[Index: INTRO, Step 1, 1b, 2, 3, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 6b, 7, 8, 9, 9b, 10, 10b, 11, 12]

It was difficult to select from your excellent STOP DOING suggestions. Below are 10 great ones with bonus suggestion I particularly like!

1. STOP doing tasks that do not pay me my appropriate hourly rate.
2. STOP trying to make everything perfect.
3. STOP letting my days go on forever. Get a good night’s rest.
4. STOP checking email all day long and STOP replying them immediately.
5. STOP shortchanging my health by replacing exercise with work
6. STOP doing other people’s work for them; train them to do it for themselves.
7. STOP being distracted by work during family time.
8. STOP ‘pausing’ so often in the middle of major tasks.
9. STOP wasting time (mindless T.V, gaming & nonessential social networking) and replace with quality motivational reading and DVD’s.
10. STOP taking meetings and appointments that are not using my best time to produce the results and goals that I have.

10.5. STOP listening to news talk radio and listen to only material from SUCCESS magazine.

Some additional great STOP DOING ideas:

STOP doing important things last minute.
STOP doing projects and tasks that don’t fall into my top 3 priorities, delegate them instead.
STOP reading all emails to the end (I do not need to read them all).
STOP doing personal issues during business time and vice versa.
STOP procrastinating and start selling!
STOP listening to gossip and the like.
STOP procrastinating regarding the most important (#1 task of the day).
STOP fooling/convincing myself that I’m doing my best.
STOP taking calls from people who want to complain/vent about the job.
STOP logging on my computer first thing on weekend mornings.
STOP reading all the emails that I’m copied on (especially attachments).
STOP multitasking and practice more focus.
STOP checking mindless, social netstalking sites.
STOP worrying about things that I have no control over.

Standby for STEP 2 tomorrow…

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