsWe rarely pay ATTENTION to thingswe don’t have INTENTION about.Like my wife…
- 42. Take theStairs The amount of our ENDURANCE is directly proportionate to the CLARITY of our vision.
- 43. ACTION ITEM: Writeout in specific detail what your perfect life looks like.
- 44. A Take theStairs Leader Focuses on PROMOTING what’s RIGHT with the VISION rather than SCRUTINIZING what’s WRONG with the PRESENT
- 45. Take theStairsThe Harvest Principle of ScheduleSometimes if is OVERWHELMING!
- 46. Take theStairsThe Harvest Principle of ScheduleFocused EFFORT is AMPLIFIED by APPROPRIATE timing!
- 48. Take theStairsWhen I started TPE, I averaged selling one home every two weeks. Within a few months of joining the program, my production doubled to selling an average of over one home every week! Huge! Because of you I’ve focused on my top income producing activities more consistently, paid off over $40,000 in debt, and I’ve more than doubled my business, almost immediately. the biggest key was you helped me define and do my critical success factors more frequently and to make them a top priority in my daily schedule. Hiring a coach was the best business decision I’ve ever made!Mike Zeller – Village Real EstateNashville, TN
- 49. Take theStairsDo not allow yourself the INDULGENCE of saying “I’m too BUSY!”
- 50. The Myth ofBalance It’s not EQUAL time spread across EQUAL activities.It is APPROPRIATE time spread across CRITICAL priorities.
- 51. The Fundamental 5Faith: At least 1 hour per weekFitness: 30 min/day 3x per weekFaculty: 1 uninterrupted work night/ weekFamily: 1 uninterrupted date night/ weekFinances: Know your exact financial account balances every week.Total Time: Less than 10 hours per week
- 52. Take theStairsIf you don’t know what your PERFECT WEEK looks like then you WILL NEVER HAVE ONE.
- 54. Take theStairsPut your self-esteem in your WORK HABITS and not into your PRODUCTION.“Fall in LOVE with the DAILY GRIND!”
- 56. Take theStairsWork DOUBLE-TIME part timeFor FULL-TIME free time!
- 57. A Take theStairs Leader Cultivates action by not asking OTHERS to do things that THEY are not willing to do.
- 58. ACTION ITEM: Fillin your ideal schedule
- 59. Take theStairsThe Perspective Principleof FaithTape Measure Timeline
- 60. Take theStairsA challenge in respect to TODAY is a BIG PROBLEM. A challenge in respect to our LIFESPANis a SMALL PROBLEM.A challenge in respect to ETERNITYis a NO PROBLEM.
- 61. Take theStairsThe Perspective Principleof FaithOur ability to have PEACE is directly proportionate to the term of our PERSPECTIVE.
- 62. 2 QuestionsQuestion 1:A woman had 8 kids3 were deaf2 were blind1 mentally retarded And she had syphilis…
- 63. 2 QuestionsCandidate 1:Friendswith crooked politiciansConsults with astrologistsHad 2 mistressesIs a chain smokerDrinks 8-10 martinis/day
- 64. 2 QuestionsCandidate 2:Kickedout of office twiceSleeps in daily until noonUsed opium in collegeDrinks a quart of whiskey every night
- 65. 2 QuestionsCandidate 3:Decoratedwar heroDoesn’t smokeDoesn’t drinkHas never had an extramarital affair
- 66. 2 QuestionsCandidate 1:Friendswith crooked politiciansConsults with astrologistsHad 2 mistressesIs a chain smokerDrinks 8-10 martinis/dayFranklin D. Roosevelt
- 67. 2 QuestionsCandidate 2:Kickedout of office twiceSleeps in daily until noonUsed opium in collegeDrinks a quart of whiskey every nightWinston Churchill
- 68. 2 QuestionsCandidate 3:Decoratedwar heroDoesn’t smokeDoesn’t drinkHas never had an extramarital affairAdolf Hitler
- 69. Take theStairsLess the ability to see the entire future, we aren’t ENTITLED to evaluate the REASONS why things happen today.
