About the book
This is just a quick guide. Because good leadership doesn't have to be long. Here, in several short chapters, all the most important thing you should know about one of the most pressing problems - the habit of procrastination, the inability to bring what has been started to completion, i.e. procrastination, as well as my time-tested methods of solving this problem.
Several key principles are repeated in the text often enough that you will not miss the most important thing.
By the time you finish reading the book, you will be on your way to achieving your cherished goals.
Will you read this now or put it off for later? (Joke)
Let's start with a common anecdote of those who like to shy away from cases of books on overcoming procrastination.
I need to buy this book ... Perhaps next time.
I bought a book ... I'll read it tomorrow.
I read the book. It's time to start fighting procrastination, but ...
Seriously though, even if you are an inveterate procrastinator, you probably want to break this habit. However, instead of taking action, you keep putting things off. The first possible cause is fear.
You can start reading the book with the chapter on Fear and Procrastination. If, after reading it, you still shy away from business, then at least you will know why.
History of my relationship with procrastination
Hello friends! My name is Leo Babauta, I am the creator of ZenHabits and mnmlist.com, the author of Focus and The Power of Less books. I'm a typical procrastinator. I have struggled with this problem almost all my life, like many others. She is more or less familiar to each of us. And I am no exception.
At school, I often put it off for later: I never did my homework and, despite the excellent grades I received for tests (the night before was usually devoted to cramming), on the whole I studied mediocre. Later, working in a newspaper and then in politics, I did my job well, but I always finished things at the very last minute, and I was barely strong enough. I had a million goals that I would like to achieve in life, but I didn't even get to the starting line.
Does this sound familiar to you? If the same thing happens to you, then this book is for you.
In 2006, after many attempts, I found a solution to the problem. A year later, I became a different person, more active than ever before. In the end I beat procrastination!
In truth, I still sometimes put things off sometimes. I hang out on the internet like anyone else. But I still find time to complete important tasks, and this is what matters.
Here are examples of what I've accomplished using the simple techniques described in this book:
Created the Time Magazine Top 25 Blog ZenHabits and has successfully run it for four years (as of this writing in 2011).
... He has written and published several books over the past three years: The Power of Less, Focus, Zen To Done, The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life, etc.
... Wrote (but decided not to publish) two novels as part of the NaNoWriMo competition. Working on one of them, I wrote over 110,000 words in one month.
... My efforts have created Write To Done and mnmlist, two more successful blogs. The number of subscribers to each of them exceeds 10,000.
... He participated in several marathons and twice in triathlon competitions.
... Created a successful business (with great partner Mary Jaksh): A-List Blogging Bootcamps.
... I wrote this book in three days.
I did all this, of course, not alone, but surrounded by six children and my wife. If I achieved this with six children in my arms, then you certainly have no excuse for inaction.
How exactly did I manage to do this? I just followed the simple principles outlined in this book. I share them with you in the hope that you too can overcome procrastination and finally do what you have always dreamed of.
It’s scary to imagine how thick a book called The Complete Collection of Human Excuses would be. A quirky mind now and then finds remarkably good reasons on the topic: why I can't, why not now, and why it probably won't work.
Sometimes it seems that it is easier to take and carry out what was conceived than to come up with a new excuse every time, but no! Whoever embarked on the path of searching for reasons, it is very difficult for him to find a direction in the direction of searching for opportunities. One thing is sad: life is so fleeting and no one knows how much more they will have to breathe - is it worth it to hope for a wonderful tomorrow, in which everything will be 100% different?
Today, as usual, you are giving yourself one last chance to live the old life, well, in order to enjoy its last minutes, of course. Therefore, you can eat one last time before a dump before a diet, lie down in front of the TV for the last time instead of jogging, be with this bored person for the last time, bury yourself in your kennel for the last time before super active activities, because ALREADY TOMORROW everything will change!
How many of those tomorrow did not come in your life? Do you seriously believe that the next tomorrow will surely turn out to be fateful? Wake up!
The mind is full of flexibility and rudeness,
when he is fighting with a conscience,
we don't lie to anyone so often
and as well as myself.
I. Guberman
If you are 100% satisfied with your current state of affairs, and you don’t want to change anything, and don’t even think about it, because you are glad that you are - congratulations! You are an enviable lucky one and you are finished reading this article, because you will not find anything useful in it! If you imagine a wonderful life and passionately desire it, but now, to put it mildly, are not happy with the current situation - I assure you, the matter is fixable!
