Moving Beyond Procrastination: 3 Powerful Strategies to Empower You to Take Action Are you like me? Do you delay, prolong and stretch out some tasks? We all do it. We even joke about procrastination. We tease others about it. However, when procrastination seriously gets in the way of our productivity, it hinders our ability to positively impact our team and the work our organization does. Yet, in some ways, we seem resigned to dealing with procrastination. It's just a part of life. Right? It doesn't have to be. Let's look at 3 common reasons why we procrastinate and three strategies to deal with three types of procrastination. Which one of these is you? The reasons we put off task fall into three categories. Review the following to discover which reason matches your current procrastination slump and find a strategy for dealing with it. 1️⃣ We procrastinate because: The task makes us feel uncomfortable In this situation, the job in front of you feeds your resistance.
🟡 The Strategy for Overcoming Procrastination If the task in front of you makes you uncomfortable, name it to tame it.
🟢 It is your emotions that stop your actions. Naming the emotion you feel allows you to deal with your resistance to the task in front of you.
2️⃣ We procrastinate because: The NEXT task makes us feel uncomfortable Try finishing these sentences:
What emotion did the next task bring up for you?
The subsequent feeling about what happens next has you procrastinating on the current project. 🟡 The Strategy for Overcoming Procrastination Take time to recognize the links. Notice what is coming up after the task you are procrastinating on. 🟢 Make notes of your fears and your anxiety about the next step. Then, go back to the first strategy. Name it to tame it. Naming the emotions allows you to get a handle on it. Being in control of your emotions puts you back into motion. 3️⃣ We procrastinate because: We are depleted The most often overlooked reason we procrastinate is that we are truly depleted. We are like cell phones. We run out of charge. The problem is that most of us only plug back in briefly. Bumping back up to a 10% charge prevents us from functioning adequately. Before long, we are feeling drained again. When you're running on empty, it's extremely difficult to focus and use brainpower. 🟡 The Strategy for Overcoming Procrastination If you are truly depleted, it's time to fill your cup back up! Take time to:
The 3 strategies: Employing these strategies to move through resistance will put you back in control.
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