What task have you been putting off recently? Wouldn’t it be great if you could cross it off your to-do list? If you find yourself nodding along, read on.
Procrastination is the evil twin of productivity, tricking us into thinking that we’ve all the time in the world to complete a task, when in reality this couldn’t be further from the truth.
The thought of doing the task follows you everywhere, causing anxiety, sleepless nights and zero satisfaction. According to School of Life founder and philosopher Alain de Botton, “Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly” — so what if we could fight the fear and find the motivation to get it done? Sounds good right?!
Read: this article by Heights co-founder Dan Murray-Serter.
Once you have an idea of why you’re procrastinating, you can think about ways to address the cause—rather than the symptom.
Dan teams up with life coach Marty Nemko to share 3 tips to help you stop procrastinating and get on with the task at hand.
Listen: to this podcast with Amazing If founders Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis.
Award-winning career development duo Helen and Sarah discuss why we procrastinate and share 5 ideas and actions to help prevent procrastination, including monk mode, the Pomodoro technique and swallowing the frog.
