PROCRASTINATION POINTERS
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about procrastinate, by Don Wetmore

Procrastination is one of the biggest enemies we have to our PersonalProductivity. Thinking about doing something and planning to do it arefine, but what if we fail to move ahead?

Procrastinating the unimportant items in our day is a useful talent. Theproblem for many, however, is that we are procrastinating the importantand crucial items in our day, reducing our personal productivity andincreasing our stress levels.

Here are five pointers to help you to better overcome procrastination.(You can implement them now or perhaps tomorrow or better yet, next week.)

2. Work with a clean desk. Out of sight, out of mind. The reverse of thatis just as true. When it's in sight, it's in mind and most of us cannothelp but be distracted and our time is then directed to the less importantand easier tasks causing us to put off the more important tasks. Workingwith a clean desk or clean work environment permits us to have only themost important task before us so that we can focus all of our attention onthat task without other visual distractions.

3. Reduce large projects to bite-sized pieces. How do you eat an elephant?One bite at a time. Tomorrow you plan to work on a three-hour project. The problem is, many of us do not get three hours to work on any one item. We have to contend with interruptions, meetings, etc. (I don't know that I

even have an attention span that lasts for three hours!) And we often windup procrastinating working on this task because there's not enough time toget this done. So, instead of scheduling the entire three-hour project fortomorrow, schedule a small bite, a step or two that might take 20 or 30minutes. Then put the next step on the next day's To Do list and the nextstep after that on that next day's list, etc. It may take several days,but you will get that elephant eaten up, one bite at a time.

4. Plan around interruptions. Interruptions tend to occur in identifiablepatterns. I get most of my interruptions early in the day versus later inthe day. I get most of my interruptions early in the week versus later inthe week. So, if I plan a big project first thing Monday morning, I'mcreating stress because as soon as I begin, interruptions arrive andre-focus my attention causing me to procrastinate what I really wanted todo. It is so much easier swimming downstream with the current rather thanbucking the tide. Therefore, I plan those larger projects for later in theday and later in the week when I tend to get fewer interruptions.

5. Assign deadlines. Have you ever failed to achieve a New Year'sresolution? If so, that probably happened because you did not set adeadline. Deadlines move us to action. Without a deadline, things wind upin our as soon as possible pile, a Never Never Land where items will getattended to someday, when I get the time. Create a deadline and you willbe moved to action.

About the author

Dr. Donald E. Wetmore has been a full-time Professional Speaker for thelast 20 years having made over 2,000 presentations to audiences fromaround the Globe. He is available to conduct his dynamic Time ManagementSeminars at your location helping your people get more done in less time,with less stress. Don’s programs are entertaining, fast paced, and filedwith practical, common sense ideas. His seminars are typically rated as“the best I have ever attended”. For more information, contact Don viaemail at: ctsem@msn.com or call him at: (203) 929-9902 or visited athttp://www.balancetime.com

Copyright 1999 You may re-print the above article in its entirety in yourpublication or newsletter. For permission, please email your request forreprint to: ctsem@msn.com

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