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Thread ID: 62520 2005-10-10 10:46:00 Beat procrastination. How to avoid procrastination and laziness? vip_qualitysoft (9046) PC World Chat
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394983 2005-10-10 10:46:00 The essence of procrastination is very well reflected in this quote by Bernard Meltzer: "Hard work is often the easy work you did not do at the proper time . "

Are you affected?

Have you ever seen your most important tasks being put off until later and then later and later, while you are getting busy with many not so important activities? Did you hope that you may have more time and better mood in the future to start the task and do it properly? Does an approaching deadline mean a crisis for you? Do you keep hesitating when making decisions?
If you often see yourself in such situations, then there is a big chance that your life got under control of the procrastination habit . And those situations are only the most explicit symptoms .

What is it?

Basically, procrastination is putting off the things that you should be doing now . This happens with all of us time after time .
Yet, what makes a big difference for your success is your ability to recognize procrastination in its different forms, and to promptly take it under control, before this bad habit steals your opportunities, damages your career, or destroys your relationships .


Causes of procrastination

What are typical causes of procrastination? Here are a few of the most common situations to consider .

It can be as simple as
Waiting for the right mood
Waiting for the right time

Then look at the way you organize your work . You may notice things like
Lack of clear goals
Underestimating the difficulty of the tasks
Underestimating the time required to complete the tasks
Unclear standards for the task outcomes
Feeling as the tasks are imposed on you from outside
Too ambiguous tasks

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vip_qualitysoft (9046)
394984 2005-10-10 11:09:00 I take it you assume people here are just wickedly stupid? Metla (12)
394985 2005-10-10 12:04:00 Ding ding ding, three points goes to Metla for correctly guessing this persons intention

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Chilling_Silence (9)
394986 2005-10-10 12:07:00 I just tried to ban myself (I mean heck, why not...?) to see what would happen.

Tells me "Invalid User"?! Im thinking ****?! Invalid User... I'll show you*
Chilling_Silence (9)
394987 2005-10-10 18:34:00 I just tried to ban myself (I mean heck, why not...?) to see what would happen.

Now that would be interesting. Say you succeeded. How do you then un-ban yourself?
pctek (84)
394988 2005-10-10 21:56:00 Now that would be interesting. Say you succeeded. How do you then un-ban yourself?

he would need to get Jen to do it for him :D
stu161204 (123)
394989 2005-10-10 23:17:00 Bah! The best way to beat procrastination is to get your spouse to offer some, how should I put it... 'Marrital Incentives'... :p

(Note: does not work if you don't have a spouse)
bob_doe_nz (92)
394990 2005-10-10 23:28:00 I've been intending to start a Procrastinator's Society for many years now. If I ever get around to it, you're all invited to apply for membership. However, anyone who actually applies will be automatically disqualified. Graham L (2)
394991 2005-10-10 23:38:00 Bah! The best way to beat procrastination is to get your spouse to offer some, how should I put it... 'Marrital Incentives'... Yeah, like, "I'm not washing all your muddy moto-x clothes until you have fixed my broken speaker, made me another shelf to put said speaker on, put my empty PC boxes up in the loft, changed the single power point for a double and run my network cable through the cupboard wall instead of it going through the doorway like it is at present." :p

:D
FoxyMX (5)
394992 2005-10-11 00:21:00 I'm sure Peter never talks to you like that, Susan. Graham L (2)
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