When a person is bored or uninterested, certain tasks and projects can seem like torture! This feeling usually leads to procrastination, and procrastination often leads to guilt.
Here are some Simple and Practical ways to avoid these situations and overcome procrastination:
1. Rest Well.
Be sure to get enough sleep and rest each day so that you have the necessary energy you need to accomplish your tasks.
2. Get a Friend/Spouse Involved
It's harder to procrastinate when another person is involved. If you have a task you aren't looking forward to, invite a friend over to help you out. If you have errands to run, find a buddy who you can run errands with.
3. Reward Yourself
You're much more likely to complete that boring task if there is a reward (motivation) for the task if complete. Like a Choclate or Prize or Recognition
4. Do Things in Bits and Pieces
Procrastination often comes from feelings of overwhelm. You cannot eat an entire elephant at one shot. It has to eaten in bits and pieces. Break tasks, even small ones, into steps so that they are manageable and provide you with a sense of direction.
5. Take a Break
Turn on some fun and upbeat music and let it pump you up! Watch TV or play cricket or play with your kids or what ever will help you recharge your battery and refresh.
6. Delegate
Do you find yourself procrastinating on chores like reports or maybe paperwork at the office?
Delegate them! Administrative assistants and more are all available to take some of those boring tasks off your list and free up your time for the stuff you'd rather be doing.
7. Prioritize
Perhaps you're procrastinating on a task because it's really not that important. Maybe you'd love to re-organize your desk, but never get around to it. If it sounds like a good idea but in the end it's really not that important to you, don't let it hang over your head.
8. Get in Touch with the End Result
Before you begin a task or project that has high procrastination potential, get in touch with the outcome. When the task is finished, what will that mean to you? What will be better in life as a result? Have clarity of your goal and the result when you achieve it.
9. Just Do It!!
You do not have to get it right in the begining but importnt is you have to get it going. Don't think about it too much, just jump in and get it done! Take Action Now.
"The Journey of Thousand miles begins with the first single step.. take it now."
Thanks and Best Regards
Shabbar Suterwala
Corporate Softskills Trainer
Here are some Simple and Practical ways to avoid these situations and overcome procrastination:
1. Rest Well.
Be sure to get enough sleep and rest each day so that you have the necessary energy you need to accomplish your tasks.
2. Get a Friend/Spouse Involved
It's harder to procrastinate when another person is involved. If you have a task you aren't looking forward to, invite a friend over to help you out. If you have errands to run, find a buddy who you can run errands with.
3. Reward Yourself
You're much more likely to complete that boring task if there is a reward (motivation) for the task if complete. Like a Choclate or Prize or Recognition
4. Do Things in Bits and Pieces
Procrastination often comes from feelings of overwhelm. You cannot eat an entire elephant at one shot. It has to eaten in bits and pieces. Break tasks, even small ones, into steps so that they are manageable and provide you with a sense of direction.
5. Take a Break
Turn on some fun and upbeat music and let it pump you up! Watch TV or play cricket or play with your kids or what ever will help you recharge your battery and refresh.
6. Delegate
Do you find yourself procrastinating on chores like reports or maybe paperwork at the office?
Delegate them! Administrative assistants and more are all available to take some of those boring tasks off your list and free up your time for the stuff you'd rather be doing.
7. Prioritize
Perhaps you're procrastinating on a task because it's really not that important. Maybe you'd love to re-organize your desk, but never get around to it. If it sounds like a good idea but in the end it's really not that important to you, don't let it hang over your head.
8. Get in Touch with the End Result
Before you begin a task or project that has high procrastination potential, get in touch with the outcome. When the task is finished, what will that mean to you? What will be better in life as a result? Have clarity of your goal and the result when you achieve it.
9. Just Do It!!
You do not have to get it right in the begining but importnt is you have to get it going. Don't think about it too much, just jump in and get it done! Take Action Now.
"The Journey of Thousand miles begins with the first single step.. take it now."
Thanks and Best Regards
Shabbar Suterwala
Corporate Softskills Trainer