- 70. A Take theStairs Leader Gains commitment by holding people ACCOUNTABLE without holding them HOSTAGE
- 71. Take theStairsFaith is choosing to believe that what is happening NOW is for aGREATER GLORY later on.
- 72. ACTION ITEM: Createyour Hindsight List
- 73. Take the StairsThePendulum Principleof Action
- 74. Take the StairsTheLaw of the PendulumIt does not matter what you SAY. All that matters is how you ACT.
- 75. Take the StairsWhatsomeone really believes in…
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- 77. Take the Stairs Cultivatethe habit of action by demanding PROGRESS rather than PERFECTION
- 78. A Take theStairs LeaderIs hard on the PROBLEM but easy on the PERSON
- 79. Take the StairsTheRent AxiomSuccess is never OWNED,it is only RENTED; and the rent isdue EVERYDAY.
- 80. Take the StairsTheRent Axiom What was once a SACRIFICE later won’t even be a TEMPTATION.
Editor's Notes
- #3 Mitch Hedberg impersonation
- #4 Disease of the shortcut. First car mini-van with wood panelling down the sides.
- #5 Sometimes we sacrifice our greatest dreams for the slightest inklings of convenience.
- #6 Youngest black belt in CO – get beaten up by a girl
- #9 Youngest black belt in CO – get beaten up by a girlLearned bout discipline at a young ageMastered it selling books door to door – overview the schedule of selling booksToday I start a company called SWC…
- #13 CPR - Make them Hurt: Making a stand for someoneYou visualize them better them not for who they are but for who they can becomeYou force them to realize their weaknessesYou require them to come up with their own planYou hold them accountable to doing what they said they’d doYou stand for them when they feel weekYou celebrate their success with them
- #14 CPR - Make them Hurt: Making a stand for someoneYou visualize them better them not for who they are but for who they can becomeYou force them to realize their weaknessesYou require them to come up with their own planYou hold them accountable to doing what they said they’d doYou stand for them when they feel weekYou celebrate their success with them
- #17 The human mind thinks 7x faster than we can talk. Create positive momentum. Not literally true because in college I would’ve become a beer. But momentum is created Coast/silk (where relevant)Words are the first manifestation of our ideas into the real world..Have character – do what you say you’re going to do. Speak out about your conviction to such an ethical company with values and morales that is intentional about positive change.Be committed to your customer and to each other. Leadership is measured not by how many followers you have but how many leaders you create.
- #19 Could do 10 RMB ($1.5) and 100 RMB ($15)Or30 RMB ($5) and $350 RMB ($50)
- #20 There is more emotional energy tied up in making the decision than in even taking the action.
- #23 Leaders Take the Stairs: There s no greater way to ensure the implementation of an idea than to allow a a man to think it’s his own.
- #25 Attitude and liquid sunshine. The way you choose to see things.
- #28 Create your list of affirmations
- #31 Verbal appreciation is a form of currency.
- #34 We can’t take the stairs down --really?
- #37 The hand in the urinal story – be willing to pay the priceBuy-In Principle – The more you have invested into something the less likely you are to let it fail. Example of a physical fitness trainerMarriage is never owned…..-Rent is higher for some of you than others
- #38 The hand in the urinal story – be willing to pay the priceBuy-In Principle – The more you have invested into something the less likely you are to let it fail. Example of a physical fitness trainerMarriage is never owned…..-Rent is higher for some of you than others
- #39 The human mind thinks 7x faster than we can talk. Create positive momentum. Not literally true because in college I would’ve become a beer. But momentum is created Coast/silk (where relevant)Words are the first manifestation of our ideas into the real world..Have character – do what you say you’re going to do. Speak out about your conviction to such an ethical company with values and morales that is intentional about positive change.Be committed to your customer and to each other. Leadership is measured not by how many followers you have but how many leaders you create.
- #41 Credibility with yourself and with other people. Every time you say something and you do it, it adds power to your words and vice versa.
- #42 Words are the first manifestation of our ideas into real life. The world was created because it was spoken into existence. How will you create the world that you live in? You will speak it first. The story of how I met my dad Kevin.The power of your words creates your entire life.
