Just a few words, a reminder, that we’re all meant to be brilliant.
Our human universe was meant to have stars that shine in the daytime, to shine with the smiles of the people We only have to give them a reason to show you the way they twinkle brilliantly. We all know how to — people and stars are made of the same stuff.
— from The 6 Quickest Ways to Fill Your Universe with Stars
Just a few words, a reminder, that we’re all meant to be brilliant.
Somewhere along my life, I picked up a message that believing in heroes was naive at best. White knights and folks who do things without thought of gain or glory are often portrayed as fictional creatures. People who cared for my well-being told me that often enough. For them, I tried to believe, but how could I after the dad I had? My only recourse was to decide I’d rather be a fool than live in a world where heroes couldn’t be.
I chose right.
from About Heroes and Believing
Welcome to Part 4 in Gaetano’s series on procrastination. He’s shown us the causes and possible effects. Now some ways to rid ourselves of this habit.
After reviewing what are the causes and effects of procrastination in previous articles in this procrastination mini series, this last article will highlight what are the main procrastination killers.
Productive Environment: Proper lighting, comfortable chair and desk and possibly an inspiring view might help to motivate you to work. Your productive environment must definitely eliminate distractions such as gadgets that you normally play with and unnecessary tools that you currently don’t need.
Public Commitment: This is by far one of the best tips that helped me smash procrastination. By making peers check your progress, you are automatically motivated to work. If you procrastinate you will have to find a decent reason why you have not finished your work.
Think about consequences: Falling behind in team work might be a threat to your job and your career in general. Think about the consequences that your procrastination has on your life and you will see that it will motivate you to get started with your work.
Track Results: Writing goals down is the first step to make them happen. Result tracking will help you to first of all identify whether you have a procrastination problem and how serious it is. Results will clearly show you how much procrastination is keeping you behind. Such thing will motivate you to start working now to stop your procrastination problem.
Result tracking can be done by to do lists. A to do list is a simple list in which you include all the tasks that need your attention. A to do list can be created using pen and paper but can be more efficiently kept organised with to do list software. To do list software provides all the advantages of the traditional pen and paper to do list and much more. To do list software will let you prioritise tasks, sort them, filter through the task list, and modify existing tasks, as well as remind you of pending tasks.
As has been said earlier in this procrastination mini-series, you choose to be a procrastinator. There is no such thing as innate procrastination. I agree, procrastination is not an easy thing to beat but with the right tips and help you can make it, as others did.
Gaetano Caruana writes for the FruitfulTime Blog, where you’ll find the free ebook Stop Procrastination Now.
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Thanks, Gaetano! I really appreciate this series.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Just a few words, a reminder, that we’re all meant to be brilliant.
We make our ideas smaller by thinking we weren’t meant to do something. Other folks were meant to change things. We were meant to live with them. Why do we argue for that? Isn’t the opposite an equally valid argument?
Why do we shy away from what we long to be doing?
Are we afraid that we actually could make a difference? — from One World-Sized Idea
about the combination of things that got me here.
What’s here? Here is this moment in reality.
I am a child of all of my ancestors. I have the instincts of humanity.
I have the quirks of my experience and my DNA.
Then there’s the weird colors and sounds that make up my unique world view.
Don’t forget my positivity and resilience. I wonder who added those in?
They make up my head, heart, and meaning.
Ever wonder what brought all of the bits of each of us together?
Every one of those bits has a unique purpose, sure as a flower shining in the sun does.
Have any bit-sized suggestions on how to add just a little more sunshine?
Find those moments.
Go after them with everything you have. Never mind the fact that you’re scared. Who isn’t? Those moments are the precursor to learning new things. Without learning you cannot grow. And without growth you cannot truly live. —Without the OS!M there is no Personal Development, Leadership OR Growth in Business
We live in moments.
We steal a glimpse, touch a hand, say a word, catch a breath . . . share our lives in moments.
Would want to live without being alive?
Find those moments. Go after them, just as he said.
Yep, we’ve all got lots of moments waiting.
Why are waiting for moments to come to us?