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You have a deadline looming. However, instead of doing your work, you are fiddling with miscellaneous things like checking email, social media, watching videos, surfing blogs and forums. You know you should be working, but you just don't feel like doing anything.

We are all familiar with the procrastination phenomenon. When we procrastinate, we squander away our free time and put off important tasks we should be doing them till it's too late. And when it is indeed too late, we panic and wish we got started earlier.

The chronic procrastinators I know have spent years of their life looped in this cycle. Delaying, putting off things, slacking, hiding from work, facing work only when it's unavoidable, then repeating this loop all over again. It's a bad habit that eats us away and prevents us from achieving greater results in life.

Don't let procrastination take over your life. Here, I will share my personal steps on how to stop procrastinating. These 11 steps will definitely apply to you too:

1. Break Your Work into Little Steps

Part of the reason why we procrastinate is because subconsciously, we find the work too overwhelming for us. Break it down into little parts, then focus on one part at the time. If you still procrastinate on the task after breaking it down, then break it down even further. Soon, your task will be so simple that you will be thinking "gee, this is so simple that I might as well just do it now!".

For example, I'm currently writing a new book (on How to achieve anything in life). Book writing at its full scale is an enormous project and can be overwhelming. However, when I break it down into phases such as -

(1) Research

(2) Deciding the topic

(3) Creating the outline

(4) Drafting the content

(5) Writing Chapters #1 to #10,

(6) Revision

(7) etc.

Suddenly it seems very manageable. What I do then is to focus on the immediate phase and get it done to my best ability, without thinking about the other phases. When it's done, I move on to the next.

2. Change Your Environment

Different environments have different impact on our productivity. Look at your work desk and your room. Do they make you want to work or do they make you want to snuggle and sleep? If it's the latter, you should look into changing your workspace.

One thing to note is that an environment that makes us feel inspired before may lose its effect after a period of time. If that's the case, then it's time to change things around. Refer to Steps #2 and #3 of 13 Strategies To Jumpstart Your Productivity, which talks about revamping your environment and workspace.

3. Create a Detailed Timeline with Specific Deadlines

Having just 1 deadline for your work is like an invitation to procrastinate. That's because we get the impression that we have time and keep pushing everything back, until it's too late.

Break down your project (see tip #1), then create an overall timeline with specific deadlines for each small task. This way, you know you have to finish each task by a certain date. Your timelines must be robust, too - i.e. if you don't finish this by today, it's going to jeopardize everything else you have planned after that. This way it creates the urgency to act.

My goals are broken down into monthly, weekly, right down to the daily task lists, and the list is a call to action that I must accomplish this by the specified date, else my goals will be put off.

Here're more tips on setting deadlines: 22 Tips for Effective Deadlines

4. Eliminate Your Procrastination Pit-Stops

If you are procrastinating a little too much, maybe that's because you make it easy to procrastinate.

Identify your browser bookmarks that take up a lot of your time and shift them into a separate folder that is less accessible. Disable the automatic notification option in your email client. Get rid of the distractions around you.

I know some people will out of the way and delete or deactivate their facebook accounts. I think it's a little drastic and extreme as addressing procrastination is more about being conscious of our actions than counteracting via self-binding methods, but if you feel that's what's needed, go for it.

5. Hang out with People Who Inspire You to Take Action

I'm pretty sure if you spend just 10 minutes talking to Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, you'll be more inspired to act than if you spent the 10 minutes doing nothing. The people we are with influence our behaviors. Of course spending time with Steve Jobs or Bill Gates every day is probably not a feasible method, but the principle applies - The Hidden Power of Every Single Person Around You

Identify the people, friends or colleagues who trigger you - most likely the go-getters and hard workers - and hang out with them more often. Soon you will inculcate their drive and spirit too.

As a personal development blogger, I "hang out" with inspiring personal development experts by reading their blogs and corresponding with them regularly via email and social media. It's communication via new media and it works all the same.

6. Get a Buddy

Having a companion makes the whole process much more fun. Ideally, your buddy should be someone who has his/her own set of goals. Both of you will hold each other accountable to your goals and plans. While it's not necessary for both of you to have the same goals, it'll be even better if that's the case, so you can learn from each other.

I have a good friend whom I talk to regularly, and we always ask each other about our goals and progress in achieving those goals. Needless to say, it spurs us to keep taking action.

