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Procrastination: Getting to the Core of The Problem
by Kevin Hogan
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Next, go back and look at the items you checked as the ‘root’ of your issues:
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Self Esteem – If you constantly downplay your skills and knowledge and doubt your own ability you will feel like your success (when it happens) is just a factor of luck.
You may find it hard to accept a compliment on your work because you really don’t feel you deserve it.
You may demand perfection from yourself even though, in your heart, you feel you can never achieve that perfection.
You may feel you don’t have the knowledge, skills, or talent’s do even to a mediocre job.
You need to step back and put things in perspective and realize that not everything is critical enough to strive for perfection and that perfection is impossible, in any case.
Do the best you can but get the project done. Start it with plenty of time to allow yourself the focus and dedication to do a job of which you will be proud.
When someone compliments you, practice saying ‘thank you’ and moving on.
Don’t downplay your effort or display false modesty.
Just accept the praise!
“Thank you, I really appreciate that. It makes my day.”
It may be hard at first, but it will get easier as you practice.
- Pressure – If you find it hard to get a project or task started because you are swamped with other things, you may feel that nothing will get you out of this hole.
You tell yourself that even if you work really hard to accomplish this task, the only thing that will come of it is MORE WORK. <> So why bother?
To relieve the pressure, you need to have a plan for how to prioritize the items you must accomplish and what the steps are to see each task through to completion.
Start by looking at what you have to do and be honest about the criticality (is that a word?) of each task. How fricking important is it?! ,P> Negotiate new deadlines if you need more time to get certain things done, or if something else must be completed before you can start on a particular project.
If YOU are setting the deadlines, you can determine how critical each item is by asking yourself what will happen if you don’t get a particular task done by a certain date?
Will some catastrophe befall you or someone else?
Will you lose your job or a promotion? Will you fail a class or disappoint someone you have promised to help?
Once you have your priorities in order and all your deadlines on the calendar, start to detail the tasks that you will need to accomplish to finish each ‘phase’ of the task.
In this way, you can set smaller milestones and shorter term goals, and you will KNOW you are accomplishing something along the way and feel better about the fact that you are making progress.
Pressure comes from feeling like you have TOO MUCH TO DO and you are making NO PROGRESS to complete ANY OF THE THINGS on your list!
- Control – If you are easily overwhelmed, or hate feeling controlled, you may feel that your situation is unfair.
Instead of getting frustrated and putting off the task to show others that you will not be pushed around, you should consider the things in your life over which you DO have control.
One of those things is the ability to give yourself a reward.
Plan a reward to enjoy yourself after you have completed the project and remind yourself that you DO have control over this project.
It is YOUR choice whether to do this task and you have chosen TO DO IT!
- Justification – If you are unhappy with someone or something, you may not try as hard as you would otherwise.
Get out of this mindset by telling yourself that it is YOU that is upset (not anyone else) and that your feelings of revenge or anger will only come back to hurt you in the long run.
I can tell you that many times I have done things which people I was upset with would benefit from. It stings at the time, but later you see yourself as someone who can “walk into the fire” and GET IT DONE under ANY circumstance.
Don’t let the person, or situation, that has you upset, get in the way of your goals or success. And don’t wait until you “feel better.” You may NEVER feel better about the person or whatever. Just get it done and do it now!
Do you remember what kind of conscience you have? Was it the Carefree voice, the Critical voice or the Chaotic voice?
Re-read The Anatomy of Procrastination: Why Do I Procrastinate?
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