STOP PROCRASTINATING IN 30 DAYS With Paty Johnson

Hello, it's Howard Brown. It's the Shining Brightly

Show, we are going to shine so amazingly brightly. I've just

been recently introduced to Paty Johnson. How are you today?

Good morning. I'm excellent. I'm very happy to be

here, Howard.

Wait to you hear her story? Oh, my God, she is

just got the most amazing story. And she comes all the way from

Colombia. Now living in the US. Let me tell you a little bit

more about Paty. She is an international leadership coach,

trainer and speaker, and she has the passion for helping people.

Well, that's why you're on my show. Because we all talk about

lifting up others, of course, you've helped so many people,

and your specialty is procrastination. And people

actually don't realise that, that procrastination is

basically the root of how things don't get done. Right. And so

you figured out an amazing course to help get people more

productive, and more positive and get things done in life. And

that's so important. So I'm just so excited to hear, hear from

you and share with my audience, your amazing story. So But

first, tell my audience, something we may not know about

you that's, you know, you know, always share with people.

Well, people hear that I'm an international

leadership speaker, and then I go love around the roar. I

actually, I'm from Colombia originally, but I live about

three or four months of my year in the US. And then I travel the

whole world the rest of the year. So people generally say,

Oh, my goodness, Paty, your life is a glamorous, it's so amazing.

And yes, it is amazing. But what they don't know is I was born a

procrastinator. Like people see, like the picture of now. But

reality is my favourite word used to be Monyana. Oh, I'll do

it tomorrow, next week, or next year, for sure. Next year is my

year. So it was not always this rosy. It took me a long, long

time to get to where I am today. And that's why I'm so passionate

about sharing my story, because I started really, really rough

back then. Well, so right you you have the lived experience.

So alright, let's dig in that. Let's go in and talk about your

story growing up in Colombia, and kind of you know, what the

history the tell us tell us about where you came from. And

what why you know what happened then? Yeah, so I was born in

Colombia, and my parents are absolutely amazing. They're very

disciplined, very clean, always on time. And I have a sister,

and my sister, not she thinks she's perfect. But she's not

perfect power. She's almost perfect.

In reality, I was like the opposite. My room was like a

mess. It seems like a tornado had gone through every single

day. I would do my homework at the last minute, but I would

forget it the next day, I would not be on time on my

appointment. So my dad, my parents, but especially my dad

used to say, oh my goodness, Paty, you're such a mess. I

don't know what's going to be your future. I really hope you

get a good husband someday, because I don't see how you're

going to make it in life. And I remember hearing this in a

dinner table. And I was just crushed. I I grew up thinking

there was something really, really wrong with me. And on top

of it all I got pregnant when I was a teenager. So my Colombian

parents almost had a heart attack and they were like potty

now for real, you'd ruin your life. So I came to the US as a

single mom, my son was three years old at the time. And I

felt tired. I was like, you know, I feel stuck. I know I

have a very good high god given potential. And I just feel like

I was like an 40% of my potential. Like, I do. I do. I

do, but I don't get results. I was working long hours I was

getting underpaid. And I just feel tired. And I thought you

know what I there has to be something that I can fix. So I

decided to study psychology just to fix myself. And I discover

that procrastination is not linked to lack of time.

We all have time, but procrastination is directly

linked to emotions. Procrastination is directly

linked to emotions. So when you're afraid, you don't do

things. When you feel overwhelmed, you paralyse. I was

anxious, I was angry. Many people that said the wrong

things to me, I was angry at myself, because I knew exactly

what to do. And I was still not doing it. And it's been proven

that procrastination is the biggest enemy of success.

Procrastination is the biggest enemy of success. So I decided

to study and I created a system that helped me overcome

procrastination, negative emotions, through emotional

intelligence. And so I'd say I took 30 days to work on myself.

And after the 30 days, oh, my goodness, Howard, I fail strong.

I'm like, okay, I can make this happen. So I decided to open my

own business, I had some savings. And somebody said, oh,

so and so is selling a business for $2,000. I'm like, Oh, I have

$2,000. So I opened my own business. And I was able to sell

it. 18 months later, I bought it for $2,000. And I sold it for

500,000.