7. Tell Others About Your Goals

This serves the same function as #6, on a larger scale. Tell all your friends, colleagues, acquaintances and family about your projects. Now whenever you see them, they are bound to ask you about your status on those projects.

For example, sometimes I announce my projects on The Personal Excellence Blog, Twitter and Facebook, and my readers will ask me about them on an ongoing basis. It's a great way to keep myself accountable to my plans.

8. Seek out Someone Who Has Already Achieved the Outcome

What is it you want to accomplish here, and who are the people who have accomplished this already? Go seek them out and connect with them. Seeing living proof that your goals are very well achievable if you take action is one of the best triggers for action.

9. Re-Clarify Your Goals

If you have been procrastinating for an extended period of time, it might reflect a misalignment between what you want and what you are currently doing. Often times, we outgrow our goals as we discover more about ourselves, but we don't change our goals to reflect that.

Get away from your work (a short vacation will be good, else just a weekend break or staycation will do too) and take some time to regroup yourself. What exactly do you want to achieve? What should you do to get there? What are the steps to take? Does your current work align with that? If not, what can you do about it?

10. Stop Over-Complicating Things

Are you waiting for a perfect time to do this? That maybe now is not the best time because of X, Y, Z reasons? Ditch that thought because there's never a perfect time. If you keep waiting for one, you are never going to accomplish anything.

Perfectionism is one of the biggest reasons for procrastination. Read more about why perfectionist tendencies can be a bane than a boon: Why Being A Perfectionist May Not Be So Perfect.

11. Get a Grip and Just Do It

At the end, it boils down to taking action. You can do all the strategizing, planning and hypothesizing, but if you don't take action, nothing's going to happen. Occasionally, I get readers and clients who keep complaining about their situations but they still refuse to take action at the end of the day.

Reality check:

I have never heard anyone procrastinate their way to success before and I doubt it's going to change in the near future. Whatever it is you are procrastinating on, if you want to get it done, you need to get a grip on yourself and do it.

Bonus: Think Like a Rhino

More Tips for Procrastinators to Start Taking Action

Featured photo credit: Malvestida Magazine via unsplash.com

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5 Reasons Why Quitting Makes You a Winner

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You have a deadline looming. However, instead of doing your work, you are fiddling with miscellaneous things like checking email, social media, watching videos, surfing blogs and forums. You know you should be working, but you just don't feel like doing anything. We are all familiar with the procrastination phenomenon.

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C- December 6, 2017
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A- Dr. Kristian H.
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"Winners know when to quit or when to grit." -- Dr. Kristian H.

It's okay to quit. Quit the job you hate. Leave the relationship that isn't serving you. Quit the friendships that are draining. I am not sure exactly when we are taught that "Quitters never prosper" or "Quitters never win, and winners never quit." I am not sure why we were taught that there is honor in finishing things that are unfulfilling, toxic, and stressful as long as you don't quit.

Here's the danger in being fearful of quitting. You can get stuck. Instead of focusing on what is important to you, what makes you feel happy, healthy, and free, you just focus on not quitting. You stop being strategic. You stop thinking about whether your decisions will lead you to the life you want to live.

I had to learn that quitting wasn't the problem, quitting is a very necessary part of life. I made so many decisions in my young adult life driven by one factor and one factor only - I didn't want to quit. I didn't want to be seen as a failure. My biggest fear in life was failing, so anything that looked or smelled like failure, I didn't want to have any parts of. So if that meant I was in an unhealthy relationship, I wanted to fight it out to make it work, because I didn't want to fail. If I had a toxic friendship, I didn't want to cut it off, I wanted to figure it out, work it out, and make it work. No matter the stress, the pain, or the tears that I had go through, I would put myself through it, if it meant I wouldn't fail.

What I didn't realize then, is that by not quitting, I was failing. I was failing to put myself first. I was failing to follow my dreams. I was failing at having enough confidence to walk in my own path. I had to learn the difference between necessary and unnecessary quitting. Sometimes, quitting is absolutely necessary. Take addiction, for example. If you have an unhealthy addiction -- drugs, alcohol, or gambling -- almost everyone would agree that you should work on quitting and breaking those bad habits. But, there are a lot of other bad habits outside of the typical that we need to let go -- unhealthy relationships with food, unfulfilling jobs, or toxic relationships. Research from Carnegie Mellon found that chronic psychological stress is associated with the body losing its ability to regulate the inflammatory response which can promote the development and progression of disease. In other words, stress wreaks havoc on the mind and body. We have to take care of ourselves, and sometimes that means knowing when to call it quits.

