Procrastination is the thief of time and the biggest enemy towards the productivity.
It has never been more important to take control of your time.
If you struggle with procrastination, break the cycle today using these ten important tips:
It has never been more important to take control of your time.
If you struggle with procrastination, break the cycle today using these ten important tips:
1) The 2-minute Rule:
- If the task can take under 2 minutes…
- Get it done right now
- If the task can take under 2 minutes…
- Get it done right now
2) Visualize How Future You Will feel:
Imagine how it feels at the end of the day in 2 ways:
- If you’ve worked hard and stayed focused.
- If you have procrastinated and did not complete the work.
Imagine how it feels at the end of the day in 2 ways:
- If you’ve worked hard and stayed focused.
- If you have procrastinated and did not complete the work.
3) Put Your Phone In Another Room:
- Your phone is your biggest distraction.
- Put it in another room and get to work.
- Your phone is your biggest distraction.
- Put it in another room and get to work.
4) Break Things Down:
- Big projects = overwhelmed feelings = procrastination
- Break your tasks into small challenges to avoid this.
- Big projects = overwhelmed feelings = procrastination
- Break your tasks into small challenges to avoid this.
5) The 5-Second Rule:
- Once you’ve noticed you’re procrastinating, give yourself 5 seconds.
- By 5, get up and get back to the task you were doing.
- Once you’ve noticed you’re procrastinating, give yourself 5 seconds.
- By 5, get up and get back to the task you were doing.
6) Use the Eisenhower Matrix
- Sort the urgent and important
- Understand how to delegate and automate the rest
- Sort the urgent and important
- Understand how to delegate and automate the rest
7) Eat The Frog:
- Do the most difficult task first.
- This builds momentum fast.
- Do the most difficult task first.
- This builds momentum fast.
8) Use the Pomodoro Method:
There are five steps:
There are five steps:
9) Use the Pareto Principle:
The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) is a phenomenon that states that roughly 80% of outcomes come from 20% of causes.
Use this principle to help prioritize tasks and maximize productivity.
The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) is a phenomenon that states that roughly 80% of outcomes come from 20% of causes.
Use this principle to help prioritize tasks and maximize productivity.
10) Stop Worrying About Perfection:
- Perfection can be paralyzing.
- Just make a start, you’ll figure it out on the way.
- Perfection can be paralyzing.
- Just make a start, you’ll figure it out on the way.
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The thread has been inspired from Chris Donnelly newsletter and Eat That Frog book by Brian Tracy.
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The thread has been inspired from Chris Donnelly newsletter and Eat That Frog book by Brian Tracy.
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