Do not look for attachments for your own joy, happiness and satisfaction in specific future events.
After graduation, the dream job does not automatically come. Growing up children do not guarantee that you will finally begin to devote time to yourself. The long-awaited purchase of a subscription does not have the obligatory consequence of regular training. Yes, in the end, any goal for the achievement of which you so hope and after the achievement of which, you think, everything will change - does not necessarily lead to the desired changes in your life, and most importantly - in your inner state.
The most correct step is to learn to receive joy, happiness and satisfaction from specific current events! Is it easy to say? Have you tried it? It's actually very simple! Hug your gray-eyed child instead of getting mad at him for the mess in your tiny apartment. Of course, you will be happy with him in your new big home! But you will be happy with him!
Go for a leisurely walk with your loved one, enjoy his presence, fresh air and the surrounding nature. Breathe in joy with full breast! Right now! Not later, when something important happens. Smile, smile wider and wider - the world will soon begin to smile at you with its smile, which brings wonderful changes!
Never! Remember: never feel negative emotions about what you have!
Running out of money again? And when you pay your next bill, you literally feel terrible discomfort from the inside? Or are you freaked out by the nasty weather outside again? Well, yes, if there was sun today, you would definitely go for a walk.
Feeling nervous again about not doing anything? How many difficult tasks are you getting tired of! Yes?
If you literally hate what is happening to you, you are in an unconscious pursuit of two ugly hares: firstly, the feeling of constant discomfort, increased nervousness and destructive emotions did not bring anyone to good (take care of your health in the end!), And secondly, this funnel draws in deeper and deeper: the more often you have negative, the more in your life you get similar situations that do not stop in their aggravation. Alas, in such cases, these ugly hares are often caught at the same time.
A small but very effective exercise: ignore everything that you do not like and immediately think about how you would like it to be now. Get involved in some interesting game: CHOICE.
The boss unjustifiably attacked you again. And you immediately: I do not choose this! This is not interesting to me and quite accidentally wandered into my life. Zero negativity, you can even smile to yourself, they say, what a funny situation, and as soon as IT got here? I would like this: and imagine how your boss, with hugs and gratitude, pounces on you for a job well done by you. Well, that's great?
And so you play the voter with any unpleasant situation: an angry passer-by, a car dumped out of a puddle, a low salary - that is, with everything that previously caught you and introduced you into internal discomfort.
Play around like this for at least a week - most likely, it will not be easy, you are used to acting differently, but it will certainly be exciting and interesting. And most importantly, the consequences! Trouble will start to disappear somewhere. You don't choose them anymore!
Realize the simple truth: in order to realize the intended, one super-secret ingredient is enough - your decision to realize the intended
Well, you don't seriously think that if you had a couple of million more, education of a different profile and relatives would be more disruptive - would life necessarily be a fairy tale from the beginning? Read about millionaires who started from scratch and sometimes big minus. About champions in sports who were previously confined to a wheelchair. Such stories are very motivating and, most importantly, they allow one to draw a conclusion: in order to become different, you just need to become different. This transformation depends very little on external circumstances, but directly depends on the internal decision to fulfill the desired.
If there is something that you really want to come to - start right now, do not wait for the right moment: more experience, knowledge, what else are you missing? Otherwise, even after 10 years, you will still be waiting for a special moment, or even grow cold towards your goal. Everything you need for implementation, you will only get on the move!
Here are 2 simple but must-have rules:
- Imagine how you want to be when you reach your goal: super active and organized? Or maybe calm and reasonable? Think about the image in great detail. And become so right now! Every day, include this image in yourself: walk more smoothly, smile more often, say compliments, start a conversation first with interesting people - and so on, whatever you want in detail. You can already be like that! And if some skills are missing, document them all and plan to get each one gradually.
- Every day, small steps towards your big goal and fixing the result. A very simple rule: act every day! Even if the tasks are very difficult, a little bit every day - and you will master the elephant! Even if you don't really know what to do, take it and act: look for information, communicate with people. Even if you are not sure what exactly this needs to be done - think 5 minutes and act, otherwise you will lose extra time for reflection (people can think for years about who they should become, weigh the pros and cons, analyze - and so they will not become anyone. in the end, you are not like that?) And be sure to record the results. The 365 system helps me: I always post a piece of paper in a conspicuous place, where every day I record: what have I done today to achieve my goal? For example, day 19 out of 365 - I wrote an article that will go to the chapter of the book. If an empty space appears for several days in a row - your hands begin to itch, you urgently need to do something for your favorite goal.
