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Procrastination And Shinny Objects - Whats Actually Going On In Your Brain! - Mindful Mastery

October 24, 2025·28 min·15 clips

Mariah opens with a warm welcome. She says the talk is built around mindset questions from the Growth Society, and she notes that bringing people on to answer questions felt like a little more than she wanted to take on for the first meeting. She keeps it simple. If listeners have questions about what she is talking about, she invites them to put them in the chat and says she will do her best to answer if she can. Three themes stand out quickly. After reading through the questions, she sees productivity, focus, and perfectionism showing up again and again, so she centers the talk on those repeating problems and the traction they might unlock. She is not promising a quick fix. Instead, she reminds listeners that changing the way they think takes time, practice, and patience with their own brains. The bigger point is that business work often needs commitment rather than a mood that cooperates first, especially when the task is annoying but necessary. She turns that into steps. She tells listeners to break the work into baby steps, write down what needs doing, and stop treating the whole job like one giant wall. Then she gets specific. The next move is to make a date with yourself, give it a real time on the calendar, and honor it like a work meeting you would never casually skip. She makes the comparison bluntly. If you would not flake on a friend or spouse to scroll Instagram or clean something else instead, you should not flake on yourself either. The payoff is that keeping those commitments helps your brain believe you more, and the chatter starts to quiet down. She closes by challenging the habit of assuming the future will go badly. Because there is no proof that a new action will fail, she invites listeners to layer in a more positive possibility, try the ideas for a week, and report back through the School link.

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A plainspoken reset for sellers who need structure more than motivation.

Mariah treats productivity, focus, and perfectionism as business problems, not character flaws. The practical thread is simple: break the work into baby steps, set a date with yourself, and treat that block like a real meeting.

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When procrastination is the problem, not the business itself, this gives you a way back.

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