August 2004 Anticrastination Tip Sheet

What's the opposite of Procrastination?
THE ANTICRASTINATION TIP SHEET
A Tip Sheet to Help Blast Away the
Procrastination Habit
From Rita Emmett
Author of THE PROCRASTINATOR'S HANDBOOK
& THE PROCRASTINATING CHILD: A Handbook for Adults to Help
Children Stop Putting Things Off

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Quote for August

Waiting until everything is perfect before making a move is like waiting to start a trip until all the traffic lights are green.

~ Karen Ireland ~

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The Adventure Begins

Yesterday, I sent the manuscript for my book on clutter to my publisher, Walker & Co. NY.
Amazingly -- they have already sold rights to Canada and Turkey (of all places!) and they have not even seen one word of it yet! I will keep you posted as we find out the title, and when it will be published. If you have a book in your heart, you gotta' write it. This part
of the adventure is SO much fun. Want to be among the very first group to read a sneak preview excerpt? Read on.

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Clutter Facts That are too True to Argue

• Emmett’s Basic Clutter Fact: If tomorrow you’ve got to get organized, then today you’ve got to de-clutter. Understanding, well, actually just BELIEVING this simple fact will make your life so much easier. To try to get organized with clutter surrounding you is so difficult, it’s almost impossible. To start getting organized once your clutter is gone is so simple, it almost happens without work or effort on your part. Besides, some people who APPEAR to be organized simply have all their clutter boxed up in nice looking containers. They still don’t know what they have and can’t find it when they do remember that they have it. They feel organized because their clutter looks neat, but that doesn’t reduce or conquer their clutter. It simply shuffles it.
  
  You’ll be able to move towards conquering your clutter as you grasp this concept about getting organized along with a few other simple facts, such as:
   
• Emmett’s Second Clutter Fact: When you have chaos and clutter in your work or living space, you have chaos and clutter in your mind and in your heart. That’s a fact. When clutter surrounds you, your mind becomes jumbled; it’s hard to focus, hard to decide what your priorities are and what you should be taking care of first, hard to think clearly or to even know what you feel.
   
• Emmett’s Third Clutter Fact: If you don’t have a place to put something, KA-BOOM you’ve got clutter. That’s an undeniable fact. When you look around and find that you don’t have enough room for all your stuff, you don’t need more room, you need less stuff. Remember the old saying, "A place for everything and everything in its place"? If you can't find a place for something, then it doesn't belong with you. Get rid of it. Pass it on to someone who will appreciate and use it.

Need help getting rid of your clutter? Hang in there, my book (no title yet) will be out in spring:)


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"Warning Sale"

People keep telling me that all the Special Reports, CD's and Audio Tapes on my website (RitaEmmett.com) contain information that is not available anywhere else, and folks don't value it if I'm selling at low, low bargain prices. SO this is a special WARNING for my loyal readers. On September 1, the products on my website will increase in price. So to buy low, buy NOW. Don't procrastinate :)


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Want to Become a Speaker or Author?

Rita Will be a speaker at a fantastic seminar Sept. 16 - 19, that will help you launch your speaking or writing career and begin to generate a financially successful business.
The seminar is in Los Angeles, is limited to 70 people and you will spend the weekend with Rita and the other speakers helping you plan your future.  Rita will be gone to Alaska till later in August, so for more information, call the sponsor, Dottie Walters at 626-335-8069. Tell Dottie Rita sends her warm regards.

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Rita Emmett - Recovering Procrastinator
Author of THE PROCRASTINATOR'S HANDBOOK
and
THE PROCRASTINATING CHILD: A HANDBOOK FOR ADULTS
TO HELP CHILDREN STOP PUTTING THINGS OFF

PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER: Keynotes & Seminars on
"Blast Away Procrastination"; also "Strategies to
Prevent Burnout" and "Generate Fabulous Customer Service"

Email: Rita@RitaEmmett.com
http://www.RitaEmmett.com
Phone: 847-699-9950

So much time, so little to do. Scratch that, reverse it!
--- Willie Wonka

 

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