raphb(.com) - Overcoming Procrastination

03.02.05

Overcoming Procrastination by Steve Pavlina, CEO of Dexterity Software. He basically says that…

realize and accept that you don't have to do anything you don't want to do.
think of starting one small piece of the task instead of mentally feeling that you must finish the whole thing. Replace, "How am I going to finish this?" with "What small step can I start on right now?"
Believing that you must do something perfectly will cause you to feel stressed and to associate that stress with the task, i.e. something you want to avoid.
A mental block is associating deprivation with a task. You believe that undertaking a project will offset much of the pleasure in your life.
Do the opposite. Guarantee the fun parts of your life first, and then schedule your work around them.
Select a small piece of the task you can work on for just 30 minutes. Then choose a reward you will give yourself immediately afterwards.
The reward is guaranteed if you simply put in the time; it doesn't depend on any meaningful accomplishment.
Because the amount of time you'll be working on the task is so short, your focus will shift to the impending pleasure of the reward instead of the difficulty of the task.

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