Lazy Perfectionist…

I came up with this term for myself while talking to someone recently, and I feel it sums me up perfectly.

I am a Gemini star sign, which as you may or may not know is ‘The Twins’, and that really describes me well - sometimes I feel like I am actually made up of two different people!

I have one side of me that is driven, focused, and destined to greatness -the other side would be  perfectly happy to sit and watch reruns of Scrubs and live on the dole.

One side of me is neat almost to the point of OCD -  the other side is the guy who lets the house get to the state where you have to find a path from the chair to the door.

One side of me loves training, pushing myself and desires a great looking, strong physique - the other side can’t be bothered training (especially if progress is slow).

Being aware of this dichotomy isn’t enough to control my lazy slob side, I have to get aggressive and force him to shut the hell up and stay out of my way! (At least until I am a millionairre!)

The only way to do this is to set goals and targets regularly, and schedule time to work towards them. Of course, the lazy side of me doesn’t want to bother doing this, so the most important appointment on my calendar falls on a Sunday, and is named ’Timetable next week’. :-)

For some great resources on goal setting, organising your life and increasing productivity check out:

7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

and

Goals by Brian Tracy