Kit Welchlin of Welchlin Communications is back to explore two main areas: five ways to break procrastination and proactive approaches that will help you develop intentional work relationships. We add a layer of insight from our initial podcast conversation where we talked about useable strategies to help you repair difficult relationships. Repetition and consistency in how you introduce a new communication pattern into longer term relationships is effective. Find out how. Click Here to Download

Where has Kit found his mentors and how have they affected his thinking? How does he hone what he learns from his mentors and share the concepts and skills with his clients? What is his ritual for learning?

How does he transition his learning into useable strategies? Before giving a one-hour presentation, do you prepare for eight hours? How many topics does he speak on? Find out how he analyzes his presentations.

Entrepreneurial skills in public speaking emerged for Kit in 4-H at the tender age of 9. Speech communication and business management degrees along with his tenacity in going after opportunities propelled Kit into a long career of success, great accomplishments, and a spirit of joy from a life well-lived. He is open in describing techniques that work for him. In turn, they can be of value to you.

Part of his job is to understand his clients’ concerns so when he speaks in front of an audience, attendees ask themselves, “Does Kit work here?”

In today’s episode, Kit uncovers three of 17 reasons why people procrastinate and gives you five ways to break procrastination. Four approaches in developing intentional work relationships is a game changer. Add to the information below as you listen.

Procrastination: Why Do I Procrastinate

1. Perfectionists: do it right the first time or don’t do it. Kit will help you negotiate the 3 Q’s of service: quickness, quantity, and quality.
2. Pain/Pleasure Principle – overgeneralization of negative 1st experiences. You recollect this negative experience before you need to do the task.
3. Catastrophic Fantasy – by not doing something, you envision a catastrophic outcome.

Kit’s Five Ways to Break Procrastination

1. Make a commitment and write a contract. Hand write it.
2. Get honest with yourself about the cost.
3. Flexible time management. Guilt free time. You have earned it. The best use of your time.
4. Reward yourself daily. Don’t procrastinate the reward. Pick something that motivates you. Connect it to the activity that is connected to your business success.
5. Five-minute rule. Catch the bad behavior. Incubation time. Step away and then come back to it. Hard schedule when you will finish the project on a specific day and time. Minimize the damage.

Proactive Approaches In Developing Intentional Work Relationships

How would you like to spend your time: 6 seconds of sprinkling magic pixy dust into your conversations which takes about 5 minutes if you have 50 conversations? Or, spend 9 hours and 55 minutes of your day addressing attention seeking, forceful, and demanding behaviors because you missed the following four areas when you communicated with someone about a work project?

Listen for Kit’s examples of how to acknowledge others for their work. Increase the fun factor in your communications today!

• Get things done.
• Get things done right.
• Get along. We get along.
• Get appreciation for the hard work and the effort we put forth.

Mentoring Tips

1. After listening, create your past 25 accomplishment list of things you have done where you have been the hero.
2. Implement Kit’s 5 Ways to Break Procrastination techniques during these next 60 days. Let me know where you are at on Day 28.  Click Here on DAY 28
3. Check out Kit’s description of his books. Kit’s Books
4. Purchase The Communication Kit, Volume 1 and The Communication Kit, Volume 2 through Amazon.   Click Here and Receive a 20% discount!  Kit is also a contributing author in the books, Amazing Workplace and the World’s Greatest Speakers.
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