Unstable disorder
Procrastination is like a chronic disease that most of us tend to tolerate till some extent.
In this article we talk about how to overcome procrastination and why it happens on the first place.
Main reason for procrastination.
According to the Cambridge Dictionary procrastination is a process of delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring.
In other words, procrastination appears when we have to do something what we actually do not want to do.
Or do not like.
We do not like the work which we do not understand. Or consider too complicated to accomplish.
We procrastinate the work we do not like or do not understand
That’s when the magic mantra of “tomorrow” comes to the rescue.
The main issue with “tomorrow” is that it keeps becoming “today”.
One day we will eventually run out of “tomorrows”. We will deal with “yesterdays” instead.
Like, yesterday was the last day and we have not even started.
Since we did not understand this work or did not want to do it.
What is wrong with procrastination.
Procrastination destroys tempo and settles us into the pattern of constant disorder.
There are a lot of bright and clever people among us. But if we are unstable, we can basically kiss all our dreams goodbye.
Life is a race.
Procrastination slows us down.
The more we procrastinate the less meaning we see in our work.
And otherwise – the more we work the more we enjoy it.
Stable lifestyle of employees.
Another factor of constantly pushing our work to the day of “tomorrow” is our natural mental volatility. Which can be particularly easily detected in the morning time.
In the morning we usually wake up in a different mood.
Sometimes we feel dizzy, sometimes lazy, sometimes tired. And sometimes we wake up only because our cats want us to.
Very difficult to be productive under such circumstances.
It is simpler with employees – they are organized by people which pay their salary. If noone pushes work onto an employee, then there is nothing to do.
For an employee procrastination is not a bug, it is a feature.
Employee normally does not work till result. Employee works till the end of the work shift.
Employees are organised by other people
Unstable lifestyle of entrepreneurs.
With entrepreneurs, it goes differently.
As entrepreneurs we have an unlimited working time routine.
We decide when to start or finish our work. We are not chained to a “9:00-17:00” routine like some average employee.
Entrepreneurs are free to do whatever they want
If we wake up and we are not in the mood for a work, then it might be a holiday today. Who cares that it is Tuesday and on Monday it was a holiday too.
But maybe it is only us who can live in permanent chaos and enjoy disorder. Since our businesses definitely cannot.
Every business is a moving train, we like it or not.
Hence, our ability to keep tempo defines our ability to make business.
Efficient work organization.
Nothing works better than repeating an obvious truth twice:
Life is a race.
Keep the tempo.
How to keep the tempo?
- Pay attention.
- Divide tasks into step-by-step algorithms.
How to deal with morning volatility?
This will be the simple and practical advice to overcome procrastination.
ByCycle tool to overcome procrastination.
Let us share some good morning routine.
- Wake up & feed your cat.
- Open ByCycle and check the Weekly Plan.
- Decide which tasks you want to accomplish today.
- Drop this task into Calendar and enjoy your work.
After a week of constant practice, each completed task is a hit of dopamine.
Give ByCycle a try, and see how it works for you.
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