The answer to “How to Cure Procrastination” lies in understanding the causes.  I’ve just received an email from Mike Brescia who explains, I think brilliantly, one of the primary reasons we procrastinate.

Here’s an exerpt from the email below:

We’re on to the third of the four underlying factors that make people put off important tasks, and… not so important tasks as well.

So here it is…

It’s sort of a combination, really.

Fear of failure.

Fear of not being able to do a task properly, and all of it’s real or imagined consequences.

This can and does quite often have its roots in perfectionism… not wanting to do anything that you can’t do perfectly (because of those consequences).

Well, as you know, you can’t usually do something perfectly unless you’ve done it a lot, in most cases.  And when you do something a lot, in the beginning, you are going to screw up a lot more than you succeed.

Perfectionism has many benefits, but it also can serve to stop you dead in your tracks.

Perfectionists often times only get good at a few things because they aren’t willing to do the things they are not good at.  Horrible little loop, isn’t it?

But for some it spurs them onto greatness, and we have a lot of examples of that in every field.  In sports, for example, top athletes often practice doing the same things hundreds and even thousands of times in a single day in order to be perfect.  Vijay Singh in golf is a good example.

And because perfection is often the difference between winning and losing, you can understand the desire for perfection in a number of different settings.  On the battlefield is another place where the cost of mistakes is magnified intensely.  Hence the desire to be perfect.

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There are thousands of reasons that people are conditioned to not want to settle for anything less than perfection.  When it creates greatness, well, that’s great.  But for the
majority, since most people are not going to practice, drill and rehearse the things that they want to be perfect at, inside, it just makes you put the task off.

And all it does is look like neurosis to everyone else.

As children, we’ve all heard the line, ‘If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.’

Usually good advice if what you usually say is rude, obnoxious or unnecessarily hurtful in some way, right?

But in most other situations, not doing something unless you can do it right the first time is a recipe for becoming less and less, smaller and smaller until you don’t do anything where failing is possible.

No one can possibly understand all the fears and/or standards that give us each our own brand of procrastination.  We all have our own past programming.

So the best way, obviously, to get rid of the procrastination habit would be for each of us to take months of a very specific kind of self-analysis, and look at all the possible fears we have that stop us and all the areas where our standards are so impossibly high that we just can’t go forward with certain kinds of tasks and create our own individual behavior modification programs…

But that would be too expensive and time consuming for 99.999% of the population.

So that leaves the second best option…

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To create it, we uncovered ALL the possible reasons people put off things.

We really got ridiculous.

Every stupid fear that anyone could come up with and every legitimate fear, too.

We looked at hundreds of situations, some of them pretty bizarre, that could leave a person with impossibly high standards that make it nearly impossible for them to succeed in their own eyes.

And when you believe you can’t succeed at something or that you can’t do something as well as you’d like to do it, my friend, you ain’t gonna do it.

Simple as that.

What End Procrastination Now does to change this is, use self-talk statements in Suggestopedic Accelerated Learning format to positively oppose those beliefs.

And when you tell yourself enough of anything, good or bad, you WILL begin to believe it.  Keep telling it to yourself and nothing in the world will get you to believe otherwise.

That is what makes changing old beliefs, attitudes, emotions and ACTIONS so difficult.

Right?

And that is also what makes every Think Right Now Behavior Modification program so gosh darn effective when used properly and regularly, especially End Procrastination Now.

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Posted: July 8th, 2009 under Procrastination.
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Motivation -

We human beings are very feeling oriented.  It is very easy for us to say:  “I don’t feel like it today”.  Huge mistake…  When you allow your feelings to dictate whether you do something or not – you’re really looking for a reason to fail.

Motivation is not some extra talent that you need to acquire in order to achieve something.  Motivation is getting yourself a big enough reason to complete your goal or dream.  If you have a big enough reason, an important enough goal at the end of the tunnel, finding motivation becomes a lot easier.

