I’m working with a Life Coach for the first time ever, and she is simply amazing!
Our session today taught me a very important lesson about procrastination.
When I start to lose focus on a project, my body is telling me to take a break.
On August 1, 2008, In Small Biz Building, by SmartBizDiva
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It’s amazing, isn’t it, the insane impact that procrastination can have. It’s always a sign of something. In your case, your body’s telling you that it’s time for a break. In mine, it’s focus. I procrastinate when I’m not focused.
Make sure to keep us posted on how the life coaching thing works out. They’re amazing people.
Anthony Robbin’s program Getting the Edge, has made be more aware of my procrastinating tendencies and then realized that it not only effects the things you put off till tommorow or next week, but also the immediate half-hour or five minutes even. I now acknowledge the big time lapse between recognizing something I want to get done and when it actually gets done. This time lapse I am talking about exist between the recognizing of a task and arriving at a decision as to when it will get done. We sometimes tend to rationalize an excuse as to why there is no hurry or maybe it can wait till later. If you get interrupted before this decision is made, the task may not get done untill 3 days later or so. I found a lot of instances that in this time period of arriving at a decision, I could have already done the task. Let’s say you only have 10 minutes max. Invest the 10 min, do what you can. So what if it doesn’t get done, it will be that much done when you get back to it. Move on to the next action item. Eliminating the inner chatter in your head that tells you nothing that needs to get done is exciting enough, gets you to your decisions faster (now or later) so you can make your next decision. So if your going to focus, focus on expediting your decision making, so you can be all about action back to back all day long. The cool thing is, it sounds tiring, but it is actually empowering, because it liberates you from the lazy voice that drags you through those lengthy debates about putting things off till later. That voice is making you feel heavy and lazy, and your task unappealing, and tires you physically when having to decide so much. Everything is drama. Without that self talk, you are more action than words and become more enthused. Wow, there it is spelled out. You are now free from your own internal task committtee. Never ask for permission again, to get things done. Just do it.