Comments on: Stop Struggling With Your Nature: How To Be Productive, Profitable, Happy http://rayedwards.com/stop-struggling-with-your-nature-how-to-be-productive-profitable-happy/ Copywriting and Marketing Tips Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:38:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Perosnal Development Strategies - In What Ways Could Your “Limiting Tendencies” Become Strengths? | GenesisRead.net http://rayedwards.com/stop-struggling-with-your-nature-how-to-be-productive-profitable-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-2359 Perosnal Development Strategies - In What Ways Could Your “Limiting Tendencies” Become Strengths? | GenesisRead.net Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:30:15 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=269#comment-2359 [...] His blog post is called Stop Struggling with Your Nature: How to be Productive, Profitable, and Happy. [...] [...] His blog post is called Stop Struggling with Your Nature: How to be Productive, Profitable, and Happy. [...]

]]> By: caleb http://rayedwards.com/stop-struggling-with-your-nature-how-to-be-productive-profitable-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-2537 caleb Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:00:40 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=269#comment-2537 Ray,<br><br>My info-addiction is so bad, I sift through old magazine racks in the dentist office or friend's houses and ask to borrow them. I have stacks of magazines and books. I download every free ebook that is offered, subscribe to nearly every RSS I come across, and bookmark nearly every blog I surf.<br><br>But I never read the magazines, the RSS, the books, the blogs, and rarely revisit a website (and if I do, I just type the URL and don't even use the bookmark). I'm too busy finding more to add to the "To Read" folder.<br><br>I know I have a problem, but I can't control it. What can I do? Ray,

My info-addiction is so bad, I sift through old magazine racks in the dentist office or friend's houses and ask to borrow them. I have stacks of magazines and books. I download every free ebook that is offered, subscribe to nearly every RSS I come across, and bookmark nearly every blog I surf.

But I never read the magazines, the RSS, the books, the blogs, and rarely revisit a website (and if I do, I just type the URL and don't even use the bookmark). I'm too busy finding more to add to the “To Read” folder.

I know I have a problem, but I can't control it. What can I do?

]]> By: Lesley http://rayedwards.com/stop-struggling-with-your-nature-how-to-be-productive-profitable-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-2536 Lesley Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:01:34 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=269#comment-2536 Reading this made me feel so much better! This exactly mirrors what I've been thinking during the past month that I've taken the leap into freelancing. I've had trouble with workplace anxiety (anxiety runs in the family), and it was like being stuck between a rock and a hard place. <br><br>On one hand, I could have a traditional 9-5 job which I excelled at, but I'd be plagued with stomach problems and feeling uneasy which would make it hard to dedicate my attention to long-term career goals. On the other hand, I could leave but then what would I do about making a living? I've always known that I have the drive and potential to do something great, and I've fought against how I am, thinking that it was a weakness, wondering why I had to be different from everyone else who doesn't get anxious or who feels a 'normal' 9-5 is an easy way to be. <br><br>Perhaps there are other opportunities available to someone like me. So now I've taken a leap off the deep end into freelancing. It's going to be a big learning experience, but I really hope it can work out. I have more at stake than a desire for freedom. It's my health! Thank you for posting this and helping to affirm my feelings that instead of fighting ourselves, maybe we need to embrace our differences and find ways to listen to ourselves and how it plays into our careers. Reading this made me feel so much better! This exactly mirrors what I've been thinking during the past month that I've taken the leap into freelancing. I've had trouble with workplace anxiety (anxiety runs in the family), and it was like being stuck between a rock and a hard place.

On one hand, I could have a traditional 9-5 job which I excelled at, but I'd be plagued with stomach problems and feeling uneasy which would make it hard to dedicate my attention to long-term career goals. On the other hand, I could leave but then what would I do about making a living? I've always known that I have the drive and potential to do something great, and I've fought against how I am, thinking that it was a weakness, wondering why I had to be different from everyone else who doesn't get anxious or who feels a 'normal' 9-5 is an easy way to be.