Taking action is one of the most important ingredients to success, and it’s one of the best ways to get motivated about a project.  Thinking about what needs to be done usually means that’s all you achieve – thinking.  Taking action, daily, is what will get you closer to your goal. 

Looking at the big picture can frequently make you feel overwhelmed.  It’s important to have a plan, but break the plan down into stages – monthly, weekly and daily goals, and make sure you stick to them.  If you have to, make yourself answerable to someone – a buddy, friend, or family member. 

Motivate yourself by thinking, if my life depended on me getting this done every day, I would do it.  Take responsibility for making sure you complete your daily tasks toward achieving your goal.  Reward yourself in a positive way when you achieve milestones. 

Have a diary or notebook where you tick off when you have achieved your goal.  Being able to look back on progress made is a great motivator.  When you see what progress you have already made, you are more inclined to knuckle down to the next task. 

Staying motivated when you have setbacks can be challenging.  It is a lot easier to be motivated when everything is working, but much harder in the face of challenges.  Always remember, tomorrow is a new day.  Take one day at a time.  We all have bad days, but just because you have one day that doesn’t go as planned, don’t allow yourself to give up. 

Regroup your thoughts, remind yourself of your reasons for setting your goal in the first place, and start fresh.  Treat every day as a new opportunity to achieve and succeed.  Every person who has been successfull, in whatever form that means to them, has been so because they have persevered despite setbacks and frustrations.  They have not allowed their motivation to fade for any significant length of time. 

It is human to feel disappointment or discouragement, but don’t allow yourself to stay there.  Find what will motivate you and start over. 

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Posted: March 26th, 2009 under Motivation.
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Today there is more information and products to help us achieve optimum health than ever before in history.  Any subject related to healthy living can be easily researched via the internet, local library, bookshop, health food store, or health care professional. 

While the amount of information can be quite overwhelming, achieving and maintaining a healthy lifestyle doesn’t have to be complicated or difficult.  In fact, the simpler you make it the better.  It is literally a matter of getting the right information and taking action.

Healthy Living involves every aspect of your life:  spiritual, physical, emotional, and social.  Balance is one of the key ingredients to successfully achieving a healthy lifestyle.  Attempting to stay with regimes that are too strict or difficult to maintain over the long term, is very likely to end in disappointment and frustration. 

So, Where to start in your quest for a healthy lifestyle.  Your spiritual well-being is something that is often forgotten altogether, or relegated to the least important issue of our health.  Being at peace with who you are and your Creator is actually the most important step.  It is possible to achieve a good balance physically, emotionally and socially, but still not achieve peace within.  Giving attention to, and allocating time for your spiritual health is vital.

Maintaining good physical health is what you probably know most about.  There is a flood of information about exercise, diet, treatments, and cures, for just about any topic imaginable.  This is where balance and common sense are very important.  Moderation is always wise, and as our bodies get older, getting a regular check-up is also highly recommended.

What you eat literally makes all the difference to how much energy you have and how well your body can function.  After all, the body can only function on the quality of the fuel you give it. 

Moderate regular exercise is essential for healthy living, especially if your work doesn’t involve much physical movement.  Keeping moving is one of the easiest things to do.  Make an effort to get up out of your chair more often.  Take short walks.  Do some stretching.  Try deep breathing.  All of these things are simple and easy to do, and make a difference to how well you feel.

Your Emotional and Social health, are equally as important.  Getting to know yourself and what makes you feel happy, is one of the easiest ways to start achieving greater emotional health.  Are you are person who needs time alone on a regular basis?  Do you feel better when you get outdoors?  Getting together with people you care about and whose company you enjoy on a regular basis is important. 

Listen to your body.  It will tell you if what you are eating, or how are are treating it, is beneficial or detrimental.  If you decide you need to make changes to your lifestyle in order to create greater balance, then introduce the changes gradually, and enjoy the difference in how well you feel.

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Posted: March 25th, 2009 under Healthy Living.
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