The human brain knows no limits when it comes to thinking out ways and strategies in dealing with all kinds of problems, but if these strategies and plans are NOT acted upon, they really hold no meaning – they’re like empty blueprints camouflaged in sparkling rhetoric. And rhetoric comes cheap these days.
One way to help start the ACTION process is to ask yourself: “In what ways do I procrastinate?”
Sit down with pen and paper – get ready to write.
Writing down all the ways you KNOW you procrastinate will help you focus and identify them more clearly. Here are some common ways people procrastinate:
- paying bills
- not discussing the complaints you’ve received about a member of your team for fear of hurting his/her feeling
- repeatedly postponing a dental appointment because you’ve got better things to do (or don’t like dentists)
- not returning the call of your son’s teacher because you know what the problem is and you’re fed up
- not discussing your resentment about your spouse spending too much time at work or with their friends
- not getting that hair cut, that dress dry-cleaned, that donation mailed
- not visiting a sick relative (or close friend) in the hospital
- not calling your doctor about that persistent numbness in your right arm
- not having the car’s squeaking brakes checked
- not sending that overdue thank you note
Remember – you procrastinate because you yourself choose to procrastinate. Eliminating procrastination requires action and changing habits.
Michael Wise
eMarketProfitStrategies.com
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