2 Simple Ways To Cure Procrastination
Curing procrastination is about overcoming fear. If you can
conquer the fears which are causing you to put off important
projects you will be well on your way to curing procrastination.
Curing procrastination is not necessarily about will power or
forcefully advancing in your goals but rather it is about
learning why we procrastinate, what we are afraid of and finding
ways to face those fears in order to move forward in our lives.
What are you afraid of?
1. Fear of Failure.
The fear of failure is by far the most obvious fear which can
cause disabling procrastination. This is especially true as it
pertains to our professional lives, careers, and for college
students their assignments.
If the fear of failure is causing you to put off a task then
what you need to do is sit down and think carefully about all of
the possible outcomes if indeed you fail.
Actually, first consider what does it mean to fail? If you can
not answer this question then you have nothing to fear and your
task of curing procrastination is finished.
If you can certainly imagine failing in the given task then
consider for a minute what is the worst possible consequence of
failing.
Make peace with this, accept it and you have nothing more to
fear. The Samurai of early Japan taught themselves to make peace
with the fact that they could die at any time.
By doing this they eliminated almost all other fears -- because,
of course, what could be worse than that. They certainly learned
the trick to curing procrastination.
2. Fear of Success.
If you think that maybe your procrastination is being caused by
your fear of success then curing procrastination becomes all
that much easier.
Why are you afraid of success?
Chances are you want success but you fear that you will not be
able to live up to the responsibilities of success and
everything it brings.
Or maybe, you are aware that success will bring negative
consequences in addition to positive things. If you are to
succeed in curing procrastination then you must come to terms
with what to expect with success and weigh the good versus the
bad.
If the undesired results outweigh the bad then just decide not
to do the project at all and you have just succeed in one thing
...... curing procrastination. You see if you remove a task from
your plate then there is no longer anything to procrastinate
about.
Curing procrastination is not impossible and it is within
everyone's reach. It is really a mind game. In summary, curing
procrastination is possible when you face your fears head on and
eliminate them with an understanding of why you are afraid.