Procrastination: Getting to the Core of The Problem

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Procrastination: Getting to the Core of The Problem

by Kevin Hogan

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Procrastination typically comes from one or more of these issues:

Issue	Problem
Motivation	You feel this task is irrelevant and has little or no meaning for you
Knowledge	You feel you do not have the training, skills, or knowledge to accomplish this task, or you are uncertain about taking on something you have not done before.
Standards	You are afraid you will not perform the task well, or, perfectly
Obligations	You may not be able to fulfill all of your obligations because you have so much to do
Assumptions	You believe that if you avoid or ignore the task it will evaporate, or perhaps you assume that it will take less time or effort to accomplish
Fear	You are worried about how others may evaluate or judge you…or you may judge yourself because you sell something you know is not a great value to your customer’s
Avoidance	You just hate doing this particular task.

Think about the things that may be at the root of each of these issues. How many of these apply to you?

Self Esteem – You struggle with feelings of incompetence, and poor self worth.
Maybe you insist on an extremely high standard of performance though you feel you are incapable of achieving this performance. Or maybe the project is just outside your comfort zone and you don’t believe there is any reason to even try and take it on.
(The fact is, there is very little reason most projects, tasks, jobs, careers ..won’t “work” for you…that exist outside of you. There are exceptions, but not many!)
Pressure – You use procrastination to deal with the pressure of daily life and all the competing obligations and tasks.
You know that if you get this task done, someone will just give you another task to perform. (You get paid the same no matter what!)
Control – You use procrastination as a means of control.
You don’t like to be pushed around and you feel that you should decide what to do and when to perform the task.
Justification – You feel that others do not understand how busy you are and how complicated your life is.
Perhaps it isn’t so much that you procrastinate – it’s just that others don’t understand your problems.
Maybe, you often feel like a victim and you are frustrated that others don’t see how unfair it is.

The more often you put important things off…things that could give you a great future, the more you reinforce the behavior, and the harder it is to interrupt the cycle.

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