So, you're ready to get past procrastination? Well there are 3 big
parts you need to take care of to really soften up this procrastination wall. So
watch closely and I'll teach exactly what to do.
Hi, it's Kirk Duncan and time to have a really good heart-to-heart conversation
here about why you procrastinate. You know, you
do. You catch yourself in that moment where you said you were going to start
and then that moment showed up and then some great distraction popped up just
enough time so you could procrastinate again. You know keep having excuses about
why you didn't start, it's not going to work for you. Sooner or later,
you're going to be pretty bummed out and discouraged that you have not made
progress. This line of procrastination that you keep coming up against, I think
it's time that you now understood what is going on at this line of
procrastination. It's costing you money, it's costing you time, it's costing you
your sanity. Because as long as you can't keep making progress there, it's going tO
drive you nuts. You know it's driving you nuts. So, let's...
Let's talk and uncover literally uncover what's going on that's creating this
line of procrastination. And I'll share this with you that as soon as you
realize what this is, you're going to notice you can actually tell friends and family
members what they're doing in their procrastination. And don't worry, you're
not alone. There is a majority of people in the world today who face the line of
procrastination and they back away from it. They can't even get through it. So, I
think today's a good day for you to get through it and beyond. So you stand out
as a person. Who literally can create progress in their life. And you can
finish the projects you said you're going to do. And more importantly, you can
literally live up to what you said you would do. That's called integrity. So,
let's take a look at the first part about procrastination. One of the first
parts has to do with the fact that when you hit this line, one of the reasons why
you stop is because you have some unknown parts about what it is you're to
do next. You haven't thought about it. You haven't thought this through.
And so there's some unknown pieces. Maybe there's some lack of education or lack
of knowing exactly what the next step is. So, this is where you reach out to people
and you find out what have they done. What are they doing. You know, one of the
best ways to make progress in your life in a particular area of your life is to
talk to somebody who is already making progress in that area. They know what to
do. But as long as you have some unknowns, you're not going to move forward.
Okay, another big part here is a fact of actually having a plan. To be able to
have a plan of what you want to do next really puts it in place that you can see.
But if you don't have a plan what happens is you literally don't know the
steps, you don't know what to do next. And now you're actually in a place where
that's not only unknown but without a plan. You don't even know how to talk to
people. Now, your plan about how you want to move forward. Doesn't have to be
bulletproof, it doesn't have to be perfect. But at least you need to start
somewhere of having an idea you know, and telling of... Telling yourself a better
story of how this is going to turn out. Because I mean, just imagine you meet
somebody who doesn't have a plan and there are unknowns about moving forward,
it makes sense that they're stuck at this line of procrastination. It totally
makes sense. You know, I was at the at a store recently. and there was a it's one
of those home-improvement stores. And right next to the aisle you know where
you go to checkout and buy the stuff you're buying, there's these books and
it's all these different how-to books. Like how to build a deck, how to remodel
a bathroom. And what's fascinating is as you pick up a book and you start looking
through it, because you can see the steps or the instructions, it actually can
motivate a guy to want to go remodel his bathroom or go build a deck because it's
laid out. And there's steps and there's a plan. You're not the only one who has
ever hit this line of procrastination but you could be the only one who's not
asking for help. You see part of procrastination is you're not asking for
help. You're not looking into this and seeking
out people who are the type of people who just keep moving forward. So, if you
don't have a plan and you don't know what to do, you need to talk to people.
And tell them what your idea is and ask for advice. I noticed in myself whenever
I find myself procrastinating, it's a quick signal that I've got to stop
trying to figure this out by myself. I need to call someone text somebody, email
somebody to go somewhere to meet somebody to talk about it so I can work
through the unknowns. Then I can start to find out what I need to do. Put it into a
plan. And now, where I'm putting myself in is now I know how this is going to work out.
I have a plan of how this is going to work out and guaranteed this line of
procrastination is going to soften up. And it's not going to stop me. But there's
one more that I think is really going to make a big difference in you, in this
line of procrastination is what you are allowing to have happen inside of your
head. You see inside of your head, you have this story that you tell. And if you
have a bad story, you know like moving forward is going to cause a problem or
moving forward is going to cause pain or moving forward you might lose or fail or
be embarrassed by what you're doing. If you've got a bad story
inside your head, well procrastination is going to win every time. You see us as
people, you as a person, you make up stories every day. Every day you make up
stories about how the day is going to turn out, how your kids are, how
relationships are going. Your mind is constantly making up stories. But what
happens is as an individual, you may not be in control of those stories. You could
just have some random talking going on inside your head that have just created
these catastrophes stories or these less-than-desirable stories. And that
could be what is causing you to procrastinate. Your own made-up bad story.
As I've mentored and coached people and find out
why they're procrastinating, sure they can find this, sure they can get a plan.
But this one has got to change. If you don't change the story that you're
telling in your head about how this is going to turn out, you're not going to
move forward no matter how good your plan is, no matter how well you know what
to do. Because if you still think it's going to possibly turn out bad or you
possibly could fail, you'll quit. And procrastination is a sampling of
quitting. Procrastination is just pre-quit it sounds weird. But it's like I'm
quitting before I even start. And so this hesitation and procrastination
is a signal to you, you got junk in your head. You got stuff in your head that
have you made up a story about how is it going to turn out that doesn't turn out
well. Because guess what happens? Guess what happens when somebody has a story
about this is going to turn out well, they begin to take action. They begin to
move forward. They begin to move but when you got a bad story, it's all messed up.
So, how do you do this? How do you change that? Well, I think what you could do is
you could actually just sit down with a pad of paper, sit down to your laptop, sit
down and literally create a better story. It's you against you. It's your good
story against your bad story. And if you don't think you have a bad story in your
head, go ahead and try and figure out procrastination in some other way. Go
ahead and try and figure out what's holding you up. And you could check this
off, check this off. But this one's the mean one. This one's the one that beats
people up every time. And they don't even know this is going on because it's so
deep in their mind, they don't even see it. So, I think today's a great day to
literally sit still for a moment, get a pad of paper out and start drawing up or
writing down a story that gets you to move. See a better outcome. See how this
is going to turn out better. Write the story out of how you want this to work
and that story now becomes something super
important that you review every single day when you wake up in the
morning. Review it when you wake up, review it before you go to sleep. Get a
better story in your head and notice how procrastination loosens
its grip on your mind and it will loosen its grip on your soul. So you can move. I
know this. Believe me, I understand procrastination. I've got all kinds of
procrastination trophies on my wall from my past. But today, today I'm a mover. I
make things happens. I go. I make it work so it works. Because I got a plan, I got a
story. That's what you got to do. And as you're trying to figure this out and
you're thinking that that's just it and other people are going to tell you that
right there. But now you know the rest of the story is you got yourself a weird
wicked bad story in your head. And it's time to change the story.
So, create yourself a better story, review it the morning, review in the evening and
you got yourself a chance to soften up and loosen up that grip a procrastination
that's got a hold of you. Alright, you know what to do. Make sure
you're writing up that story so you can really do something to move through this
wall of procrastination. And hey, you could be like the great example of all
your family and friends that nothing stops you. And also to help you with
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