Don't put your life on hold. She's so beautiful with you! And you can make it even brighter and more beautiful right now!
Don't rely on a promising tomorrow. We can feel the full extent of life only today!
“Tomorrow I will go on a diet”, “From Monday I will quit smoking”, “From the next month I will sign up for the gym”, “From the first spring day I will go to bed earlier” - all this we vow to ourselves several times a day, but for some reason we never rush to perform. "Next week" turns to never. And spring, which is still so far away at risk of dissolving into eternity, leaving everything as it is. But, you see, once we make a promise to ourselves, life becomes easier, junk food tastes better, and the sofa that replaces sports training for us is softer. Why is this happening and what to do about it?
I want to feel good now
We are in no hurry to start a business, the result of which cannot be expected immediately. The agonizing expectation of the first successes seems almost unbearable, because it is much easier to get comfortable in a chair than to go for a run in the cold and slush, especially since training is unlikely to deprive us of ten kilograms outright. I must say that irregular sports can even harm the body. Fine! Since everyday activities are impossible, then there is nothing to start, and aimlessly flipping through a magazine or news feed on Facebook requires much less mental stress than, say, reading a classic novel. What can we say about sweets, which now, at once will bring our body physical and mental pleasure, much more than steamed vegetables.
Nothing bad will happen
At school, for not completing the assignment on time, we were threatened with poor grades and a severe reprimand from the teachers, but at home, while our parents were at work, nothing prevented us from doing all sorts of nonsense without fear of being punished right now. Surprisingly, a similar principle applies when we become adults. We think: if you spend an extra hour on the Internet, nothing terrible will happen, and the extra pounds purchased on the couch will not appear now, but later. Then it will be possible to start fighting with them, while in a happy one now you can eat another chocolate candy. Well, a great excuse to extend the siesta until the critical moment.
I hope it gets better in the future
We often tend to overestimate our future. Many of us have a long, even endless list of things to do later, it seems to us that the situation in the future will change dramatically, which will allow us to start a new life much faster, wake up earlier, eat right, leave the unloved job, and so on. ... The reality is usually not favorable, but who said that in a year it will be much better? The problem is that, most likely, our future will not differ in any way from the present, because, no matter how paradoxical it may sound, only we are able to radically change it.
You need motivation
Motivation and procrastination are inversely proportional. All you need to do to beat procrastination is to motivate yourself. Consider how much you will extend the life of your vision if you turn off your computer now and go for a walk. And how much pleasure will you get just from your reflection in the mirror if you start going to the gym from tomorrow morning. Even if you just turn off the TV, you will have such opportunities that you never dreamed of - books, walks, travel, in the end. Can't resist shopping for sweet and fatty foods? Take a calculator and calculate how many rubles a week do you spend on desserts? Impressive, huh? And if you give up baking in favor of apples and dried fruits. How much can you save? Inspiring, right? Try it now and then today you can start planning travel with the saved money and buying a new dress.
Substitution mechanism
For starters, instead of overtly meaningless activities during bouts of procrastination, try replacing useless activities with useful, but not requiring much effort. Wash the dishes, hammer in a nail, wipe the dust, sort out the closet that needs it for a long time. This kind of activity, different from your main task, is always better than "pseudo useful".
When you put off all the time for "later", these "later" tend to accumulate. There comes a time when there is nowhere else to postpone, before you are a huge list of things that require immediate implementation, which you simply are not able to accomplish in a short time. It is natural that you begin to consider yourself a person who is not capable of anything, and this is a direct path to a deterioration in self-esteem. It seems to us that "later" will be better. For example, “I will have another job”, “My daughter / son will grow up, then everything will be fine”, “when I lose weight, then real life will begin”. In fact, no “later” exists, and therefore it has no opportunity to be realized.
You will either have to do something right now or never. You either have it now or you don't. There are no other options. There is no such thing: "I will be happy when I get married." It's impossible. You are either happy now or never. All that you have at your disposal is only now and now. Any action, even erroneous, is better than inaction. Thanks to your inaction, destructive thoughts begin to penetrate into your head little by little, while activity, on the contrary, will add energy and self-confidence to you.
