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In today's episode, I'm helping you push back on procrastination.
Are you ready?
Let's get started.
So if you never struggle with procrastination,
you're probably in denial.
But otherwise you probably wouldn't be watching.
Right?
So I believe there are three big causes of procrastination.
Let's talk about them here.
First one is a lack of clarity.
The task isn't clearly defined
or the value of completing the task isn't clear.
And so when we don't know what we need to do or how big the task is
or how important it is, it's pretty easy to put it off right.
Procrastination.
Second, the fear of failure.
We procrastinate because we're afraid that we won't be successful with it,
or we want to make sure we have everything ready before we actually do the work.
And so our fear of failure gets in the way somehow we think that waiting
will improve our chances for success or we have a fear of success.
We might not admit it, but we put things off when we're afraid.
They might work.
And then there are new unknowns we'll have to deal with
at least the way we have it now, which may not be perfect.
At least it's a known.
We go out and change something for the better,
and now we have new unknowns and maybe that's why we procrastinate.
So the thing to do now is to
recognize if you're procrastinating, what should you should actually do, right?
So give me some possible causes.
So let's talk about if I'm in that moment, what do I do?
The first thing is ask yourself,
which of these causes is the source of your procrastination?
Is it a lack of clarity?
Then get it more clear.
If it's a fear of failure, think about why you're fearing that.
If it's a fear of success, do the same thing.
And if it isn't one of these three, determine what your cause is.
Right?
And then third, once you've identified the cause, work to overcome it.
Half the battle is knowing what it is.
Once we know what it is, we can take action.
Maybe it's a decision that you make.
Maybe it's something else that might lead to a first step.
Anything that can get you moving right.
And then take that step.
I mean, like right now, take that
step Well, or at the very latest, take that step today.
Right. By taking one step, you're
overcoming the procrastinated item is as simple as that.
You've got the item on the list.
It may be there for days and days and days and weeks and weeks.
Just take some action on it.
You can use this quick analysis and action planning approach
for anything you're procrastinating on over time,
you'll get a sense of what your main reasons for procrastinating are.
I know what mine is and then you can start to move past
it mentally more quickly or more automatically.
And over time, the amount of procrastination in your life
will begin to drop.
Let me close with today's tweet.
Pushing back on procrastination requires determining your cause or reason
for the procrastination, then deciding the action
is more important than the procrastinating.
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about procrastination, I know something about you.
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And I hope to see you back here next week
for another episode of Remarkable TV and the Remarkable Leadership Podcast.