Episode 329: Procrastination and Overwhelm: Small Changes Can Make a Difference with Sam Bennett

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ve known Sam Bennet for many years now. She’s a writer, speaker, actor, and creativity-productivity specialist as well as the author of the best-selling books,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get It Done</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Start Right Where You Are.</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam is the creator of the Organized Artist Company where she helps creative individuals get unstuck and move forward with their goals. She is such a joy</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">she gives the best advice when I need to hear it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Sam and I discuss procrastination and overwhelm. She reminds us that</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">other people</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">can’t make us feel overwhelmed, it’s a feeling we put onto ourselves. And, she shares some ways to reclaim our power. As Sam said, “When you are doing something you like, in the way you like to do it, it’s not so hard to get stuff done.” </span></p> <p><strong>In this episode you’ll hear:</strong><strong><br /></strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">What if you let this thing (whatever that</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">thing</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is for you) be as big as it wants to be? (8:22)</span></strong></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Overwhelm and procrastination are BIG words and used to describe many things (10:39)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Setting</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">worthy</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">goals and how one can achieve them; plus the ‘groan’ zone (14:56)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some action steps to use your imagination</span> <strong>for good</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(20:50)</span></li> <