Perhaps there are other opportunities available to someone like me. So now I've taken a leap off the deep end into freelancing. It's going to be a big learning experience, but I really hope it can work out. I have more at stake than a desire for freedom. It's my health! Thank you for posting this and helping to affirm my feelings that instead of fighting ourselves, maybe we need to embrace our differences and find ways to listen to ourselves and how it plays into our careers.

]]> By: Haris Erfolg http://rayedwards.com/stop-struggling-with-your-nature-how-to-be-productive-profitable-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-2535 Haris Erfolg Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:19:58 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=269#comment-2535 Thank you very much for the Dan Kennedy discovery. Didn't know this website yet. Lots of free stuff from grandmaster Dan, just what I need right now. You saved my day. :-) Thank you very much for the Dan Kennedy discovery. Didn't know this website yet. Lots of free stuff from grandmaster Dan, just what I need right now. You saved my day. :-)

]]> By: Ray Edwards http://rayedwards.com/stop-struggling-with-your-nature-how-to-be-productive-profitable-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 Ray Edwards Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:28:22 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=269#comment-2534 Well said, Larry! Well said, Larry!

]]> By: Larry Benet http://rayedwards.com/stop-struggling-with-your-nature-how-to-be-productive-profitable-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-2533 Larry Benet Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:59:56 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=269#comment-2533 Ray<br>Great stuff. I agree people should play to their strengths<br>When they do they can connect to others to build out their<br>team,<br>John Assaraf once said, find others who play at things<br>you don't like to do, so you can devote more of your time<br>to things you are gifted at.<br><br> To Your Success,<br><br>Larry Benet<br>The Connector Ray
Great stuff. I agree people should play to their strengths
When they do they can connect to others to build out their
team,
John Assaraf once said, find others who play at things
you don't like to do, so you can devote more of your time
to things you are gifted at.

To Your Success,

Larry Benet
The Connector

]]> By: Ray Edwards http://rayedwards.com/stop-struggling-with-your-nature-how-to-be-productive-profitable-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-2527 Ray Edwards Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:00:23 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=269#comment-2527 Thanks Chris -- glad you stopped by.<br><br>I haven't read that book yet -- though it's on my reading stack! <br><br>Alas, so many books... so little time...<br><br>:-) Thanks Chris — glad you stopped by.

I haven't read that book yet — though it's on my reading stack!

Alas, so many books… so little time…

:-)

]]> By: Ray Edwards http://rayedwards.com/stop-struggling-with-your-nature-how-to-be-productive-profitable-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-2520 Ray Edwards Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:58:47 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=269#comment-2520 Sorry Elisabeth... I actually don't know which one you wanted to add. Feel free to comment again if you like... and add your website to that post! Sorry Elisabeth… I actually don't know which one you wanted to add. Feel free to comment again if you like… and add your website to that post!

]]> By: Ray Edwards http://rayedwards.com/stop-struggling-with-your-nature-how-to-be-productive-profitable-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-2504 Ray Edwards Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:57:44 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=269#comment-2504 Yep -- that ol' time management thing is a real bugaboo, ain't it?<br><br>In my experience, it comes down more to ACTIVITY management. <br><br>"What will I choose to spend my time on in this moment?"<br><br>That's where a lot of "time management" systems fail, because they fail to address the crucial issue of personal integrity in the moment; what we need, I think, is a way to anchor ourselves to what is truly important to us -- and that will drive our behavior in the moment.<br><br>Most of the time.<br><br>;-) Yep — that ol' time management thing is a real bugaboo, ain't it?

In my experience, it comes down more to ACTIVITY management.

“What will I choose to spend my time on in this moment?”

That's where a lot of “time management” systems fail, because they fail to address the crucial issue of personal integrity in the moment; what we need, I think, is a way to anchor ourselves to what is truly important to us — and that will drive our behavior in the moment.

Most of the time.

;-)

]]> By: Ray Edwards http://rayedwards.com/stop-struggling-with-your-nature-how-to-be-productive-profitable-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-2529 Ray Edwards Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:53:39 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=269#comment-2529 I really appreciate you Kelli -- thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate you Kelli — thanks for the kind words.

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