Secret of the Procrastination

Secret of the Procrastination The fact that many are not as successful as they would HOPE to be can be attributed to procrastination. I know that there are those who simply cannot care less about how they live their lives. I am most definitely not talking about them. The people I am referring to are those who knows or kind of know that they deserve better in life and that they should be more than what they are now.

Why then are these who are AWARE not becoming more of what they should be and accomplishing more in life? You guess it - fear, laziness, pride, lack of confidence and what have you.
I am going to share a SECRET with you now!
Procrastination is an effect of a cause! Procrastination is NEVER and will NEVER be REAL problem.
Do you get what I am trying to say? What I am going to share next will be liberating for most. I am hoping that this post of mine will be able to bless many of you, giving you the needed power to overcome procrastination and move closer to your goals and dreams.
People procrastinate not because they want to. People procrastinate because they have to! They need to be stuck because they are unsure of how to move forward. What is this telling you?! If you are still not getting where I am leading you, you will need to do some serious work. But do not worry, I will be here to help and guide.
As mentioned previously, procrastination is an effect. What is an effect? According to Dictionary.com, it means "something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence." So what does that mean? It simply means this - Something is causing you to PROCRASTINATE!
Have you thought about that before? Many, including myself in the past, has thought that I procrastinate for no apparent reason. Maybe it is because that which I seek for is not really that important. Or it could be that I procrastinate there are not many push factors to propel me to act. It has not consciously occurred to me that the reason why I actually procrastinate has to do with a deeply seeded cause.
Something is causing me to procrastinate. It is this something that I need to fix if I were to overcome procrastination and start moving forward towards my goals and ambitions.
Some of the cause includes the following:
- Fear of failure
- Pride (Not wanting to be seen as a failure)
- A lack of belief for the goal that you are trying to attain
- Physiological reasons (Not taking care of the body, thus, not having the physical energy to focus)
If you do not deal with the root of the problem, you will never eradicate the problem. The best thing to overcome it is to START to bring yourself out of the denial phase. If you are serious of success for yourself and in life, you have to know what are things that are holding you back. Knowledge gives you power. Power brings about the ability to act.
For my site, I love to emphasize the word "ACT." Why? Simply because actions produce results. Results may be positive or negative, good or bad. They may not be what you have desired but they are results nonetheless.
You may be asking - "What then is the cure for procrastination?" If you are still asking this question at this point, I will then summarize and give you three simple steps towards the ABILITY TO ACT, which is opposite of procrastination.
1. (What) Find the root cause
What is the thing that is stopping you from moving forward? You can find the root cause by the process I call Narrowing. The process is simple. Just continuously ask yourself what is the actual reason for your current procrastination. An example will be "I am fearful of rejection." If you are able to narrow further, you will probably ask what is causing this fear of rejection. It would then be because you want to stay with your current group of friends or peers. It is critical that you reach the root. Take it seriously when you ask yourself about the "What is causing" questions. It is with the roots that we can effectively deal with and eliminate crippling habits of procrastination.
2. (Why) Attack the root cause and weed it out
Next, ask the whys. This part is two-folds. First ask yourself why you have the root cause. Secondly, ask yourself why you should actually have to bother with it, and choose to act in spite of it. For example, if it is fear of failure, ask yourself honestly why you are afraid of it. Probably you would say things like you don't want to tell others that you have failed, or have others laugh at you. Next, show yourself reasons why you do not have to be afraid. Probably you will tell yourself something like this - that this is your life and that falling down or having a not-so-perfect plan is not a big deal. The big deal is that you lose out on the opportunity to be successful, to reach your goals, or to give yourself that great sense of fulfillment. It is about how you put things into perspective.
3. (How) Simply, ACT
Finally, you move on to the how! Here, you find ways on how you can take on small and incremental steps towards breaking that pattern of procrastination. It takes you away from the role of a victim to a position of power! Some examples of steps you can take would be reminding yourself of the reason why you are pursuing a certain goal. It could also be doing up a goals board to be placed in your bedroom, so you can better visualize on your goals. I hope that this has helped you as much as it has helped me when I am writing it. It is always so surreal to write stuff like that. It is like I am reading a book that has already been written but the fact is that it is me reading something that is in the processed of being written. Ha! Not sure if you get what I am trying to say. Anyway, I wish you all the success and happiness in life!Stay blessed always!