10 Effective Ways to Stop Procrastinating (Science-Based Hacks)

Procrastination affects everyone, from putting off workouts to missing deadlines. But it’s not about laziness. Research shows it’s often linked to anxiety, perfectionism, or lack of motivation. The good news? You can beat it. In this post, we’ll explore 10 proven, science-based strategies to stop procrastinating and take control of your time.

To some degree, we all procrastinate; it is in human nature. From children delaying their homework to adults postponing work, procrastination is often associated with laziness. However, this is not always true.

When procrastination becomes a person’s second nature, it can imply a deeper psychological issue. Conversely, the opposite behaviour can hint at conditions such as OCD, where people feel a compulsion to complete tasks immediately.

The habit of deliberately delaying tasks without any valid reason can significantly impact a person’s life in many ways. In fact, it can gradually evolve into a self-destructive pattern, resulting into missed opportunities. Severely affected individuals may also risk losing their jobs, damaging their relationships, and, most critically, jeopardising their physical and mental well-being.

That’s why I recommend seeking medical help and therapy, especially when procrastination reaches extreme levels but for moderate level you can use the mind hacks to stop procrastinating presented in this post.

It is a form of addiction, not a physical one, but a mental one. To someone who is not addicted to procrastination, it may appear as an insignificant issue, and they may think that the affected individual is doing it out of laziness. However, in reality, once you become addicted to postponing tasks, you have less control over your mind, much like people addicted to smoking or drinking.

I can relate to you if you are frustrated because you always keep putting off your tasks, and your mind tricks you into rescheduling your important work repeatedly. Don’t worry; I am going to provide you with 10 solutions based on human psychology and mind studies that you can use for overcoming procrastination.

Just read them and find out for yourself which of the following is an effective way to beat procrastination based on a trial-and-error approach, because only you can discover what works best for you. Continue reading

5 Mind-Blowing Mandela Effects – Are There Glitches In Reality?

Can there be glitches in reality? Are we living in a simulation-like universe, similar to the one portrayed in the movie ‘The Matrix’? Is what people say about the Mandela Effect real, or is it simply a result of what psychologists refer to as ‘false memory’? If it isn’t real, then how can so many people collectively recall events that never happened? Could this phenomenon be connected to concepts such as parallel universes, alternate realities, or the multiverse? These questions have always intrigued me, which is why in this post, I will discuss 5 mind-blowing Mandela Effects that a significant number of people agree on. It’s this widespread agreement that makes it challenging to attribute the phenomenon solely to a psychological explanation.

It is true that in a universe where everything operates according to well-established cause-and-effect mechanisms, which have been studied for centuries, we can now even predict with precision the time it will take for a bullet fired from an aircraft to reach its target. In such a context, discussing something that appears to defy all logic may seem unreal. We have been so accustomed to witnessing the evidence of logic in our lives that we often lack the open-mindedness to entertain the possibility of accepting something beyond our current comprehension.

I am not suggesting that we should readily embrace wild theories and widespread myths. However, maintaining an open mind to consider possibilities that extend beyond what can be explained by our current level of knowledge about the universe is essential. Despite our significant advancements in the field of science, there are still numerous unanswered questions.

One of those questions pertains to the Mandela Effect. While I am well aware of the stories and conspiracies that have circulated around this phenomenon, there’s an aspect of it that cannot be dismissed as mere imagination. Before I delve into the five mind-bending Mandela Effect-related occurrences, let me provide a brief explanation of what this phenomenon is and how scientists often attribute it to what they call ‘false memory. Continue reading

5 Benefits of Listening to Music While Studying (Effects on Mind)

I think I knew already that there were certain benefits of listening to music while studying when I was a student, It was very usual for me to listen to music back when I used to stay awake late in the night to prepare for my exams, I remember countless instances when I have been asked by many people including my family members and friends on how I was able to concentrate with my favorite songs being played in the background, at that time it was hard for me to explain why I was able to study better with the help of music but now I know that there are certain positive effects of listening to music while studying which I will be discussing with you in this post.