Here are a few tips to help you determine if it is time to quit something or someone.

When you find yourself in a stressful situation, start by asking yourself a few questions. What am I doing? Why am I doing it? Why do I want to quit? The two why questions are probably the most important. Why are you doing what you are doing? Does it bring you happiness or does it put you on a path that could bring you happiness? Do you even know what happiness is for you? Is the action part of a larger strategy? Does it improve your health? Are you being driven by external or internal forces?

As you work towards crafting your ideal life, everything won't happen overnight. For example, if you decide you want to open a fitness studio, there are several steps you must take to ensure your success. For starters, you may need to get certified as a fitness instructor, then teach classes in a fitness studio to build your clientele, and work with and manage an existing fitness studio to learn the do's and don'ts of the business. But, if you are struggling with passing the test to become a fitness instructor, and you want to quit, you need to ask yourself if opening a fitness studio is still your dream. If it is, quitting isn't an option.

Please read this clearly, hard work is a must. You shouldn't quit things just because they are hard or challenging. But if you realize that you do not want to open a fitness studio, because you are actually passionate about ballet, then quitting may be the absolute right thing to do. Only you will know if you are being strategic or lazy. You have to be honest with yourself.

Next, ask yourself how the action or person makes you feel. If the thought of doing something or seeing someone brings on intense anxiety or makes you feel physically ill, it may be time to reevaluate. If your dream is being a physician, and medical school is intensely stressful, the stress may be worth it to get to the end goal of practicing medicine. But if you aren't passionate about being a physician, and you are only doing it because it sounds good, then the stress is absolutely not worth it. But once again, only you can decide the right path.

Finally, make sure that you aren't just facing a challenge you need to push through. I f you want to lose weight or change your eating habits, you are going to experience moments of intense cravings when you just want to give in and eat what you want. These are the moments when you want to try to push through and not quit. When you are on the treadmill, and you set a goal of running a mile, don't get off that treadmill just because you are tired. When you are an entrepreneur at heart, and have started five companies that have failed, you must still start the sixth.

Sometimes quitting is the right answer, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes you need to preserve, and sometimes you need to let go. You may need grit or you may need compassion. The goal is balance. The goal is to figure out the appropriate time for each response. So maybe the new saying we should teach kids, is, "Winners know when to quit or when to grit."

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"Winners know when to quit or when to grit." -- Dr. Kristian H. It's okay to quit. Quit the job you hate. Leave the relationship that isn't serving you. Quit the friendships that are draining. I am not sure exactly when we are taught that "Quitters never prosper" or "Quitters never win, and winners never quit."

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C- June 23, 2014
R- This shows how quitting will benefit in the long run.
A- Hanna Brooks Olsen
A- This supports my claim because it shows how even famous people quit.
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CreativeLive CEO Chase Jarvis will quickly tell you: He's a great quitter. He's quit all kinds of things, from various sports to med school. And you know what? It's been the key to his success.

"I was pursuing a graduate degree in the philosophy of art before I quit to pursue photography full time," Chase wrote on his blog in 2012. "Quitting was the result of a waning interest in learning about dead white guys - and it was a good move for me in the long run."

Being a quitter is usually painted as a negative attribute; in school, in work, in life, "not giving up" is considered a prized skill. You're supposed to hammer away at something tirelessly and sometimes fruitlessly, until something comes of it. And if nothing ever comes of it and you're miserable the whole time? Well, chalk it up to experience and pat yourself on the back for living a life of dogged commitment.

Commitment? To what? To your own unhappiness? Why is not quitting something you hate considered a good thing?

In Chase's case, quitting the things that made him unhappy or unfulfilled freed up his time to let him figure out what it was that would actually let him live the life he wants. And he's certainly not the only one to do it. Singer/songwriter Shelby Earl, who quit a successful career to pursue music full-time, says it hit her one day that not quitting wasn't doing her any favors.

