Friday, March 18, 2011

Pulverize Procrastination

Like a Ninja slipping silently into a castle to assassinate the evil warlord because he has wreaked havoc on surrounding villages, you need to slip into your mind and find the thoughts and feelings that have wreaked havoc on your ability to follow through on tasks.

We all do IT. What is IT? Procrastinate! We put off those tasks that we don’t look forward to doing. The procrastinator’s creed is ‘Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?’ We push them to the bottom of our to do list only to find out that they didn’t disappear into thin air and that we still need to get them done. Procrastination afflicts millions of people and has negative effects on productivity and sense of accomplishment.

Reasons for Procrastination are:

  • Perfectionism
  • Self-Inadequacies
  • Lack of Motivation
  • Lack of Focus
  • High Frustration/ Low Tolerance

Procrastination leads to:

  • Wasted Time
  • Missed Opportunities
  • Poor Performance
  • Increased Stress

Overcoming Procrastination empowers your ability to:

  • Have Peace of Mind
  • Empower yourself with strength of Purpose
  • Take Charge of Your Life
  • Feel Strong, Capable, and Confident

Ways of Overcoming Procrastination

  • Target and deal with the reasons that you procrastinate and practice doing the opposite.
  • Set a schedule or a time line for accomplishment.
  • Chunk the task into smaller pieces so that you see instant progress and so the task doesn’t seem so big.
  • Rather than push too hard take small breaks but get right back to the task at hand.
  • Do It Now!
  • Say it out loud. Get someone to hold you accountable.

Start training like a Ninja today and everyday to assassinate procrastination.

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