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Can Procrastination Help You Increase Your Productivity?

October 10th, 2008
· Filed Under: Events · Procrastination

  • Are you ready to put your productivity into high gear?
  • Did you know that procrastination can be a useful tool to getting more done?
  • Sound like a contradiction?

Talking with my twitter friend,Cristina Favreau, she found it hard to believe. In fact she answered Yes, No and Yes, to those three questions.

She found the concept so intriguing, she asked if she could interview me for her clients.

Her goal is to get me to spill the beans on how to overcome the most common productivity challenges and how to avoid making excuses for procrastinating. I warned her that I might use her as a guinea pig get her to open up about my own dirty procrastination secrets (be kind with me, Ann).

I also told Cristina if I do this gratis for her, she’ll need to allow you to easedrop on the conversion.She said no problem.

Discover How Selective Procrastination Can Work for You

Cristina
Cristina Favreau,
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Join Cristina Favreau for a Live FREE Interview with the "The Time Diva"

Tuesday October 14
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(That’s 12:00 pm Central, 11:00 am Mountain, 10:00am Pacific.)

Ann
Ann Rusnak
"The Time Diva"
Entrepreneur Time Strategist

 

You’ll learn:

  • Top 3 Ways Procrastination Can Help You
  • A Little Secret Formula to Determine When to Procrastinate
  • 10 Reasons Why People Procrastinate
  • How Procrastination Can Increase Productivity
  • and much more

So if you…

Suffer from procrastination?

Are dealing with feelings of overwhelm?

Are ready to beat procrastination, get out of overwhelm and transform your life, but not quite sure where to start?

I would love you to join the conversation. Just fill out the form below to reserve your seat for this FREE Interview… and don’t forget to share your biggest Procrastinate/Productivity Challenge.

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18 Reasons for Procrastination

September 17th, 2008
· Filed Under: Procrastination

Everybody does it to some extent.

It causes severe repercussions for your business/career and personal life.

It is the most common problem, the "Biggest Enemy" in achieving success.

Procrastination!

Procrastination is a bad habit. A habit that results in wasted time, missed opportunities, poor performance and increased stress.

Not to mention that it erodes your self esteem and self confidence.

What is procrastination?

Simply - "Avoidance of doing a task which needs to be accomplished."

Procrastination robs us of our time, keeps us from achieving our goals, and deprives us of increasing our profits and income…..

….Why do we indulge in such self-defeating behavior?

There are numerous reasons for procrastinating. Here are the most common:

1. Information Overload:

Today information comes at us faster than the speed of light. Too much information often leads to…

2. Not Knowing Where To Start:

It’s hard to start something and finish if you don’t know where or how to begin. Many times the inability to begin leads to…

3. Disorganization:

You can’t find information or the things you need to begin the task. Disorganization can cause…

4. Lack of Concentration:

Have you ever tried to finish a task when you can’t concentrate? Very difficult.

No wonder you don’t liked doing what is needed. One of the reasons you can’t concentrate is because you are experiencing…

5. Lack of Focus:

No direction or goal to keep your mind focused on the task. When you are unfocused, you probably have…

6. Lack of Motivation:

No compelling reason or sense of urgency to start or complete the project. Lack of motivation can come from…

7. Lack of Energy:

Do you feel like doing anything when you are tired? Maybe you are tired and don’t have any energy because of…

8. Boredom:

Yawn!!!…The task could be boring because there is no creativity involved. Nothing to excite you to get going or it could be boring because it is…

9. Unpleasant:

YUK…it is human nature to avoid doing unpleasant things. No fun. But are you making it unpleasant because you strive for…

10. Perfectionism:

Everything has to be just right…add too much detail…can’t have any mistakes… The task is never completed because it is never perfect. Can’t start either unless everything is perfect in the beginning. Perfectionism is a sign of you being…

11. Highly Critical:

Are you constantly criticizing what you do? It’s never good enough? You never can do anything right? Are you being critical and can’t start because of your…

12. Fear of Failure:

Making mistakes is unacceptable. If you don’t start, you can’t make a mistake. You can’t fail…Fear of failure isn’t the only fear that holds us back and causes procrastination, so does…

13. Fear of Success:

The opposite of failure. Often the reason for both fear of failure and fear of success is…

14. Low Self Esteem :

You don’t believe you can do it. You don’t feel worthy or good about yourself. So why begin in the first place. Low self esteem can come from…

15. Personal Problems:

Your life is a mess. You have health issues, perhaps even relationship problems. Maybe you lost your job. You have financial problems. Whatever it is, who wants to start something new with all this "stuff"going on? Some problems are unavoidable or you have no control over them. It does make it difficult to start or finish a project. But some problems are self inflicted because…

16. You Don’t Understand Your Personal Style:

You are trying to be somebody you are not…living up to somebody else’s standards. You may be working against your peak hours. What kind of environment do you work best in?

Do you feel like you are constantly working against yourself? Do you feel like nothing ever turns out right anyway, so why bother? Do you begin to get impatient? If you are impatient, you probably have the…

17. Inability to Delay Gratification:

You do what you want to do, when you want to do it, instead of doing what needs to be done. One of the reasons is you…

18. Lack Control:

Don’t have the discipline to finish what you started? What causes this lack of control? The inability to start and complete a task. Well, it could be because….

Just pick any reason from the list and repeat!

Every one of us suffers from procrastination syndrome at one time or another. The goal is not to let procrastination take over and rule your life.

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