Disorganised Thinking Skills

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. Introduction

In Module 1 you were made aware of your thinking abilities and skills and how to improve them. In Module 3 we continue this personal growth and development by focusing on you as an individual. This section will prepare you to change or improve your personal finances, dress code, setting of goals and general awareness to make you the most successful entrepreneur that you can be.

Studies have shown that successful business people all have well-organised personal lives which lead to a well-organised business life. From these studies we learn that a good, well-structured personal life generally leads to a successful business, whereas a disorganised personal life never leads to success.

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Make sure that:
• You have personal goals and that they are recorded somewhere so that you can refer to them often
• All your personal paperwork is in order (banking information, accounts, birth and marriage certificates, id book etc)
• Your personal area is clear of clutter
• You have plans and systems in place for doing your housework, planning meals or planning your finances

2.2.2 Not Setting Priorities or not Planning Effectively Whether at home or at work, setting goals and having priorities can help you to complete more in less time. Creating a list of “things to do”, with checks next to the most important items, is one way of completing what needs to be done. Other methods may include colour-coding tasks and projects ranked by importance.

Writing down goals can also help. Each morning, decide on one important task or goal to be completed that day (short term goal). By limiting yourself to one goal at a time, you eliminate the overwhelming feeling of trying to accomplish an entire list of “things to do” at …show more content…

Imagining a completed project, without determining the steps needed to complete it, often creates a feeling of being overwhelmed and this can lead to undone or unfinished projects.
Instead, break a project down into small tasks and set a goal to complete one task at a time.

2.2.3 Procrastination
According to one dictionary, “procrastinate” means “to put off intentionally and habitually; to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done.” We all put things off. Typically, these items include boring, difficult or unpleasant tasks that ultimately need completing.

Understand why you are procrastinating.
Take a look at the following reasons, and see if you can identify which one fits a current project that you haven’t started or finished:

Habit:
• If I wait until the last minute, I’ll have more motivation to finish it
• I enjoy the excitement of doing it at the very last moment
• I’ll wait until the boss reminds me a couple of times, then I’ll know it’s something he really wants done
• I have so much to do that only the crisis things get my attention

Attitude:
• I don’t have the desire or the drive to do the assignment
• I only get around to things when I feel up to doing them
• I want to do something else
• I lack

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