Is procrastination preventing you from being the successful person that you should be? If you are the type of person that takes action and creates time to handle your responsibilities, then procrastination should not be an issue. Newsflash: Tomorrow Never Comes, Does It?
by Anisa Aven
“Procrastination is opportunity’s assassin.” ~Victor Kiam, American businessman, Remington Electric Razors (1926-2001)
“Oh, how I wish I could overcome procrastination! Somebody please help me stop procrastinating! But not today, I’m busy.”
Procrastination is a double-edged habit. It deserves our attention as well as our appreciation. The guilt we feel indicates that our procrastination serves as [...]
By: Gina Hiatt
Do you set your standards high, but always feel like you’ve failed? Learn about the 3 “P’s” and end the vicious cycle that keeps you stuck and ineffective.
The Vicious Cycle
Perfectionism, procrastination, and paralysis – one often leads to the next, in a vicious cycle, especially on large, long-term projects with no clear deadlines. [...]
By Nick Arrizza, M.D.
In a recent article entitled:
“C. Cheng Interviews Dr. Arrizza On The Issue Of Procrastination.”
I delineated two underlying scenarios which lead to the phenomenon of procrastination. I summarize these two scenarios here:
In Case (A) the main factors causing procrastination result from the unwillingness of the individual to do something that is not desired [...]
By Nick Arrizza, M.D.
1. From your own view, what is procrastination?
Procrastination is a form of emotional, mental and behavioral inertia. From physics the word “inertia” represents the tendency for an object to remain at rest or resist being moved. Procrastination is the inertia an individual experiences when they need to accomplish a given task. It [...]
By Deon Du Plessis
Why is it that we as human beings often behave in ways that we don’t really want to? How often have you said or done something only to cringe at the thought of it afterwards? The truth is that your behaviour is mostly driven by your unconscious mind, especially behaviours that is [...]
By: Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Sherry was behind on many important things in her life. She had unpaid traffic tickets, the insurance on her car had lapsed, she had a stack of unpaid bills, and her apartment was a mess. Sherry was not happy with this situation, yet seemed unable to do anything about it. Even when [...]
By Jim Rohn
Perseverance is about as important to achievement as gasoline is to driving a car. Sure, there will be times when you feel like you’re spinning your wheels, but you’ll always get out of the rut with genuine perseverance. Without it, you won’t even be able to start your engine.
The opposite of perseverance is [...]
Time can be your friend or your enemy. For many people who have “free time” to accomplish long-term projects or writing tasks, it is a merciless tyrant. It is just too easy to allow the slightly harder task to slide, as you fill in your day with the humdrum and the emergencies.
by Charles Burke
“Oh that would be too hard for me — I could never learn to do that.”
We’ve all heard these words… you may even have said them yourself. Tackling new skills can feel intimidating. But we only feel intimidated because we overestimate the task and underestimate our own abilities. We aren’t confident enough in [...]