Some of the skills that make successful people successful are their ability to plan and give themselves the discipline to stick to a routine that will ensure that they get their work done. Discipline is not easy. From a tender age already, children tend to rebel against rules and parents often have quite a hard time teaching a child to be self-disciplined, it’s always a matter of years before a child learns how important discipline is. But even with all the advising, scolding and whooping at times, few adults are themselves disciplined in their personal, student or professional lives. Procrastination is often the easy way out of those complicated and demanding tasks we ought to do and seeing that in most parts of Africa it’s currently the winter season, I know how hard getting out of bed in the morning has become and it’s in times like these that tips on how to beat procrastination become handy.
The video below provides 3 simple techniques used by most successful people, in order to beat procrastination. These techniques have worked for many, we hope they will work for you too.
If you were unable to access the video, here is a brief summary of those techniques shared.
1. 10 minute rule
Tasks that seem huge and demanding are often hard to start. To succeed, take 10 minutes to “warm up”. This can be done by breaking a complex task into small manageable tasks, this will allow you to deal with one portion of the work at a time
2. 3 magical questions
If you find that you are distracted, asking yourself the following 3 questions can help you re-position your focus to what you are supposed to be doing.
1. Where are you?
2. What do you want to do?
3. How would you feel after doing it?
3. Ultimate goal vs immediate desire
Often we tend to let immediate desire dictate our actions. Whenever you feel you are giving into the immediate desire that comes from doing something that is of comfort to you, remind yourself of what your ultimate goal is and give it priority.
More often than not, we have the desire to get our acts together and focus on what matters but for one reason or another, we fall short. If you are struggling with procrastination or any other habit that is preventing you from making progress in your life, we’d like to chat with you and share more on how you can gain great courage, strength and determination to pursue your dreams because you were created for a fulfilled and blooming life. Please click on the banner below.