How to Stop postponing everything until later: 18 new ways

Let us not dissemble: procrastination with every one of us know firsthand. Most even able to courageously admit that from time to time, we intentionally (or not?) To delay making important decisions that can affect our lives. It can be a trip to the dentist, big or small task, pending, or banal house cleaning. Today we will try to find out in which situations should be alert and that can help in the guerrilla struggle against this disadvantageous for the quality of the person.

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1. Determine whether you need to do is really

Perhaps your procrastination reason lies in the absence of a good reason to take action. The work that you hate, or something else, unloved since childhood, from what you always wanted to get rid of - it's quite another category that does not include the dream and the real goals.

In situations like this, I would advise first to approach the assessment of the task ahead is critical: what for spend time on something that really do not like it, if there are many other tasks that take up a pleasure?

2. Spend a little "reconnaissance in force"

Knowing exactly which tasks are idle, take one of them and make a small part of it, to understand the level of complexity of the implementation. Based on the experience obtained in the process, decide if you need help.

Often we overload ourselves with thoughts of how many cases you need to have time to put into practice, and then we can not move, imagining the endless list of problems: a lot of them, and the worker, ie you are all alone. This approach is obviously wrong. What if urgent issue to pay, say, 15 minutes or half an hour? It is likely that you enter into the taste and thus Moved the ball rolling.

3. Listen to yourself. And do the opposite

Best friend "will do tomorrow" - "something you do not want." If the soul grow rebellious mood, deal with them should be as resolute and tough as international terrorism. After all, if you go on about their desire to do nothing, what happens next? Correctly, nothing.

So, before you take up what could not be avoided, try to tune in a new way: meditate, take a walk on foot or resort to a different process efficient for you.

4. The order primarily

Ambient conditions you can successfully contribute to both procrastination and help combat the same. Cursory inspection of your desktop, home decoration or any other place where you have to work.

Surely not everything around you is in a state of perfect order, so find the strength to clean up: get rid of the garbage, arrange everything in its place, so that the eye happy, and work I dispute.

By the way, after a little cleaning and it seems easier. See for yourself.

5. Train yourself to think: Now it will always be

As a rule, the first steps in what whatsoever, be it sports or new responsibilities at work, are always given a hard time. Perhaps the simplest example would be a situation in which each of us has turned out at least once in life. Remember the magic Snooze button on the alarm clock? I bet you can not know the meaning of this English word, but you know exactly how this button works: There is nothing easier than to click on it and quietly to bed myself further.

Now, must not succumb to such temptations, listening to your inner voice that calls to postpone all affairs indefinitely. Forget about the rules of etiquette when he once again resound in your head: tear off his tirade in mid-sentence, and do what you must.

6. Tell authorized person on his important decision

They can become your business partner, wife or best friend - yes, anyone, as long as he was aware. Give voice to the man his intentions, outlined the key points, dates and deadlines. Ask him to control you as an experiment.

It may well be that your ally in the fight for productivity and most need help and extra motivation in life. Therefore, we call on you to be honest with each other, gently but firmly point out places that need, in your opinion, special attention. And actions.

7. Do not let yourself be a victim of circumstance

Have you ever wondered why the expression "to be a victim of circumstances" so popular? Why are stories from the lips of misfits gather crowds of sympathizers? The answer is simple: people want to be sure that there are always those who are weaker, out of luck, accidents themselves.

Let's think productively: digging into their own problems will not help in the search for solutions. Chin up! Try to dispel the gloom, convince yourself, "I'm fine." Then everything should work.

8. Apology not accepted

In general, it is necessary to apologize as little as possible. I apologize - it is, in fact, to forgive himself, that is our chief enemy. If you forgive yourself all the right and left, in the end you otupeet and become live, guided only by instincts and natural needs. Is this life?

Reasons to agree with them, take the path of least resistance may be infinite. Cast away the slightest beginnings of this bad habit.

9. Learn to focus in the short term

If you want to be successful, learn to manage your time. Start small: accustom to be collected for short time periods required to perform a given task.

Having mastered this technique perfectly, you can start and long-term planning. As my favorite poet, "large seen from a distance."

10. Listen Indian mantras

Even if you are not a frequenter etnofestyval and never even think about a trip to Nepal and Goa, pay attention to the country's national music elephants and curry sauce. Mantra - a positive attitude, listening to and meditating, you can gain peace of mind and tune in the desired fashion. The first thing should learn - is to control the breath. When it is within your power, you can begin to comprehend more complex conditions - concentration on what is necessary for you.