"The big revelatory moment happened one day when I was sitting at my desk, miserable, staring at a spreadsheet, perplexed as to how my life had come to look like this, and I suddenly realized no one was making me be there," Shelby says. "No one was making me live the life I was living. And if I wanted, I could just change it."

Quitting is also usually seen as a sign of weakness, or failure, or of lack of aptitude. If you just can't cut it, you quit. If it's too hard, you quit. If you're not good enough at it, you quit.

But Shelby says that wasn't the case at all.

"It wasn't that my job was too hard or that I wanted to give up, it was that I realized I could live a much bigger, more meaningful life than I was currently living."

According to at least one study, our collective societal finger-wagging about quitting might actually be physically bad for us. In a paper published in 2007, researchers found that those who where unable to step away from hard-to-reach or unsatisfying goals produced proteins that have been linked to real maladies, like diabetes. But beyond the potential for making ourselves sick, sticking with things we hate also keeps us from finding the things we love, whether it be a different line of work, a new creative pursuit, or a whole new life.

For many people, quitting (particularly quitting a job) is scary business - after all, the financial risks alone are enough to keep lots of folks plugging away at things they don't enjoy. But what if the risks are worth it, which multiple studies show that they are? A Gallup poll from this year found that, even in the face of monetary worries, most small business owners say that starting their own business was one of their best decisions, and that they'd do it all over again. And at a time when more and more people are taking chances on self-employment, the resources and information are out there to prove that quitting is not only sometimes the right move, but a more common one than we realize.

Maybe it's not so much about embracing quitting as it is about reframing it as "making room for starting." Because really, everything you've ever quit began as something you started - and everything you started came because you'd quit something else.
Quitting poster designed by Flickr user Kristian Bjornard

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Sometimes, Quitters Do Win: Why Giving Up Isn't Always A Bad Thing

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CreativeLive CEO Chase Jarvis will quickly tell you: He's a great quitter. He's quit all kinds of things, from various sports to med school. And you know what? It's been the key to his success. "I was pursuing a graduate degree in the philosophy of art before I quit to pursue photography full time," Chase wrote on his blog in 2012.

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A- Annie Mueller
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Having texting and video conferencing at our fingertips, it appears that maintaining a long-distance relationship is easier than ever. Long-distance calls are no longer a luxury; the days when they needed to be rationed are long gone.

Long-distance couples do not have to depend on 3 p.m. postal delivery, waiting for news that is at best four days old.

Now we're no longer even in the days of waiting for our loved ones to check their e-mail when they get home from work. Instant messaging keeps us hooked to each other even when we are out shopping, working, playing, watching a movie and doing much more.

Technology, however, cannot compensate for everything in a long-distance relationship, as anyone with a long-distance relationship will tell you.

Many long-distance relationships still seem emotionally difficult despite the lack of regular physical proximity.

People often think long-distance relationships will never work. It may be discouraged by your family, and some of your best friends may tell you not to take it too seriously in case you end up heartbroken.

Many things are not possible due to the extra distance - no one can promise it will be easy. Things could get complicated, and you might feel lonely and sad at times.

Still, many of us try them.

However, the extra distance also makes the simplest things the sweetest. Being able to hold the other person's hand, eating together at the same table, feeling each other's touch, taking a walk together, smelling each other's hair... these small wishes could suddenly mean so much more in a long-distance relationship.

Long-distance relationships may be tough, but they have their own surprises too.

Here're 21 tips on how to make a long distance relationship work:

1. Avoid excessive communication.

It is unwise to be overly "sticky" and possessive. You two don't really have to communicate 12 hours a day to keep the relationship going. Many couples think that they need to compensate for the distance by doing more. This is not true. And it might only make things worse. Soon you would get tired of "loving."

Remember: Less is more. It is not about spamming - you are only going to exhaust yourselves. It's really about teasing at the right moments and tugging at the right spots.

2. See it as an opportunity.

"If you want to live together, you first need to learn how to live apart." - Anonymous

View it as a learning journey for both of you. This is an opportunity for you to prove your love for one another. According to a Chinese proverb, "Real gold is not afraid of the test of fire." Instead of thinking that this long-distance relationship is pulling you two apart, you should believe that through this experience, the both of you will be bound together even stronger.

