“Action will destroy your procrastination.”
Og Mandino
“Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried”
Author Unknown
“Procrastination is the thief of time”
Charles Dickens
I don’t know of anyone who hasn’t procrastinated or put something off. Procrastination has been an Achilles heel for many. Very successful people tend to procrastinate from time to time. Many have considered procrastination as being lazy, but, according to an article in the New York Times by Charlotte Lieberman, “procrastination isn’t about self-control but it’s about negative emotions that takes precedence at the time of you putting off what you know is best for you to do at that current time.“
The article by Charlotte Lieberman states:
“Procrastination isn’t a unique character flaw or a mysterious curse on your ability to manage time, but a way of coping with challenging emotions and negative moods induced by certain tasks — boredom, anxiety, insecurity, frustration, resentment, self-doubt and beyond.” “Procrastination is an emotion regulation problem, not a time management problem,” said Dr. Tim Pychyl, professor of psychology and member of the Procrastination Research Group at Carleton University in Ottawa.
As you embark upon the idea of completing a task or doing what’s best at the current time you give in to those emotions. For example, if you desire to work out in the morning it’s easier to fall into the emotions of “it’s too early.” The key is to manager your emotions at that current time.
Many of you have put off taking the steps to accomplish your goals, dreams or opportunities because of not managing your emotions. You often wonder why you have not achieved desired goals. Could it be that you are not managing your emotions in that moment and time? You are constantly allowing the emotions that you feel in that moment to take precedence over your future outcomes. I have learned that one will never achieve greatness or their destiny without managing present emotions that keep you trapped and paralyze, making it inevitable that you will never experience what you were designed or destined to achieve or experience.
When you are about to embark upon something and you start to experience emotions of doubt, fear, anxiety and any emotions that tell you not now, it is then you must say to yourself I will complete the task this time despite my current emotions. It is in that moment that you have won!
To read the entire article by Charlotte Lieberman titled: Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to Do With Self-Control) visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/smarter-living/why-you-procrastinate-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-self-control.html
