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A huge bonus of learning persuasion is that we gain the ability to persuade ourselves. This enables us to easily accomplish whatever we attempt.

Setting the stage to be productive requires a few simple and practical activities whereby we increase our capacity to achieve results. For some, these mindsets come easier than for others, but they are all quite do-able. If you persist, you will progress.

The first one is easy (though sometimes time constraints don't allow for it), and that is getting enough sleep. Sleep allows our brains and cells to recharge, repairing, rejuvenating and cleansing our minds and bodies.

If you are most productive at night, maximize that. Stay up a little later and get stuff done. Pay attention to those internal rhythms because there's no sense in getting up early to do something that will take twice as long if you can half that time by doing it when you're at your peak. If you're a morning person, go to sleep twenty minutes before you normally would and wake up twenty minutes earlier to accomplish what you need to. The key is to be awake during your peak time.

Proper nutrition and exercise may seem like time consumers, but they actually don't take as long as you think they do AND even if they did, the time investment is so worth it. Sure, it takes some intention to eat right. It takes that conversation with your other than conscious mind to help keep you on track. And exercise is hard and it's so much easier to sit on the couch or lay by the side of the pool, but even 20 minutes of exercise a day is beneficial. I know you have 20 minutes that you can spend.

Creating routines help us with both starting a new, healthy habit and eliminating an old, unhelpful habit. We achieve success as a result of our intention. Ruts are have a negative frame attached to them and I'm not suggesting we all get ourselves in ruts where we can't see the forest for the trees, however I am suggesting that we learn to do certain things without thinking, on autopilot--like taking your vitamins or starting the day out with a light and sound session or working on your universes or expressing gratitude for the good things that come to us. These are positive routines that have a wonderful impact on us.

And lastly, you must create a stress free environment especially if your work requires a certain amount of stress. If you have constant deadlines or are rushing from meeting to meeting, you have got to make sure there are places in your life when you can decompress. Sleep is not enough. Try taking up a hobby or learn to meditate or pray or spend some quiet time in nature, playing golf -- whatever pleases you -- in order to unwind.

Incorporating these five steps into your life will boost your productivity, not to mention your health, well being, and peace of mind.

About the Author

Kenrick Cleveland teaches strategies to earn the business of wealthy clients using persuasion. He runs public and private seminars and offers home study courses and coaching programs in persuasion strategies.

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