- #44 Use the power of your words to author a vision for yourself.
- #45 Have them answer “10 things I’ll do this year” and why
- #46 The human mind thinks 7x faster than we can talk. Create positive momentum. Not literally true because in college I would’ve become a beer. But momentum is created Coast/silk (where relevant)Words are the first manifestation of our ideas into the real world..Have character – do what you say you’re going to do. Speak out about your conviction to such an ethical company with values and morales that is intentional about positive change.Be committed to your customer and to each other. Leadership is measured not by how many followers you have but how many leaders you create.
- #47 Law of the Big Mo TrainSnowball PrincipleHoney I’m a mexican! – Engagement Ring, Wedding Ring, SufferingWhat’s an AJ?Cow StoryMysterious WaysLenny JacobsCurb Story
- #48 Law of the Big Mo TrainSnowball PrincipleHoney I’m a mexican! – Engagement Ring, Wedding Ring, SufferingWhat’s an AJ?Cow StoryMysterious WaysLenny JacobsCurb Story
- #50 There is more emotional energy tied up in making the decision than in even taking the action.
- #51 There is more emotional energy tied up in making the decision than in even taking the action.
- #52 There is more emotional energy tied up in making the decision than in even taking the action.
- #53 Not just spiritual Faith but Faith in yourself. Faith in choosing to believe that what is happening now is for a greater glory later on.
- #58 Not the theory of averages; it’s the law of averages.
- #59 The human mind thinks 7x faster than we can talk. Create positive momentum. Not literally true because in college I would’ve become a beer. But momentum is created Coast/silk (where relevant)Words are the first manifestation of our ideas into the real world..Have character – do what you say you’re going to do. Speak out about your conviction to such an ethical company with values and morales that is intentional about positive change.Be committed to your customer and to each other. Leadership is measured not by how many followers you have but how many leaders you create.
- #61 Story about the World Championship of Public Speaking. Dealing with failure. Things that look like tragedies are very often blessings.Human TimelineEver had something in your life that didn’t seem good at the time but now that you look back on it you realize it was for the best?
- #62 Purpose doesn’t come from seeing what is there and finding an excuse askingPurpose comes from seeing what isn’t there and finding a way asking why?
- #63 Story about the World Championship of Public Speaking. Dealing with failure. Things that look like tragedies are very often blessings.Human TimelineEver had something in your life that didn’t seem good at the time but now that you look back on it you realize it was for the best?
- #72 CPR - Make them Hurt: Making a stand for someoneYou visualize them better them not for who they are but for who they can becomeYou force them to realize their weaknessesYou require them to come up with their own planYou hold them accountable to doing what they said they’d doYou stand for them when they feel weekYou celebrate their success with them
- #73 TELL THE LENNY JACOBS STORY COMBINED WITH AJ’S FAMILY STORY 1969Purpose doesn’t come from seeing what is there and finding an excuse askingPurpose comes from seeing what isn’t there and finding a way asking why?
- #74 To use my 1 lifetime of breath to make many lifetimes of impact. I pray that God would just use me every day and that he would make me a steward of my resources, a fiduciary of the skills that he’s given me, and a conduit for his message to pass.What do you believe in? What matters more to you than anything else? What do you know for sure to be true? Who in your life matters the most to you? What would make you completely satisfied?
- #76 The hand in the urinal story – be willing to pay the priceBuy-In Principle – The more you have invested into something the less likely you are to let it fail. Example of a physical fitness trainerMarriage is never owned…..-Rent is higher for some of you than others
- #77 The hand in the urinal story – be willing to pay the priceBuy-In Principle – The more you have invested into something the less likely you are to let it fail. Example of a physical fitness trainerMarriage is never owned…..-Rent is higher for some of you than others
- #78 COW STORYNEW Years Resolutions – compared to what?
- #79 Self-criticism is the leading cause of procrastination. Be easy on yourself. Overanalyzation creates Constipation. COW car accident
- #80 Self-criticism is the leading cause of procrastination. Be easy on yourself. Overanalyzation creates Constipation. COW car accident
- #81 Marriage is never owned…..-Rent is higher for some of you than others