Do you feel like procrastination is your absolute kryptonite? If so, listen up.

As a spiritual entrepreneur, I find that I have such incredible vision for what I want to do with my life and business. Then when it comes time to act on building that vision, I find myself feeling stuck. I really want to build the huge vision, but the final destination feels so far away it’s almost impossible to get started.

Now I recently stumbled across an amazing tool for tackling my to-do list that is rooted in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).

NLP is the art of rewiring your own brain in order to essentially hack your algorithm, removing thoughts, patterns, and behaviors that are obnoxious or downright destructive, and replacing them with abilities to do what once felt impossible.

For this hack, you need a pen or pencil with a different color on one end. The lead or eraser of a pencil will work, as does the black tip on my pen, which I will use for this example. It just needs to have a differentiated color in order to maximize effectiveness.

 Imagine the task that you do not want to do. Visualize it in your mind and then hold the pen vertically in front of your face, about 12-14 inches away. Imagine placing this task right on the tip of your pen.

Now, I want you to slowly and steadily move your pen in the shape of a sideways figure 8. As you are moving it, keep your head completely still and allow your eyes to track the tip of your pen. Move your pen so that it goes UPWARD where the cross happens in the middle. (Very important.)

Trace this figure 5-10 times or until you notice that your eyes easily track the pen as it moves. Now stop. How are you feeling about the task now?

I’m willing to bet you have noticed a significant shift in your resistance. If you want, go ahead and move the pen in a circle for another 5-10 revolutions to make sure that any extra resistance leaves.

Now, this works because of the way that our eye movements help us to process information, and similarly to REM sleep this technique temporarily slows our over-stimulated amygdala down and synchronizes our brain waves. And it works FAST.

Super cool, huh?

Give it a try next time you are putting off an unappetizing task and let me know how it works for you. And if you want to take the next step on your sales, marketing, and spiritual entrepreneurship journey, I have a lot of other free content available on my website at www.wearethegalaxy.com. Chat soon! -G