Just a year and a half later, I couldn't believe it. I've never

seen that much money altogether. A single mom from Colombia, I

had little money I come My background is not from wealth.

So I didn't, you know, I had to beg to for my dad to give me new

shoes every year. So I just couldn't believe I had all this

money. And I discovered by the way that I had a DD attention

deficit disorder, and mild dyslexia. So I had everything

against me. And I sold this business for a lot of money.

So I want to tell you, Paty, so yeah, that's,

that's so impressive. Because, you know, my book, and my story

is about that we all get knocked down in life, and in business,

and especially in relationships, right. And we have to find a way

to pick ourselves up again. And it took you a while. It just, it

didn't happen overnight. It took you a while. And you also got

pregnant as a young teenager, you came to this us really with

nothing, nothing, built it back up. So all I can say is that

that is so inspirational, because it can be done and

living proof that it can be done. I am living proof that and

so it's amazing. And so you sold that business, and I think you

went into real estate after

Yeah, so I sold that business. And then I became

a real estate agent. I started investing in real estate, and my

broker back then said, all party, there are 44,000 realtors

in Tampa alone. It's gonna take you a long time to sell a house

or to online. Okay, I didn't tell him this is what I'm like,

I have a system that's helping me make the stuff get done. So

Oh, my first year out of the 44,000 realtors out of the

44,000 I got ranked number 10. I couldn't believe when I got a

message saying congratulations on like, wow, my system works.

So I open up my own real estate firm. Because a lot of people

were just like, please, please, I want to be part of your team.

And it was then I sold my business. My second business for

even more money than the first one. My after two years. I sold

it for a lot of money. Well, you are procrastinator to now go

getter? Yes. Right. Yeah. And then you followed your system.

And then you wanted to share it with others. So before we do

that, I there's got it you I think there's different types of

procrastinators go through and tell us the different types of

procrastinators. Yeah, it's very interesting, however, because

people think that procrastination is laziness,

right? Like, people are like, you just don't know what to do,

or you're just lazy, which is absolutely not true. Excellent.

Procrastination looks very different to many people. And

there are five types of procrastination. So if you're

listening, if you're one of them, you know, there's a

solution for each one of them. So the first one is

perfectionist, ah, not gonna do it until it's perfect until it's

good enough. So perfectionism is a big blockage, because you

don't take action because you're afraid of how he's going to

look. afraid of failure afraid, afraid of judgement from others.

So that's the first style perfectionism. The second one,

dear devils, like that was the queen of the daredevils So

Daredevil was the person that has one month to complete a

project. And when do they do it? Well, last day, now you before

of course. And then you'd like to rush in it and the computer

breaks and the card breaks. I mean, it's very stressful. And I

used to be that so that's the second type that they're devils.

The third ones. Oh, the chickens. And I love the

chickens. I'm gonna tell you why. Because the chickens are

the doors. They do do do all day. They're busy. And they come

to me and they're like, Paty, I'm definitely not a

procrastinator. Can you see? I'm doing a lot during my day. But

the problem is, the chickens are busy, but not productive, busy,

but not productive. So yes, they do a lot during the day, but

they don't know how to prioritise. So basically, they

keep themselves busy with the easy tasks, just to avoid the

ones that are actually crucial. So that's the third one, by the

way, I was combination of all of them.

Therefore, one is the ostrich. The ostrich is the avoidant. The

dreamer. Oh my goodness, the ostrich is a millionaire in

their mind. But they don't take action, because they're afraid

of taking risks and afraid of failure. So the ostrich lives in

a bubble. Nice life. But no oxygen, ostrich puts their head

in the sand. Ah, absolutely. They don't want to face reality.

Everything's good. Everything's good when everything's crumbling

down. So that's the fourth one. And the fifth one is the self

saboteur. This self saboteur. So the self saboteur is the one

that knows exactly what to do. And either don't do it. Or they

do the opposite. They don't do it, or they do the opposite. And

this is very frustrating, because you're your worst enemy,

you are the one blocking your own success. So there's actually

a way to find out what type of procrastinator you are, we're

gonna we're gonna do something special for your audience today.

And then there's a way to fix it through emotional intelligence,

and neuroscience, which is commanding learning to command

your own brain.

