Fight Procrastination
Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
– Victor Kiam
If there is one most dangerous
virus which destroys success in spite of infinite potential and hard work, it
is ‘procrastination’. Procrastination is the habit of delaying action on a
pending project for no reason at all. It is the mindset of ‘I can, I have to, but I will not do it now’!
The other day, one of my friends came to me and said, ‘They said that
procrastination is the cause of all my failure. I don’t know what that big word
means. I will look it up tomorrow’!
There can be many reasons for
your procrastination such as hopelessness, helplessness, unpleasant activities,
overwhelming tasks, fear of failure and perfectionism. One way to overcome
procrastination is to visualise the consequences of anymore delay. If the task
is overwhelming, try breaking it up into small managerial sub-tasks and do one
small activity everyday. It may even be a very small activity. Make a public
announcement to your friends that you will complete the task, which you have
been procrastinating so far, within the next few weeks.
Resolve today to fight
procrastination. Do it today and not tomorrow!
(From my book '365 Exciting Ways to Live')
N C Sridharan
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