As Emma says it to Will in season four of Glee,

"I would rather be here, far from you, but feeling really close, rather than close to you but feeling really far away." - Emma, Glee Season 4

3. Set some ground rules to manage your expectations.

Both of you need to be clear with what you expect of each other during this long-distance relationship. Set some ground rules so that none of you will do things that will take the other party by surprise.

For instance, are you two exclusive? Is it all right for the other person to go on dates? What is your commitment level? It's better to be open with each other about all these things.

4. Try to communicate regularly, and creatively.

Greet each other "good morning" and "good night" every day - this is a must. On top of that, try to update your partner on your life and its happenings, however mundane some of the things may seem.

To up the game, send each other pictures, audio clips, and short videos from time to time. By putting in this kind of effort, you make the other person feel loved and attended to.

5. Talk dirty with each other.

Sexual tension is undoubtedly one of the most important things between couples. In a way, sexual desire is like the glue that keeps both parties from drifting apart. Sexual need is not only biological but also emotional.

Keep the flames burning by sending each other teasing texts filled with sexual innuendos and provocative descriptions. Sexy puns work pretty well too.

6. Avoid "dangerous" situations.

If you already know that going to the club or going drinking with your group of friends late at night will displease your partner, then you should either 1. Not do it or 2. Tell your partner beforehand to reassure them.

You should not let this sort of thing slip by because it will only make your partner extra worried or suspicious - and of course, very upset because they will feel powerless or lack control over the situation.

You can fall victim to your traps by going out with eye candy from work after work or dating someone from your past who has been flirting with you without realizing it. Before entering a dangerous situation, you need to recognize the dangers.

Listen to your heart, but don't just rely on it. Make sure you also listen to your mind.

7. Do things together.

Play a game online together. Watch a documentary at the same time on YouTube or Vimeo. Share a song on Skype while another plays the guitar. Video-call each other and go for a walk together. Together, go online shopping - and buy each other gifts (see #13).

You really have to be creative and spontaneous about it.

8. Do similar things.

Recommend books, TV shows, movies, music, news and etc., to each other. When you read, watch and listen to the same things, you get to have more topics in common to talk about.

Even if you live apart, it's nice to have some shared experiences.

9. Make visits to each other.

Every long-distance relationship is enriched by visits.

After all the waiting and yearning and abstinence, you finally get to meet each other to fulfil all the little things like kissing, holding hands, etc. These are typical for couples in long-distance relationships but more special and intimate for long-distance couples.

The atmosphere will be filled with fireworks, glitter bombs, confetti, rainbows, and butterflies.

10. Have a goal in mind.

Are we going to be apart for a long time?" "what about the future?" These are the questions you should ask yourselves.

In fact, a couple cannot stay in a long-distance relationship forever. Eventually, we all need to settle down.

So make a plan with each other. Set up a timeline, mark down the estimated times apart and times together, and draw an end goal.

It is important that you two are on the same page and have the same goals. So that even if you are not living in the same space and the same timezone, both of you are still motivated to work together in the same direction towards a future that includes one another.

That's right, you need some motivation to make a relationship last too. Find out more about what motivates you here.

11. Enjoy your alone time and your time with your friends and family.

You are alone, but you are not lonely unless you choose to feel like it. You don't have to let your world revolve around your partner - you still have you, your friends, and your family. Take this time apart to do more with your friends and family. Go to the gym more often. Get a new hobby. Binge-watch shows. There are plenty of things for you to do that don't involve your partner.

12. Stay honest with each other.

Talk about your feelings of fear, insecurity, jealousy, apathy, whatsoever. If you try to hide anything from your partner, that secret will sooner or later swallow you up from the inside out. Don't try to deal with things all by yourself. Be open and honest with each other. Let your partner help you and give you the support you need. It's better to look at the problem during its initial stage than to only disclose it when it's all too late.

13. Know each other's schedules.

It's helpful to know when the other person is busy and free. So that you can drop a text or make a call at the right time. You wouldn't want to disturb your partner when they are in the middle of class or halfway through a business meeting. Make sure you are aware of everyone's small and big events in their lives, i.e., college midterms and exams, important business trips and meetings, job interviews, etc. Particularly if you live in different time zones, this becomes more important.

14. Keep track of each other's social media activities.

Facebook and Instagram photos of each other. Send each other tweets. Tag each other on Facebook. Post stuff on each other's wall. Let them know you care. Be cool with stalking each other.

