Procrastination Is Bad! 3 Strategies To Help You Beat It.

There is no question about it.... procrastination is bad, and being industrious is good! This is hard to admit this to ourselves because of fear, feeling overwhelmed, or because we are just plain lazy but, deep down inside, we all know that in the long run the one who who is industrious accomplishes and the one that procrastinates stays behind. Unfortunately, though, it’s just very hard to be hardworking focused. In this article I will share with you 3 proven strategies that successful people use to conquer procrastination.

3 Ways To Conquer Procrastination

1. The Split-It-Thin-And-Win Strategy. If you find yourself procrastinating and pushing off starting a long complex project, the reason might be because are overwhelmed and freeze because of the massiveness of the project. If this is he case, then a good way to help you begin to work is to sit down with a paper and pen and break the whole project into much smaller manageable mini-tasks. You gain 2 things with this strategy. Firstly, you won’t be overwhelmed because you are focusing only on the little task that is in front of you. Secondly, the momentum that you will gain by finishing each little task will charge you energize to complete the whole task.

2. The Engage-A-Friend-To-Reach-The-End strategy. This is a powerful and effective strategy to use when you have to do a long project. Ask a friend/spouse (hopefully also a friend)/ colleague to monitor your progress and to give you support, nudge you (gently) and simply to check how things are going.

3. Tell the world strategy. This is similar to the above strategy but much more negative. Tell EVERYONE (or at least a lot of people) that you see that you plan to do {project} by {specific time}. The thought of the facing these people if you don’t accomplish your plan will help you to stop procrastinating and become hardworking.

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