Do you tend to put off important things for later? Think something like this: start on New Years (or, at best, on Monday)? Very soon (although we still have a whole month at our disposal!), The New Year will come, and those who are prone to such postponement have probably already come up with not one, but a whole list of things that they will start from the New Year. And it also happens that the year gives way to the year, and the same things remain on our list, to which something prevents us from starting. Moreover, more often than not, these matters are truly important and significant for us, it's not for nothing that we return to them in thoughts again and again! It's just that everything ends with thoughts, things somehow don't go beyond reasoning and plans ... Why is this happening? And how to learn to get important things off the ground easily and joyfully? With this I decided to figure it out.
Having fun in the process is the best way to get results.
First of all, I began to remember when such postponement manifested itself in my own life. Sometimes I thought I'd start from the New Year to do fitness or lose weight. Then she put it off until the beginning of the next month, then - for the spring, for the summer, and so on in a circle. Until I realized that if I don’t find an occupation "two in one - that is, for the body and soul at the same time," these postponements will never stop. Yoga has become such an occupation for me. After meeting her, the topic of losing weight and "starting fitness classes from the New Year, month, etc." has ceased to be relevant to me. So I concluded that love of business, of the process itself is the best recipe for putting it off for later... After all, when you love to do something, you don't want to put it off for later!
The enjoyment of the process has become my recipe for procrastination. This understanding helped me at one time to quit smoking. I asked myself the question, "How can I start enjoying the no-smoking experience?" My answer was this: I like it when my hair, skin, clothes smell of my favorite perfume, not cigarettes. And the ability to smell my favorite perfume constantly can be an incentive for me to give up a bad habit, making a choice in favor of what I like - the smell of freshness and perfume, the feeling of cleanliness on my face when the skin is not covered with cigarette smog. True, several other factors were at work here - I realized that sooner or later I would have to do it anyway (after all, one day there will be a pregnancy, and I did not consider the possibility of smoking during pregnancy at all), but it's better early than late, because “the earlier , the better ", the longer you pull, the more harm to the body.
The lack of choice begs for doubt.
Therefore, the second moment that helps to overcome inertia and do, finally, what needs to be done is understanding of the inevitability... If there is no way out, and you still have to sooner or later, then it's better early than late. Moreover, this feeling, when there is no other way out, very effectively eliminates delays and doubts. So some even deliberately create such conditions for themselves, when what needs to be done becomes the only possible, not just desirable, but necessary. For example, one information businessman said that when he launches a new project, he first “burns all the bridges,” that is, he cuts off all other sources of income, so that the promotion of a new project becomes the only way. Then all forces are directed to the promotion of the project automatically, unnecessary doubts go away by themselves, simply because there is no turning back. And the desire to make the project profitable becomes a necessity, other options are simply not considered. So a sense of the inevitability of many things is good for coping with procrastination. Whether it is visits to dentists or other things that are not pleasant to do, but necessary.
The main thing is to start.
It also helps in most cases splitting a big business into smaller ones, big task into subtasks. It helps because we humans are generally inert, a kind of resistance to change. It is difficult to move a mountain in one fell swoop - it is easier to disassemble it by pebbles. And it is often difficult to just start, to take that very important first step, from which any path begins. Overcoming inertia by getting out of your “comfort zone” is sometimes the most difficult thing. Therefore, sometimes such an attitude “I’m just starting now, if suddenly it’s incredibly scary or unbearably difficult for me, I’ll quit” helps a lot. Such an attitude helps to start, and then, as you know, "the eyes are afraid, but the hands are doing."
Save yourself the right to make mistakes!
Oddly enough, the desire to do something very well often prevents us from doing it in principle. The so-called perfectionism, the desire to prepare for any business as best as possible, to think through everything to the smallest detail, to take into account and predict even those factors that are simply impossible to predict in advance, and the underlying fear of making a mistake is often what keeps us from great deeds.
So you can work for months on one article, refining it over and over again, and then never publish it, considering that it is still not ideal and you as an author have room to grow. You can study the theoretical aspects of the relationship between the sexes for years, but never risk opening up to another person, engaging in live interaction, which is somewhat risky and unpredictable. Not giving yourself the right to make a mistake means tying yourself hand and foot, holding you back from any important and meaningful activity. Allowing ourselves to be less than ideal means giving ourselves the opportunity to grow, because only practical experience, sometimes drawn from mistakes and failures, enables us to become better. Sometimes, in order to start something without delay, we just need admit one's right to make a mistake.
I hope this article will help you realize what is holding you back from important matters and realize what you once conceived, right now, without waiting for the New Year!