15. Gift a personal object for the other person to hold on to.

Memories have power. No matter what it is-a pendant, a ring, a keychain, a collection of songs and videos, or a perfume bottle. Everyday items and things have meanings to us, whether we realize it or not. We all try to store memories in material things so that when our minds fail, we will still be able to look at or hold onto something that will help us recall our memories. This is why something so simple can mean so much to a person when others may see little or no value in it.

16. Get a good messaging app.

This is extremely important because texting is the most frequent and common way of communication the two of you have. You need a good messaging app on your phones that allows interactions beyond words and emoticons.

Personally, I use this messaging app called LINE. I find it highly effective because it has a huge reserve of playful and very funny "stickers" that are free for its users to use. You can also go to the app's "Sticker Shop" to download (or gift!) extra stickers of different themes (e.g., Hello Kitty, Pokemon, Snoopy, MARVEL, etc.) at a low price. Occasionally, the app will give out free sticker sets for promotions. This messaging app is cute and easy to learn to use.

17. Snail-mail your gift.

Mail each other postcards and hand-written love letters. Send each other gifts across the globe from time to time. Flower deliveries on birthdays, anniversaries, and Valentine's Day. Shop online and surprise each other with cool T-shirts, sexy underwear, and such.

18. Stay positive.

You need to constantly inject positive energy into the long-distance relationship to keep it alive. Yes, the waiting can be painful, and you can sometimes feel lonely, but you need to remind yourself that the fruits at the end will be sweet as heaven.

One good trick to staying positive is to be grateful all the time. Be thankful that you have someone to love - someone who also loves you back. Be thankful for the little things, like the hand-made letter that arrived safely in your mailbox the other day. Be thankful for each other's health and safety.

19. Keep each other updated on each other's friends and family.

This will help you two to know each other's culture and values. Knowing small habits of each other helps in developing an understanding and building mutual trust.

Talking about family and friends gives you more matters to talk about. The best thing to talk about is gossip and scandals.

20. Video-call whenever possible.

Because sometimes looking into each other's eyes and hearing each other's voices can make everything feel alright again.

A video call is though nothing like being together, but it's the best thing and the most to do for coziness in a long-distance relationship.

21. Give each other pet names.

Because it's cute. It keeps the lovey-dovey going. Having special names for each other reserved only for one another are heart-warming. Hearing that one word with love lifts our spirits up, and we feel assured all over again.

Chaos seems to fade away just by hearing that special word from someone special.
With the best wishes...
Love (or like) is a force that is beyond your control. Love just happens. The same goes for turning off those feelings, even when you get the perfect job halfway across the country.

Neither one of us expects to be long-distance in a relationship. But if you're in a relationship like this, you'll just have to make the most out of a difficult situation. These advice for long distance relationships will hopefully help you stay strong and cheerful when living apart from one another.

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7 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Give Up So Easily

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Having texting and video conferencing at our fingertips, it appears that maintaining a long-distance relationship is easier than ever. Long-distance calls are no longer a luxury; the days when they needed to be rationed are long gone. Long-distance couples do not have to depend on 3 p.m.

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C- November 1, 2017
R- This shows how quitting isn't the way to go for success.
A- Lidiya Kesarovska
A- This is against my claim because it says that when you feel like quitting it is a trial period.
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"When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Don't give up." - Roy T. Bennett
It is our lifetime dream to be someone great in life.

Some of us want to build a successful business, attain high positions at work, have a huge amount of money in the bank and so on. That makes us pursue some skills that will enhance us to make our dream a reality. Such activities include getting a degree, starting up a business, learning a new skill, depriving yourself of sleep at night and devoting most of your time to your project, and more.

But to our amazement, things get harder and it seems our efforts are not yielding a positive result. The only alternative we have then is to give up.

Maybe you doubt yourself and ask yourself whether you have what it takes to succeed. You might be thinking: ' I got to end this now and quit, rather than continue making a fool of myself'.

Self-doubt pops up in your mind and hopelessness starts to take over. It happens to all of us. But remember that tough times never last, but tough people do.

Why You Should Never Give Up on Yourself

1. You are bigger than your temptation.

It might seem like the world has turned against you, and all you can see is a series of problems, circumstances and challenges.

But this is a trial period. You must never faint, never lose hope in yourself, never give in to temptations. They exist now to make you stronger, to help you become a real man, to make you braver and more courageous.

