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How To Achieve48hrs/Day

Overcoming Procrastination

In 5 Simple Steps


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How To Defeat Procrastination

Procrastination or commonly known as the delaying of tasks is atypical problem that a lot of people experience nowadays. Learning

how to defeat procrastination as well as laziness can serve as a bighelp for you to increase your effectiveness and improve yourproductivity in both work and life.

Procrastination is an intricate psychological behavior that isassociated with those individuals who develop and acquire a bad habitof delaying tasks. More often than not, we ve been through a pointwhere we have experienced delaying things needed to be done on

time. !ell, that is for sure. "veryone had been affected by the habitknown as procrastination up to some extent.

#owever, for some individuals, this undesirable behavioral problembecame a part of their daily life, which turns out to be their source of

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continuous anxiety and stress and this had greatly affected theirperformance and progress in work and life.

$s a result, they miss a lot of opportunities, wasted a lot of work

hours, experienced resentment, stress and guilt for not finishing whatthey are supposed to do. %ad, but true this can happen to anyoneonce they allow procrastination to take over their life, instead of theother way around.

&he truth is most procrastinators exactly know what they need to do.#owever, for certain reasons, they keep repeating this bad habit whichprevents them from finishing the 'ob that they need to do. (efore, you

will know how to defeat procrastination, it is very important that youshould know first the characteristics and common causes of thisproblem. )nderstand them as they are imperative in overcomingprocrastination.

Characteristics Of A Procrastinator

More often than not, procrastinators possess a positive view of theirability to finish the work on time. &his kind of thinking results them todelay their task until there re no any other options left but to finish thework at hand without considering the date of accomplishment. *n turn,this act is followed by a burst of anxious efforts to complete the workaccompanied by their innate response to 'ustify their action like +lackof time or +* like to work under pressure .

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&he common characteristics that procrastinators have are-

)norganized

%tubborn behavior

Manipulation

Low self esteem and self confidence

*nability to cope with pressure

ear for failure

ear for change

ear to face the unknown

%tressed, tired and overworked

Perfectionism

*ndecisiveness

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$ feeling of too busy to do the task

"ven though this problem might not seem to be that serious, this cancause disturbing effects to the life of an individual. Procrastinators

often experience the feeling of helplessness and weakness togetherwith the frustration of not having the ability to control their life.

Underlying Causes Of Procrastination

/oing back to the definition of procrastination, putting of thingsneeded to be done on a specific period of time or avoiding thingsresulting to delayed accomplishments of tasks. 0ow the question iswhat leads procrastinators avoid doing something they are supposedto do1 &he answer boils down to two things and that is fear anddesire.

ear and desire are the 2 main factors involved in terms of inactionand action. 3esire can be best explained like as the source of

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&ake, for example, people tend to procrastinate on their workbecause they lack passion for it. %ome people procrastinate in

doing the task they need to do because they are not interested indoing so. "ither way, both results to procrastination, which iscaused by having a lack of desire.

ear

$nother factor that causes procrastination is fear. "ven thoughyou have the desire to do what you are supposed to do, if fear isstronger than that of your desire, it is more likely that you will

experience procrastination. &his fear that leads to thedevelopment of procrastination can be any fear. *t may be a fearthat has something to do with uncertainty, pain, hardship, failure,re'ection, disappointment or any other similar things.

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"ven though this may look like weird, if you will examinecarefully these certain areas in your life where you areprocrastinating as of now, your answer is more likely to berelated to a particular fear that you are experiencing right now.

&his, in particular, is very common to those individuals who areperfectionist in which procrastination occurs as a resultantbehavior because they fear doing something that will be in a lessperfect manner than what they have envisioned. #ence, thisimpacts their idealized images, which in turn affects how they willperform in order to complete the task. 0evertheless, this leadsthem to procrastinate.

*f in this point of time, you are thinking that procrastination issomething that you should not worry of. Perhaps, you should thinkagain. Procrastination could turn into a big problem sooner or laterand by the time you may even realize it, it is already affecting your lifenegatively.

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%o, with this, here are the cogent reasons why you should actimmediately and defeat procrastination all at once.

Cogent Reasons Why Procrastination Must be Sto ed

*f you will not act now to stop procrastination, it will lead you to sufferfrom a number of big problems not only in your work, but moreimportantly, in your life as well.

Procrastination can lead to low quality of life.

Procrastination can lead to trouble at work.

Procrastination can lead to less productivity at home, work andlife in general.

Procrastination can lead to frustration and depression due to thethings that you didn t accomplished.

Procrastination can lead to failure, especially when it comes toachieving your personal goals.

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Procrastination can lead to missed opportunities in work and inlife.

Procrastination can lead to serious disappointment once you

failed to satisfy your own expectations and others expectationsas well.

&here are others more, but these are the things that you are likely toexperience when you will not get rid of this problem in your life.

$lthough this may seem depressing and disturbing, there s no longerneed for you to worry as it is absolutely possible for you to defeatprocrastination on your own. $s long as you will start now to stop itaffecting and controlling your life, you can overcome it.

!hile there are some people who may think that procrastination ispart of our daily life and we will experience it in everything we do,there is something you can do to avoid it and defeat it.

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&o overcome procrastination, the first and most important thing thatyou should do now is to decide whether you want a better life foryourself or let it be this way 5 allowing procrastination to take overyour life and affecting everything you do. *f you want to get rid ofprocrastination in your life and experience a better life from this dayforward, here are the things that you should do. ollow them andimplement them in your life now.

