Lately I learned something new from Mike Litman and I feel so motivated that I want to share with you here.
I learned the strategies how to overcome procrastination and how you can unleash your greatness.
Well, everyone wants to tap into their maximum potential and unleash their greatness in their lives. The bad news is, they just can’t help but keep procrastinating on what they supposed to do. And this seriously block them from achieving what they want.
If you’re reading this right now, be prepared, you’re about to discover some very powerful insights how you can handle procrastination and how you can unleash your greatness.
The Difference Between Greatness And Mediocrity
Do you want to know what is the difference between greatness and mediocrity? What separates success from ordinary?
Well, I will use the example that Mike Litman used in his audio program…
Let’s say that we have Jane and Susan who both want to go to the gym in 10am in the Sunday. They want to keep their bodies in good shape and want to stay healthy.
So when Sunday comes, at 10am, it is raining outside and it is cold. The alarm sounds and Jane is unwilling to wake up. She felt so warm to hide under her blanket. She end up procrastinate and sleep more.
What happened to Susan? The same thing, it is cold out there, and she wishes to hide in her blanket as well. However, 30 minutes later, Susan is in the gym and Jane is not.
Thus, what is the difference between the two?
The difference is this, one person focuses on the reward and the other focuses on the process.
Clearly, Susan sees herself in good body shape and stay healthy, that is why she is able to handle her little thoughts and wake up to go to the gym.
On the other hand, Jane focuses on the process, which is boring, that she needs to wake up early, it is cold out there and she prefers to sleep more.
What did Susan did?
Susan did what most people hate. And do you know what does this mean? It means that in order to be successful, you need to do what most people hate to do.
Think about it, success is not something easy. You need to make more cold calls, you need to meet more clients, you need to learn how to handle procrastination, you need to take more risk, you need to be more hard working and so on and so forth.
So what does this tell you?
It tells you that if you want to be successful, you must do what most people hate to do. You need to form a habit of doing it until you find it interesting and you want to do even more of it.
Can you see the difference between success and mediocrity right now?
If you want to achieve your goals and be successful, you must overcome procrastination by doing what most people hate to do.
And in order to end procrastination, you must focus on the reward instead of the process. This is how you can unleash your greatness. And this is how you can be successful in your life.
So what you can do right now is to ask yourself this question…
“What is the one thing that I hate to do, but if I did it, it will improve the quality of my life?”
Identify this one thing and do it right now. Focus on the rewards or the outcomes that you are going to get from doing it. Don’t focus on the process as this will not motivate you to take action.
This is how you can overcome procrastination and unleash your greatness. This is how you can tap into your maximum potential to achieve what you have set for. This is how successful people did it and how you can be the same.


From the previous post, you state that we should focus on the process, not the end result. In contrast,for this post you said that we should focus on the result. It doesn’t make sense to me. It is just my point of view , don’t get offended.
Hi Leong, can you please provide me the link of the previous post? Would like to clarify it. Thanks for telling.
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Hi Leong, just curious, did I mention that we should focus on the process in that post?
Very helpful thanks
Sometimes we proscratinate because we are not sure of what we want. We are still doubting…
very good work on reward rather than process
I like the just do it for ten minutes to get you going, i believe in that
hi your article is very motivating thanx
Good stuff. Like my boi marco be tellin dat me needs to off the bum out da couch and be me like tellin mi-self dat i gots to chase da paper to buy mah own pad and the likes so i dunt got to listen to them nagz marco be yappin.
Peace, great articls!
Let me bit modify how your example should be used here in this post. Example doesn’t matter much but can reshape the clarity of the meaning.
So here it goes…..
Let’s say we have Shaley & Janifer who both want to go to gym tomorrow morning at 7am. They want to keep their bodies in good shape and want to stay healthy.
So when tomorrow comes, at 7am, it is raining outside and it is cold. The alarm sounds and Shaley is unwilling to wake up. She felt so warm to hide under her blanket. She end up in procrastination and sleep more.
What happened to Janifer? The same thing, it is cold out there, and she wishes to hide in her blanket as well. However, 15 minutes later, Janifer is at the gym and Shaley is not.