Not being among the brightest students in the class, it used to be a very difficult task for me to focus on my studies so I used to find various ways to make my studies interesting and apply them just to keep my mind from tricking me into doing other activities. That’s how I discovered that listening to music in the background was very effective, it especially stopped me from falling asleep when I had to keep myself awake while preparing for important tests in school and college. Even today, I still enjoy playing music while I work, and I’ve even curated a dedicated playlist for work. So, regardless of the debates surrounding whether listening to music while studying is effective or not, I firmly believe that you should listen to your favorite songs when tackling tasks like solving math problems or reading a book, as long as it doesn’t prove distracting. However, it’s essential to be honest with yourself, as what works for one person may not work for another.

Now, after all these years of exploring various personal development materials, I have come to realize that I was unknowingly employing a mental trick to my advantage. Music has been proven to enhance various brain functions, according to numerous studies.
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4 Steps to Using Visualization for Mental Rehearsal in Sports

We all use visualization knowingly or unknowingly in our daily lives, and it significantly affects our attitude toward life. In sports, mental rehearsal is an important technique that athletes should leverage to give their best performance on the field. Just as physical training is necessary, our minds also require training through visualization exercises.

I’d like to draw your attention to the fact that as a sportsman, you are already using your imagination to plan your strategy before every game. Additionally, after the game, when you replay the moments in your mind to analyze and examine your performance, you are once again using your imagination. So, the mental rehearsal we will discuss in this post is not something entirely new to you. It’s possible that you might not have been fully aware of it earlier, and gaining a better understanding of it will help you intentionally use it to your advantage.

While completing the three-screen method in the Silva Ultramind course, I was particularly intrigued by instructor Vishen Lakhiani’s mention of certain experiments. In that session, he illustrated various research studies where people achieved improvements in real-time games through daily mental practice using visualization.

Like what many people believe, visualization is not only something that can hugely impact a person’s psychology but it can actually improve a person’s physical skills and movements while playing a sport. Apart from the increase in confidence and the change in attitude which can obviously enhance the skills of an athlete, practicing your craft with visualization can actually build muscle memory.

Muscle memory is a neurological phenomenon that results from the repetition of a particular maneuver. It allows an athlete to perform an action with the least conscious effort and it strengthens their reflexes.

Moreover, our involuntary actions and reflexes also highly depend on our subconscious mind programming which can be altered with the help of visualization, and of course, our self-confidence greatly improves when we use our imagination to create mental pictures of positive scenarios.

Now that we have discussed why mental rehearsal can prove to be a very effective tool for sportsmen and how it can help them hone their skills, let me show you how to use visualization to practice the sport of your choice. Continue reading

Understanding the Alpha State of Mind for Better Meditation

Knowing the alpha state of mind and being able to detect what this specific brainwave state feels like can help you in a myriad of ways if you are interested in meditation. The knowledge about your brainwave patterns allows you to harness the true potential of your mind because the changes in your brain activity result in a corresponding impact on various different qualities of your mind.

To achieve an optimal meditation experience, you need to have both relaxation as well as heightened focus. This is where aiming for the alpha level of brainwave patterns becomes pivotal, as it enhances the key qualities of your mind that are necessary for a successful meditation session.

We enter this state unknowingly at various times during the day, it is not something that we can achieve only by using a special technique or audio tools, a lot of brainwave entrainment audios are now being promoted by using the promise of helping people reach the alpha level of minds. I am not saying those audio tracks don’t work(I am not in much favor of the binaural beats though) but what I want you to understand is that this state is not new to us, even when we are immersed in a pleasant peaceful music or thoughts of a beautiful vacation our brain generates alpha brainwaves. That’s why I am now going to talk about this mental state in detail so that you will be able to have a better idea about what I am trying to tell you here. Continue reading

3 Ways to Attract Money with Hypnosis

In this post, I will be talking about how you can attract money with hypnosis and I will be sharing with you 3 powerful methods that can be used for this purpose. Hypnosis is a state of the mind where a person’s inner or subconscious mind is ready to take suggestions, this state is somewhat simar to sleep but a person is aware of what is happening with a slightly altered state of consciousness.

The state that hypnosis brings a person’s mind into is called the alpha state of mind, this is the same state that we find ourselves in right before we are fully awake or during the time when we are about to fall asleep, this alpha state is a very relaxed state compared to the mindstate that we have when we are awake whereas it is not a state where our mind is not even active enough to make a sense of what is happening in the surrounding like when we are asleep.