Let's not be cunning: each of us is familiar with procrastination firsthand. Most are even able to courageously admit that from time to time we deliberately (or not?) Delay making an important decision that can affect our lives. It could be a trip to the dentist, a large or small task awaiting completion, or a trivial cleaning at home. Today we will try to find out in what situations you should be on your guard and what can help in the partisan struggle against this unprofitable quality for a person.
Let's start quickly.
1. Determine if you really need to do it
Perhaps the reason for your procrastination lies in the absence of a compelling reason to take action. A job that you hate, or something else that you hated from childhood, that you always wanted to get rid of, is from a completely different category, to which dreams and real goals do not belong.
In such situations, I would advise, first of all, to approach the assessment of the upcoming task critically: why wasting time on something that is decidedly not to your liking, if there are many other tasks that are a pleasure to tackle?
2. Do a little reconnaissance in force
Once you've figured out which tasks are idle, take one and do a small part of it to get a sense of the difficulty level. Based on your impressions of the process, decide if you need help.
Often we overload ourselves with thoughts about how many things need to be done in time, and then we cannot budge, imagining an endless list of tasks: there are many of them, but the employee, that is, you, is lonely. This approach is deliberately wrong. But what if you devote to an urgent issue, say, 15 minutes or half an hour? It is likely that you will get a taste, thereby getting off the ground.
3. Listen to yourself. And do the opposite
Best friend "I'll do it tomorrow" - "I don't want something." If rebellious moods are growing in your soul, you must fight them as decisively and harshly as international terrorism. After all, if you follow the lead of your desire to do nothing, what will happen next? Right, nothing.
So, before you tackle something that cannot be avoided, try to tune in a new way: meditate, take a walk, or resort to another method that works for you.
4. Order first
The environment around you can successfully both promote procrastination and help in dealing with it. Take a quick look at your desk, home decor, or wherever you need to work.
Surely not everything around you is in a state of perfect order, so find the strength to clean up: get rid of the garbage, put everything in its place so that the eye is happy and the work is argued.
By the way, after a little cleaning it is easier to think. See for yourself.
5. Train yourself to think: now it will always be so
As a rule, the first steps in anything, be it sports or new responsibilities at work, are always difficult. Probably the simplest example would be a situation in which each of us found ourselves at least once in our life. Remember the magic Snooze button on your alarm? I bet you may not know what this English word means, but you definitely know how this button works: there is nothing easier than pressing it and sleeping peacefully on.
So, it is forbidden succumb to this kind of temptation, listening to your inner voice, calling to put all matters on the back burner. Forget about the rules of etiquette when he once again resounds in your head: cut off his tirade in mid-sentence and do what you must.
6. Tell a trusted person about your important decision
It can be your business partner, wife or best friend - or anyone, as long as he is aware of. Tell this person your intentions by identifying key points, dates, and deadlines. Ask him to control you as an experiment.
It may very well be that your ally in the struggle for productivity himself needs help and additional motivation in life. Therefore, we urge you to be honest with each other: gently but firmly point out the places that, in your opinion, require special attention. And go for it.
7. Don't let yourself be a victim of your circumstances.
Have you ever wondered why the expression “being a victim of circumstance” is so popular? Why do stories from the lips of losers draw crowds of sympathizers? The answer is simple: people want to be sure that there are always those who are weaker, more unlucky, and unhappy than themselves.
Let's be productive: digging into our own problems will not help us find solutions. Chin up! Try to dispel the discouragement, convince yourself: "I'm fine." Then everything should work out.
8. No apologies accepted
In general, you should apologize as little as possible. Apologizing is, in essence, forgiving yourself, that is, our main enemy... If you forgive yourself everything right and left, in the end you will become dull and begin to live, guided only by instincts and natural needs. Is this life?
There can be infinitely many reasons to come to an agreement with oneself, following the path of least resistance. Eliminate the slightest beginnings of this bad habit in yourself.
9. Learn to focus in a short amount of time.
If you want to be successful, learn to manage your time. Start small: train yourself to be collected in the short time frames required to complete a task.
Having mastered this technique perfectly, you can start long-term planning. As my favorite poet said, "the big is seen at a distance."
10. Listen to Indian mantras
twentyfreee / Depositphotos.com Even if you are not a frequenter of ethnic festivals and have never thought about a trip to Nepal or Goa, pay attention to the national music of the country of elephants and curry sauce. Mantras are positive attitudes, listening to which and meditating, you can find peace and tune in the right way. The first thing to learn is to control your breathing. When this is within your power, you can begin to comprehend more complex states - concentration on what you need.