By the way, there are many mantras. You can experiment and choose the one they like and works.

11. Leave the comfort zone

Our eternal enemy - the inner voice. If you allow him to sound, he quietly convince you that they are right. And we know for sure that in most cases, he is mistaken. Try to escape from it by any known means to you.

Most often it occurs in those moments when we are inclined to doubt their abilities. Therefore, if you are not sure if you reach to the end of the road, try to drown out the words of a doubt a positive attitude: "I can, I'll make it, I'll do."

12. Visualize the goal. visualize success

Visualization - a powerful tool for achieving the goals. More than once it has been proven that this technique helps to kill the procrastination in the bud, motivating you to success.

Looking to the future helps to focus on the ultimate goals, as well as on how to achieve them will affect the quality of your future life. Get a "board desires" if you want to succeed as soon as possible.

13. Create your own little problems

Or a lot, it's someone as necessary. What am I talking about? The fact that the suffering and grief of various kinds are also sources of motivation: the feeling of insecurity is pushing us forward, and we are changing jobs, moving, learning something new.

Having reached a certain point of awareness of the situation, which is not like a normal person starts act. So, if you are still sitting on the ground and would prefer not to think about the problem, then you are satisfied, not otherwise.

In general, you are the same wizard that can help you cope with everything. As taught by our wise Mahatma Gandhi, if you want to change in the future - become this change in the present.

14. Who dares, wins one

Curb your own! Fear of anything - the most faithful accomplice of procrastination. Just say to yourself, "No, I'm not afraid of anything, I will succeed." Repeat it often, write down on a piece and hang it in a prominent place - we've talked about the benefits of visualizing ideas in paragraph 12 under the number. If you will take control of fear at least once, it will be obtained in the future.

How to do it? Talk to yourself - because all have done this at least once in life. So why not make it a good, useful habit? Alone with his thoughts, you can not play the hypocrite and not look for excuses to their negative traits: fear, laziness, unwillingness to change anything. Try to identify your problem areas and start to deal with them.

15. Work on self-discipline

To be honest, the choice often is not so great either collect all the will in a fist now and take the path of changes, or reap the bitter fruits of frustration to the already foreseeable future. Leave the solution of important problems of life later on - it's too easy and, unfortunately, very inefficient.

Many know the proverb: "Sow a thought - you reap an action goes around the action - reap a habit, reap a habit - reap a character, sow character - reap a destiny." Charge yourself with the right thoughts, to acquire good habits, because everything is in your hands.

Generally, each of us - none other than as a set of habits and lifestyles. Accustom himself absolutely everything. Take advantage of this feature of human consciousness to their advantage!

16. The balance must be true, and the time - observable

It is easy to make promises, is not it? On this topic in the world is sung many songs and even more written words. The same applies to the terms, deadlines, as now it has become fashionable to talk about. Assign them takes half a minute force to perform may take weeks or months.

How to proceed? Let's think strategically: imagine that as punishment for disrupting the work schedule you will be unable to say... coffee drinking for a month! Not a very happy prospect, is not it?

17. Declare war perfectionism

In fact it does not have absolutely nothing good. To begin, let us turn to the definition. Perfectionism - is the belief that the best result possible (or necessary) to achieve. It would seem, nothing bad, but thinking in a similar vein, we are infinitely moving away from the true goal, which is to make the case - get sh * t doneAs saying the ocean.

The main mistake that many tend to perform, - substitution of concepts. Perfectionism has nothing to do with high quality. Who would that we on this occasion may say, the answer is the same: time - money. Learn to manage them as well as an experienced commander to command your army.

18. Do not forget to promote yourself

It happens that we do not have enough awards for business, performed with success. We must not forget the promotion, it is one of the most powerful sources of intrinsic motivation. That is why it is important to celebrate their victories, both large and small. Arrange an extraordinary weekend, treat yourself to purchase, which had long dreamed of, inspired with the joy of triumph!

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In the end, the struggle with procrastination - is not easy. As he said in his book "Vitamins for the mind," Jim Rohn (Jim Rohn), a famous American speaker and business coach:

We all have to experience two types of pain: the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. The difference is that the discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

Are you prone to procrastination? What and why you tend to put off time and time again? Tell us your opinion and successful experiences in dealing with the scourge!