2. Avoid distractions. We all do it. We sit down to start working, but have to get back up and grab some coffee. Then we sit back down and check email, then voice mail, and then email again just to make sure no one sent a message while we were checking the voice mail. How long did that take?
Try checking your email only twice a day instead of every five minutes. You most definitely want to give yourself some time to focus!
Get everything you want, need, or think you might need before you sit down to start working so you can concentrate.
3. Delegate. Start giving some of your responsibilities to others instead of hogging them for yourself and creating more anxiety in the process. Anxiety leads to procrastination, pro- crastination leads to tight deadlines, and tight deadlines most often lead to more anxiety; it’s a vicious cycle.
4. Keep a list. A constant reminder of the things you really want to do is a great way to avoid procrastination. A small pocket notebook or even a note card works wonders for list keeping.
Keeping a list puts your daily to-dos in front of you at all times for quick reference.
Include your small goals on your list. Get started early each day complet- ing those small, easy goals. Doesn’t it feel great to scratch through the things you’ve completed? Before you know it, the whole list is marked off!
5. Turn it off. When you’re done for the day, shut down everything work related. Don’t take it home if you can
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help it. Turn your brain off at the end of your workday. By giving your brain a break, you help avoid over exhaus- tion and keep your mind fresh for the next day.
Spend some time doing the things you love to recharge your batteries for the next day.
Pick one or two of these techniques and try them out for three weeks. Studies have shown it takes 21 days to form a habit and if you truly want to beat procrastination, you have to make productivity a habit.
When you’ve made a habit of one of the strategies, pick out another one, and before you know it, you’ll be the personification of productive!
Chantal Beaupre is an Emotional Mastery Coach, a Naturopath, an Independent Licensed LifeSuccess Consultant, and a business partner of Bob Proctor – as seen in “The Secret” movie.
Her passion is to assist, educate, and in- spire consciously focused business owners and individuals to achieve extraordinary success and happiness, at home and in the workplace. Recognized as the go-to self-development expert, Chantal has a treasure trove of practical, highly effec- tive tools to help you live your life to the fullest.
Chantal is the author of an array of signature happiness programs including “Procrastinator No More” and “Anxiety Free At Last.”
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