Believe in yourself, remember those times in your life that you faced certain challenges and how you overcame them. Reinforce those visions in your mind now. Develop the mindset of 'I can do this' and 'I will do that'.

2. It's all in your head.

No matter the challenges you are going through now, what would determine whether you win or lose is your mindset.

That's your mentality, what you believe in, what you stand for. If you believe you can, you can. If you believe you can't, you can't.

Your word, together with your belief system, is a self-fulfilling prophesy.

No matter what you are going through - have this in mind: You are the captain of your soul, the creator of your destiny.

You can decide on how to respond to challenges, you might not have the power to control things that happens to you, but you have the power to control how you would react and respond to them.

3. Life is not meant to be easy.

Do you think life is easy? I guess not.

Life is enthusiastic for those who are prepared for any stone life throws at them. To get a better life, the one you've dreamt about for long, you need to fight for it.

There are over 7 billion people in the universe and every individual is fighting for survival. You have your own fight, so don't give up on yourself.

Giving up means telling yourself you are not competent of handling circumstances. By this negative self-talk, you accept defeat before it's actually happened.

4. The storm is almost over.

If you could realize where you are now and where you have come to reach your goal, you would persist more, endure more and continue on your journey to success.

If Thomas Edison decided to quit after 9,999 attempt failed, he would not have succeeded inventing a light bulb.

No success goes without its own hardship and no achievement without failure, and its own story to tell.
"Everything is OKAY in the end. If it is not OK, then its not the end".
5. Doing the same thing daily.

To succeed in your endeavors, success requires doing the same thing day in and day out. Not once, not twice; but everyday.

You can't be a guitarist today and tomorrow decide to become a violinist. You have to stick to a profession and learn the ins and outs of it.

All successful people are known for one thing. Football hero Lionel Messi is well-known for his talent on the field. Steve Job was the founder of Apple.

Even though you are yet to achieve your expected result and feel like quitting already, don't.

An athlete trains daily to stay in shape.

A blogger who wants to be successful must be consistent with blog posting, comments on other blog, guest posting to gain exposure and backlinks, promoting blog content, etc. This will not yield expected results once, but continuously. Doing this will help in the growth of one's site, brand and - ultimately - business.

If you are not persistent in what you are doing, there are others folks who are working restlessly to achieve their dream. How would you be able to beat them?
Wrapping up
Rome wasn't built in a day. It was built brick by brick. Success doesn't come overnight, it comes through hard work, patience and endurance.

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"When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Don't give up." - Roy T. Bennett It is our lifetime dream to be someone great in life. Some of us want to build a successful business, attain high positions at work, have a huge amount of money in the bank and so on.

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C- July 28, 2016
R- This to show what to quit doing.
A- Lessons Learned in Life
A- This supports my claim because it shows that doing these things should be quit.
P- This is to show why quitting can lead you away from these.

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C- Unknown
R- This is an image that shows you that quitting can be a strategy.
A- Jane Alexander
A- This supports my claim because it shows that quitting is a good strategy.
P- This is to show that quitting isn't bad but good.

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C- Unknown
R- This is to show that quitting can relieve you if unhappy.
A- Mihran Kalaydjian
A- This supports my claim because this shows that quitting is relieving.
P- This is to show that quitting can help you start anew.

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C- Unknown
R- This is to show that quitting is a sign of respect to yourself.
A- Jana Says
A- This supports my claim because it shows some good reasons to quit.
P- This is to show why people might want to quit.

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C- Unknown
R- This is to show that quitting can lead you down the right path.
A- It's Mental Health Time
A- This supports my claim because it shows that quitting doesn't make you weak.
P- This is to show that if you head down the wrong path, quit and start again.

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C- April 6, 2015
R- This is to show where to put your hard work and when to quit it.
A- Lindsay Hoffman
A- This supports my claim because she says to try new things and get out of your comfort zone.
P- This is to show to live your life and don't be afraid to quit.

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C- Oct 22, 2021
R- This is to show that quitting can be heroic and acceptable.
A- The New York Times
A- This supports my claim because she says quitting is brave to do for things you hate.
P- This is to show that quitting can make your life easier and happier.

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The Bravest Thing You Can Do Is Quit | NYT Opinion