By the way, there are many mantras. You can experiment and choose which one you like and work.
11. Leave your comfort zone
Our eternal enemy is the inner voice. If you let it sound, it will quietly convince you that it is right. And we know for certain that in most cases he is wrong. Try to distract yourself from him in any way you know.
Most often, it occurs at those moments when we tend to doubt our abilities. Therefore, if you are not sure whether you will reach the end of the path, try to drown out the words of doubt with positive attitudes: "I can, I will get there, I will."
12. Visualize goals. Imagine success
Visualization is a powerful tool for achieving goals. It has been proven more than once that this technique helps to kill procrastination in the bud, motivating you to succeed.
Looking into the future helps to focus on the ultimate goals, as well as on how their achievement will affect the quality of your future life. Get a wish board if you want to be successful as soon as possible.
13. Give yourself some trouble.
Or a lot, as long as it is needed. What am I talking about? The fact is that suffering and various kinds of grief are also sources of motivation: the feeling of disorder pushes us forward, and we change jobs, move, learn something new.
Having reached a certain point of awareness of a situation that they do not like, a normal person begins act... So, if you are still sitting still and prefer not to think about the problem, then everything suits you, not otherwise.
In general, you are the very wizard who can help you cope with everything. As the wise Mahatma Gandhi taught us, if you want a change in the future, become this change in the present.
14. Whoever dares wins
Curb your fear! Fear of something is the most faithful accomplice of procrastination. Just tell yourself: "No, I'm not afraid of anything, I will succeed." Repeat this more often, write it down on a piece of paper and hang it in a prominent place - we already talked about the benefits of visualizing thoughts in point 12. If you can gain control over fear at least once, you will continue to succeed.
How to do it? Talk to yourself - everyone has done this at least once in their life. So why not make a good, healthy habit out of it? Alone with your thoughts, you can not bend your heart and not look for excuses for your negative traits: fear, laziness, unwillingness to change something. Try to identify your problem areas and start to deal with them.
15. Work on self-discipline.
To be honest, the choice is often not so great: either to gather all the will in a fist today and embark on the path of change, or reap the bitter fruits of disappointment in the foreseeable future. Leaving the solution of important life questions for later is too easy and, alas, completely ineffective.
Many people know the proverb "Sow a thought - reap an action, sow an action - reap a habit, sow a habit - reap a character, sow a character - reap a destiny." Charge yourself with the right thoughts, acquire good habits, because everything is in your hands.
In general, each of us is nothing more than a set of habits and ways. You can accustom yourself to absolutely everything. Take advantage of this feature of human consciousness to your advantage!
16. The scales must be correct and the deadline foreseeable.
It's easy to make promises, isn't it? A lot of songs have been sung on this topic in the world and even more words have been said. The same applies to deadlines, deadlines, as it has become fashionable to say now. It takes about half a minute to assign them, and it can take weeks or months to complete.
How to proceed? Let's think strategically: Imagine that as punishment for disrupting your work schedule, you will be deprived of the opportunity to, say ... drink coffee for a month! Not a very happy prospect, is it?
17. Declare War on Perfectionism
In fact, there is absolutely nothing good about it. First, let's turn to the definition. Perfectionism is the belief that the best result can (or should) be achieved. It would seem that there is nothing wrong, but, thinking in a similar vein, we endlessly move away from the true goal, which is to do the job - get sh * t done, as they say overseas.
The main mistake that many are inclined to make is the substitution of concepts. Perfectionism has nothing to do with high quality. Whoever tells us about this, the answer will be the same: time is money. Learn to control it in the same way as an experienced commander controls his army.
18. Remember to encourage yourself.
It happens that we do not have enough rewards for a work done with success. We must not forget about encouragement, because this is one of the most powerful sources of intrinsic motivation. This is why it is so important to celebrate your victories, both big and small. Arrange an extraordinary day off, treat yourself to a purchase that you have dreamed of for a long time, imbued with the joy of triumph!
After all, fighting procrastination is not easy. As the famous American speaker and business coach, Jim Rohn, said in his book Vitamins for the Mind:
We should all experience two kinds of pain: the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs in ounces, while regret weighs in tons.
Are you prone to procrastination? What and why do you tend to postpone over and over again? Share with us your opinion and successful experience in dealing with adversity!
