Eliminating Procrastination
"We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful." --Arnold Bennett
I'll admit it, sometimes I don't feel like working or writing or answering my e-mails or my phone. And in occasion, I'll fess up here, I don't love going to the gym. And when I get into these mindsets, I have an uncanny ability to scare up a few dozen other things I could be doing instead, things as varied and fascinating as organizing my receipts or walking the dog or catching up on some reading.
Then there are times that I pit two procrastinations against each other. Say I really don't want to go to the gym, but I want less to stay home and write -- hey, the gym starts looking good.
I am truly blessed and lucky that I absolutely love what I do and my periodic bouts with procrastination are minor inconveniences. I also know I have the good fortune to have the tools to overcome procrastination by communicating with my other than conscious mind and working on setting my intention daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, to gauge my success.
Procrastination is avoidance. But sometimes there is value in procrastination, sometimes avoiding one thing can push you into another.
In the business world, time is of the essence, so time management and getting things done is king. Having a way to manage any serious procrastination problem is vital. Procrastination is a habit and habits can be broken and rerouted. When you break an old habit, however, it's important to have a new one in its place, a system for dealing with the ruts that we've gotten into over time. (Many times you'll see a smoker nibbling on carrot sticks as a temporary alternative to get them over the hump where their hand/mouth habit is concerned.)
It is your intention or lack of intention that makes or breaks you in terms of procrastination. When you switch your intention and have solid resolve it is akin to setting your other than conscious mind on a quest. For this to work to your advantage, you have to properly train your other than conscious.
Try this: have a conversation with your other than conscious. Ask it for its help in turning a new leaf on getting things done. Set small goals at first, goals that you are certain you can keep, because you are training your other-than-conscious to work on your behalf. So if you say, 'I'm going to take out the garbage', take out the garbage. That's totally doable. And if you say, 'Okay, tomorrow I'm going to make two phone calls which I will follow up on with letters', make those two phone calls and write those two letters.
Visualize yourself keeping your appointments with yourself, following up on your intentions, and getting things done. By creating this synergy with your intention, other-than-conscious, imagination and your deep desire to accomplish what you need to accomplish, you have the ability to push past any procrastination problems you might encounter.
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Kenrick Cleveland teaches techniques to earn the business of wealthy prospects using persuasion. He runs public and private seminars and offers home study courses and coaching programs in persuasion techniques.
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