Procrastination Will Prevent You From Achieving Your Goals
Do you put off until tomorrow what you can – and should – do today?
Do you tell lies to yourself such as I work best under pressure?
Do you actively look for distractions from the task at hand?
If your answer to the above questions is yes, it’s likely you’re a procrastinator.
Every single person I know has been guilty of procrastination at one time or another.
Procrastination is putting off doing something for no valid reason. The cost of procrastination is high and can range from lost opportunity or income to stress, guilt, anxiety, and poor health. Procrastination can be a minor problem or a major one, and can result from a myriad of reasons.
According to Psychology Today, 20% of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators. For these people, procrastination is a lifestyle.
If you’re a procrastinator, it’s important to understand that by putting off what you should do right now you’re holding yourself back from achieving your goals. There are lots of tricks and tools to help you overcome the affliction of procrastination. Here’s one: it’s a question I share with my clients who suffer from procrastination and managing their time. The question is this: What’s the most important thing for me to be doing right now? Ask yourself this question as you complete each task throughout the day. Answer the question, then take action.
Procrastination also has to do with ensuring your goals are really goals and not something you think you “should” do… but that’s a topic for another time.
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I love the question”What’s the most important thing for me to do right now”? Thanks for reminding me.
Yup- that has been my excuse- I work best under pressure- who am I kidding whenI tell myself this? Only fooling myself!! You have hot the nail on the head- What is the most important thing for me to do right now? Not how many things can I do now, or how can I fool myself that I can put something off and expect it not to become even bigger as I avoid doing it til “later”
Thanks for the wake up reminder
Susan and Susan,
So glad you both like one of my favorite questions…