The process of hypnosis uses this alpha state to plant suggestions in our unconscious mind because in this state our conscious mind barrier created by the traffic of thoughts is not as strong as it is during the waking state, so any suggestion given in this particular state of the mind will directly reach to our subconscious mind. The subconscious mind is what controls our habitual patterns and the way we carry our lives, so if the suggestion planted in our subconscious mind by the means of methods like hypnosis is strong enough to replace an old belief system then it is possible to make a lasting change in our overall life. So, when it comes to finances, a lot of beliefs that are present in our inner mind control the way we handle money and it also decides our ability to make or attract wealth because our attitude toward wealth and our thoughts about it are all a result of the impressions that we are holding in our subconscious mind. Continue reading

Time Required for Changing Your Subconscious Programming

I receive a lot of emails asking many questions like how long does it actually take to change my subconscious programming? How many sessions does hypnosis take to work? When will my visualization yield results? How much time should I perform energy clearing in order to alter my limiting subconscious beliefs?

Well, the truth is, nobody in the world knows! I am sorry to tell you that but it can happen within days, weeks or years depending on your inner mind programming.

By the inner mind programming, I am referring to the beliefs present in your subconscious mind on which you might be working using certain tools in order to improve a specific area of your life.

There is no one particular method to do this which is better than the other because all of them do the same work, however, depending on people’s comfortability, some methods could prove out it be very effective.

Even if you are using a technique that works very well for a lot of people, sometimes it takes a hell lot of time to see some positive results.

Why? Well, there are two main factors that decide this. Continue reading

Do Subliminal Affirmations Really Work?

One of the common questions I usually get to hear from my readers is whether subliminal affirmations really work or not? So today I have decided to make a whole new post on it so that I could explain to you how these affirmations are created and what effects it has on our minds.

I have already created a post where I have explained in detail how does subliminal audio works and whether they are actually effective or not but here I will be giving a brief as well as a direct answer to this question.

Initially, when I was just discovering various mindtools for improving my life. I got too obsessed with brainwave entrainment and subliminal messages. I used to listen to them very frequently and I was too excited about the changes in life that I was expecting with the use of these methods.

Gradually such programs began to cause problems for me, you can read more about this in my harmful effects of brainwave entrainment audios blogpost.

With experience, I began to understand how this stuff works and the more I became informed about almost all hypnosis and mind development based tools, the more I began to understand what I can use for my betterment as well as what to avoid. Continue reading

Physical Symptoms of Emotional Trauma

Your physical pain can be a result of an emotional trauma that you must have experienced in the past, many spiritual teachings have been talking about this for thousands of years but now science is also discovering the great connection between mind and body.

Our body reflects our mind’s state and when we are not emotionally healthy, our body’s immunity is reduced when we feel fear. This is a well-known phenomenon among people because getting the flu or fever right before school exams has been a common thing in the childhood days for many people.

However, some very serious life issues can cause a certain type of body pain. In spiritual terms, it is addressed as the physical symptom of emotional baggage we carry unknowingly.

It is also said that our inner-self communicates to us that way so as to remind us that we need to release some of the old memories, I really learned a lot of things about my mind and body connection while learning energy clearing from Jeffery Allen’s Duality program.

However, in this post, I am going to share how physical pain is caused by emotional issues in a way that it will make perfect sense to you even if you are a person with a dominating logical part of the brain. Continue reading

Understanding Your Mind – Does Hypnosis Really Work for Depression?

In this post, I am going to tell you how the state of hypnosis can be used to cure depression and why hypnotherapy can help a person to improve their emotional health.

When a person is depressed, they usually tend to think that external situations are causing their emotional state and they begin to depend on things that treat the symptoms not the cause. Problems like depression need to be treated on the root level in order to ensure a permanent relief.

I think I can speak on this subject because I suffered from chronic depression a few years ago, but today I am an emotionally healthy person.

There were a lot of personal help materials that helped me to recover but Marisa Peer’s program named the uncompromised life worked on some deep inner issues about which I was unaware and it actually gave me some great results. Continue reading