We're gonna get there. I like that. So a couple

of you've helped a lot of people. Are there any examples,

a couple of examples of standout things that you've taken in to

help people you could share?

Yeah, I've seen it all. I was the worst of the

worst. So what I tell people anyone listening is, I'm no

better than you. I'm no better than anyone. And I was able to

make it. So there's hope. And I get a lot of solopreneurs

business owners, coaches, people that have a lot on their plate,

right. When you're an employee, you like, you know, you go to

805, and nine to five, or whatever. When you have your own

business, you are everything, you're the sales manager, you're

the CEO, you're the you know, you have to do it all. And it

can get very overwhelming, because it's all that plus home

plus you. So I get a lot of people that either they have a

job, but they're trying to open their own business, or they

already have their own business and they're not making the money

they want to make. They feel that at home, they're not being

productive, the house is full of projects that have not been

done. And I don't know you, but when you're a giver, when you

have a heart to give, and I know you do, then you start giving

everything to everyone else, any all of a sudden go back last on

your list. So I get a lot of good parents, a lot of good

moms, single parents, because I was one where you give, give,

give and at the end you're drained, because you didn't put

yourself first. So I get a lot of solopreneurs business owners,

a lot of moms, a lot of dreamers. A lot of people that

are like, I don't like my job, Paty, and I have this great

idea. I have a business idea. And it's been there forever. So

it is important when you have that and in by the way, my my

oldest client was 85 years old. And she came to me it's lovely

lady, and she's like, I've always wanted to have a

photography business. And she's like, and I don't want to die

without making it happen. So she took my course in 30 days you

launched it, and now as you make really good money, so it's never

too late. If you have a dream if you have something in your

heart, and you feel overwhelmed, when you have a lot on your

plate, that's a good time for you to actually want help.

It's amazing because the word you said to

lead off telling that example was that you give people hope.

The last chapter of my book is sharing hope. And the fact that

you do that is really an incredible thing. It's a great

quality to be able to, because I actually say I lead a resilient

life with hope, and hope is the fuel that gets you there. And

you give people that fuel. And I love that. And even an 85 year

old woman that wanted to pursue her dreams of photography, she

just sometimes you need a little nudge, a little push.

Yeah. we all do

we absolutely do. And it's really important. And

you've, you've been all over the world. And unfortunately,

procrastination. It could. It's anyone, right? It's not, it's

not it doesn't have any real, you know, particular type. But

we all get bogged down. Right. We all do. And again, from from

people that are giving people that are overly ambitious, we

all do we take on too much. And then then nothing gets done. And

so Oh, this is incredible. I have any other any other

examples you want to share? 85 year old and what's a cool

success story?

Oh, my goodness. So I got one of my ladies, I

have so many. But there was a lady that came to me. She's a

CPA. And she's like, Paty, I have you know, I'm about to

close my business. I don't have many clients. And I don't know

why. But I'm really good. And I just don't know what my strategy

isn't that something's not working. And it happens that

when you feel bad about yourself, that is a reflection

on everything around you, like your house doesn't look good.

The number of clients you have, are not a reflection of it's a

reflection of how we feel. So we basically work on herself, and

her mindset, how she saw yours or herself back then. And we

work on increasing her emotional intelligence. And she said, she

finished the course 30 days after and then she calls me 10

months later, and she like Paty, look at my sales. She grew her

business 600%. I'm like, is that a typo? Is that a 60% increase

on sales. And she's like, Paty 600. So it's a beautiful story,

you can actually increase yourselves, you can actually

have her and I have people that come to me and like I want to

work on my health. overweight, I haven't been. Actually I have

one client right now. She texts me every single day, her tennis

shoes by the park, because he's walking every single day after

she drops her kids off. So it's a beautiful story.

Oh, she sent you her steps.