&his will surely help you to overcome procrastination.

!ffecti"e Ways to Defeat Procrastination

#$ Recogni%e the roble&' identify the cause and ta(ea ro riate action to defeat it

4ne of the most important things that you should do to defeatprocrastination and be more productive in work and life is torecognize the problem and understand what causes it.

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More often than not, you will face the problem of procrastinationwhile you are not using your time wisely to complete importanttasks or even when you work on unimportant tasks instead ofstarting on to finish high priority tasks. Leaving the work pendinglonger than the date of accomplishment or putting off high prioritytasks, which are needed to be done for a specific amount oftime, are indication that you are experiencing procrastination.

#ere are some things that will greatly help you to know if you areprocrastinating.

6ou are procrastinating when you are working with low

priority tasks instead of high priority tasks. 6ou are procrastinating when you are putting first low

priority tasks in your to do list.

6ou are procrastinating when you are using your time forunimportant things rather than starting to work on highpriority tasks.

6ou are procrastinating when you are starting to work on ahigh priority task and then suddenly you try to dosomething else such as taking a break or making a cup ofcoffee.

6ou are procrastinating when you leave a task unfinishedin your to do list for a long period of time, even though youare fully aware that it is very important that you shouldfinish it on time.

6ou are procrastinating when you tend to work onunimportant tasks which others ask you to do so, andputting more time on them to work on instead of finishingan important task that you are doing.

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6ou are procrastinating when you are waiting for the righttime or the right mood to deal with an important task thatyou are working on.

6ou are procrastinating when you are making an excusenot to do what you are supposed to do.

4nce you notice that you re procrastinating, take an appropriateapproach to overcome it. 4ne of the best things to do this is thatyou must prioritize the tasks according to their importance.

Make a schedule of what needs to be done. 7reate a checklist orto do list of all your tasks during the day and arrange themaccording to how important they are. &ry to set priorities in all ofyour daily tasks. 6ou need to prioritize all of your tasks by puttingthe most important tasks on top and the less important tasks atthe bottom so you will be in the right direction.

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%et tasks by category such as high priority tasks for importantones and low priority tasks for unimportant ones. 7omplete thosetasks that are in your top priorities first and when done then youcan finish those tasks that are in your low priority. 3o that onetask at a time. *n this way, you are more likely to finish the workon time as well as avoid delaying those important tasks that youneed to complete.

2. Act now and )ust Do it

!hen you already have a to do list or a checklist for your dailytasks, start working on the task by focusing on starting it instead

of finishing it. $lthough you may get depressed because of thedifficulty of the task and get pressured because of the deadline,do not allow that undesirable feeling to control you. *f you do so,this will only create fear as well as resistance towards your taskthat will affect your performance and in turn this will have anegative impact on how you will do your work.

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8ather than stressing yourself or depressing yourself over thedifficulty of the task, 'ust focus your attention and effort in startingthe task. 0o matter how hard it is, 'ust do it. #aving a to do listand starting one task at a time are the best ways to defeatprocrastination.

3. Di"ide the ro)ect into s&aller tas(s

&he size of a task is more than enough to frustrate and depresspeople, which in turn can lead them to have a lack of interest ordesire to work on it and complete it. #owever, instead of dwellingon how big the task is, make an effort to break the pro'ect into

smaller manageable tasks. *n this way, you will be able to easilybuild an action plan to deal with the task more effectively.

More often than not, people procrastinate on big tasks becausethey do not know what to do next when they start working on it.&his keeps them away from continuing the work and finishing it.%o, to prevent this, take some time to evaluate the task. (reak itdown into smaller tasks.

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4nce you have a plan, start working on smaller tasks that areeasier and faster to finish. 3oing so will greatly help you to havea sense of achievement and motivation each time youaccomplish a specific task. $nd this leads you to work further onthe task.

*$ +eat your fear and lo"e what you do

#aving a lack of desire and the feeling of fear for something willgreatly prevent you to work at your best performance. $nd so,this will lead you to procrastinate. *n order for you to workeffectively and productively, you should love what you do. %ee

the tasks not as a problem you need to solve on, but rather asachievements you need to work on.

0ever fear anything. *f you will, it is more likely that it will going tobe true. 3on t be afraid that you will commit mistakes incompleting the task. &his is normal and nothing to fear for.

$ccept that you will commit mistakes once in a while or accept

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that you will have to go through the hardship before you canaccomplish the work at hand. "liminate any fear that you feel.&his will help you to be more productive.

5. Reward yourself e"en with si& le thingsMore often than not, if you are stuck to a task, it is more likelythat you will develop a negative feeling of being trapped and thatcan lead you to be frustrated as well as overworked.

/ive yourself some time to break free from the hectic schedule

and treat yourself with small rewards such as having a coffeetime with friends so that you can en'oy while working on the task.

(elieving in your capability to finish the task and working with it is aneffective way to overcome procrastination. #aving a goodunderstanding of how to defeat procrastination as well as developing

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good organizational and time management skills are essential ways toeffectively beat procrastination in the long run.

7ombined with effective planning and dividing your work into smaller

manageable tasks can greatly help you to overcome procrastinationsuccessfully. (ear in mind that this is a continuous process and youreally need to try it over and over again before you could fullyunderstand how to defeat procrastination in home, school or office.

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