Stop procrastinating by taking MASSIVE ACTION NOW!
Have you ever had a very important task to complete that you waited to finish the day before it was due? I’m pretty sure you can relate to this situation.
While you might feel that your best work is produced when you’re under pressure, the fact remains that you didn’t give yourself enough time to really do your best work.
Yes, you were able to complete the assignment and turn it in.
Yes, everyone might think you’re so smart because of what you produced.
But deep down inside you know that your work is littered with errors, which you dread having to bear witness to.
To alleviate feeling ashamed about your best work produced under pressure, follow these three simple, yet effective steps to break the habit of procrastination:
1) Make a list of everything you think you need to do each week. Focus on producing a list of “things you must do”. After that, make a list of “things you should do”. Lastly, make a list of the “things that would be nice to do”. Make sure each list is on its own sheet of paper
2) Create a schedule of all your commitments for the week. Grab a piece of paper and write the days of the week across the top, and the hours you plan on being awake down the left hand side (or you can use this Weekly Un-Schedule template). Then, fill in your weekly calendar with “things you must do”. Do you best to delegate the “things you should do”. Any time you have left over from the “things you must do” can be filled in with the “things you should do” that you we’re able to delegate. As far as the “things that would be nice to do”, put them in a safe place so you can come back to them at a later date when you have “free time”.
3) Follow your schedule to a “T”. Breaking the habit of procrastination isn’t a matter of capability (you are fully able), it’s a matter of motivation (how bad do you really want what you say you want?). Now that you have a concrete schedule of activities to complete throughout the week, take massive action by sticking to the script. If you find yourself deviating from the plan, catalog the reasons – excuses – you use to convince yourself why you’re choosing to procrastinate, instead of making things happen and getting things done. Once you finish the list, ball it up and throw it away, kissing those excuses goodbye for good.
Putting task off to the last minute – procrastinating – can really sabotage the achievement of any goal you set for yourself in life.
If people think you’re smart because of the best work you produced under pressure, just imagine what they’ll think if you make time for greatness by giving yourself plenty of time to get the task done.
Do your best to replace procrastination with massive focused action so you can consistently produce your greatest work all the time. Simply follow the steps outlined above and the score will take care of itself.
Thanks for reading!
As always, MAKE it a phenomenally great day!
Live With Supreme Confidence,
Dhane