Every single step is or single day and then she

that she's she's very over her way right now. But now she's

there's hope. She's making it happen. And I love it. I love it

making the goals and it's important. So give me your

definition of emotional intelligence. People hear the

buzzword, but how do you define emotional intelligence? Yeah, so

actually, we've been lied before, we were told, if you

have a very high IQ, intelligence quotient, then

you're gonna make it in life. But that's not true. It's been

proven actually, success comes 85% from EQ, emotional

intelligence. And emotional intelligence is divided in four

quadrants. The first one is awareness of emotions, awareness

of emotions, and most of us are like, Oh, I'm happy, I'm tired,

exhausted. But there's actually hundreds of emotions that we

experienced during only one day we go up and down. So it's very

important. That's point number one, to be aware of your

emotions. Point number two, to learn how to regulate those

emotions. Only once you're aware of your emotions, you can

regulate them. My days used to go up and down happy, not happy,

disappointed, happy again. And it's very important to learn how

to regulate so that your days have control, that your emotions

are not controlling you, but that you are controlling your

emotions. So that is the self part. And there's a social part

in it to understand other people's emotions. Very

important when you're in sales very important when you're in

business. Well, in relationships, obviously at home

is very important to be aware of other people's emotions, and you

cannot control any oh my goodness, I discovered that

after many years of trying. So you cannot control anyone else's

emotions, but you're able to not only be aware, but learn how to

respond to those emotions. So that's emotional intelligence on

your side and to be able to relate to others on the

emotional side.

I don't know about you, but everyone, it just

taught a little masterclass, you know. So, this is awesome. Well,

where we're at that time of the show, we're gonna ask you to put

on your sunglasses. Okay. So this is where we do the shining

brightly spotlight, and I shine the spotlight on you, I want you

to tell the listening audience or the viewing audience, how to

get a hold of you. And we'll about and then you have a free

gift you want to share with them. So that's exciting, and

then share some inspirational inspiration with me, and then

I'll close out the show.

Lovely. So basically, I'm gonna do

something very special for your audience. Two special things. If

you want to talk about if you're struggling with procrastination,

if you want to create a plan, I will happily talk to you at no

cost. You can text me, I love text messages. It's at eight one

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I'm in and I'm coming with Shiny Brightly with from Howard's

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is stopprocrastinatingtoday.com Stop procrastinating today dot

calm. And actually we're gonna post a chorus because we were

talking about this five types of procrastination. So if you are

curious, and you want to know what your type of

procrastination is, we're going to put a link below so you can

just click on it, and then just find out what your type is. And

if you want to talk about it after just text me at

813-789-1097.

And the inspirational part, I'm gonna say we hear a lot. Oh,

it's good to dream. And if you dream it, you'll achieve it. And

I love dreaming, obviously. But without action, dreams stay

there. So what I say is, action brings abundance. action brings

abundance. I had a dream to someday see the world, I had a

dream to have my own business, I had a dream of getting unstuck.

But it was only when I took action when my life changed. So

if you're ready to take action, and you don't even know where to

start, just send me a message. You got to start with one step.

Oh, that is so beautiful. I'll take off our

glasses. Now I want to tell you, everyone should reach out to you

for to come and speak at their event or their cooperation,

obviously, your coaching and then certainly check out your

course. So you have so much to offer. And I love that you're

helping people get unstuck and moving forward in their lives or

in their business. It's just truly amazing. This has been an

incredible show. And I want to thank some of the people that

have gotten me there. So my publishing house front edge

publishing, readthespirit.com the amplifyou as my podcast

team, and they helped me get through and be able to reach

people in a positive manner. And of course, I can be reached at

shiningbrightly.com. And there my book is all there. It's my

amazing story that helps lift up others. And then I had to have a

speaker be glad to come to your nonprofit or your business and

and help motivate, educate and inspire. And then this podcast

is fed there and then on 24 different channels. And also I'm

very proud about my advocacy and helping the people in the cancer

world. Entrepreneurs with mentorship and leadership. And

lastly, interfaith relations. So all stuff to come check me out

and I'm interactive, just like Paty, I'll get back to you

personally. And we'll help each other out. So just remember, if

we choose to shine brightly a little bit each day, like Paty

does and helps others, okay. And we lift up ourselves. We use our

light to lift up ourselves and then lift up others, the world

will be a better place. Paty, it's been extraordinary. Thank

you. I'm so grateful to have you as a guest today.

Thank you. I'm grateful for being here. Thank

you so much for what you do.

Excellent. keep shining. Thank you