Ask yourself this question: "How do I want to feel at the end of the day?" 1) A night-time ritual can't do all the work to prepare you for restful sleep. 2) What are you doing during the day to set yourself up for a successful evening? 3) Three common mistakes people make during the day (including the plow-through-the-day mentality) 4) Three things that you want to do during the day to set up a restful evening and sleep (including colorful sprinkles as a visual cue to sprinkle moments of joy throughout the day). Visit Ilene's bio at https://svchange.com/Ilene

The flamenco video: https://youtu.be/nbMDH3-lBqM?t=692 The Jennifer Lopez flamenco video: https://youtu.be/goBc-Uq2FAk?t=490 * We make more progress if we act as if we were performing rather than just practicing. * Somebody is always getting trained. Is it you or your dog? For more videos in this sequence, see https://mycoach.zone For the LinkedIn article, see https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-negotiations-sean-doyle-senia-maymin

Research Senia did on incremental improvement versus taking big steps * Group 1 worked on job search 15 minutes per day * Group 2 worked on job search for 3 hours at a time Group 1 got more done and better results. Start small and build your base. This episode is part of the cello series and the work remotely series. For more in the work remotely series, see https://mycoach.zone

It is possible to use differences in motivation to unlock energy for difficult tasks. * Called "Procrastination Aikido" because it involves redirecting energy deliberately. * If you find yourself stalling on a task, think of something you want to do even less. For more in the work remote series, visit https://mycoach.zone

Habits are a way to outsource things you need to get done. Four ways to invite habits back into your life. 1) I do this because it's easy – Tiny Habits 2) I do this because I paired with something I already do – Stacking Habits 3) I do this because I care about the result – Big Why 4) I do this because this is ME – Identity For more videos in this series, visit https://mycoach.zone/workremote

To move in a new direction: * Continue something already doing well: (3:40) * Start something new (4:18) * Stop something (5:12) Senia's personal continue-stop-start (8:07) For an article based on this broadcast, see https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stop-start-continue-model-senia-maymin-senia-maymin For more videos in this series, check out https://mycoach.zone/workremote

How can you use time more creatively, be "off the beaten time"? Examples… * Cook dinner after dinner. * Reserve 90 minutes every day at YOUR prime time for strategic work. * During the pandemic, use staying at home to do things at unusual times. When do you want to do your most strategic, creative work? For more videos in this series, visit https://mycoach.zone/workremote

Audience Questions (0:00) 1. Springboard action (6:10) 2. Start 3 habits together (8:12) 3. Someone who has inspired you (9:30) Learn more about Senia at https://svchange.com/Senia View more videos in this series at https://mycoach.zone/workremote BJ Fogg's book, Tiny Habits – https://amzn.to/3kom98T

Routines, habits, and rituals help us to create a sense of control. Use routines to delineate when you're at work and when you're at home. * Habits happen automatically. * Routines take self control, but can become habits. * Rituals are routines that have meaning beyond what you're doing, often spiritual. Start small. Link new routines to something you are already doing. To read the LinkedIn article based on this video, visit https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/magic-habits-routines-rituals-sharon-dantzger-senia-maymin/ For more videos in the series, check out the Tools menu at https://mycoach.zone

Senia interviewed Annmarie Brogran, author of Beyond Tidy – https://amzn.to/33rrCov * True organization is mindset and behavior. * Are you set up in a way that supports the way you want to show up in the world? * There are different types of clutter: by type, by location, by reason. * Living an organized life frees us from stress and releases energy for other purposes. For more videos in this series, see https://mycoach.zone/workremote

Habits make behavior change easier. Habits are a way of outsourcing problems out of the mind. Profit from the Positive – https://amzn.to/3mEPvSc Research studies about habit formation From Wendy Wood (Good Habits, Bad Habits – https://amzn.to/2FTukei ) * Different Context (5:33) * Default Option (7:30) From BJ Fogg (Tiny Habits – https://amzn.to/33NeolZ ) * Small actions (10:20) For more videos in this series, visit https://mycoach.zone/workremote

How do magical stories lead to goal achievement? As I was growing up, I believe that I learned a lot about right and wrong through fairy tales. Today's story: 7th day of the 7th month: Tanabata. Based on a Japanese fairy tale. * Make a wish that you can work on. (I want to become a …) * Write it and hang it on a tree. * If it doesn't rain, your wish will come true. A whimsical way of thinking about the world. What wish could you make today? A flimsy framework that could make a difference. View Senia's bio at https://svchange.com/Senia You can find the whole series at https://mycoach.zone/workremote

Only 2% of people are good at multi-tasking. For the rest of us, switching between tasks can reduce productivity by up to 40%. To be more productive using this strategy: 1) Set up batch categories of work: categories where you can keep working without flip-flop costs. 2) Schedule blocks of time in which you focus on one category only. 3) Identify your most productive time of the day or week. Use it for your deepest, most creative work. View Senia's bio at https://svchange.com/senia Watch all the videos in this series at https://mycoach.zone/workremote

Senia is a fan of Kaizen and small habits. So she proposed two small habits to keep projects moving. * Take an external step. An internal step is thinking about the project. An external step is getting somebody else to think about it. Publish something or send an email to somebody who can influence the way the project works out. * If the external step doesn't work, turn it around and try again elsewhere. Think of Ray Bradbury mailing stories to the next publisher on his list the same day he received a rejection letter. Get it in process somewhere else. View Senia's bio at https://svchange.com/Senia These videos are sponsored by MyCoach at https://mycoach.zone