Procrastination is a subject that’s near house for a lot of perfectionists. Should you’ve tried following procrastination suggestions that will help you cease procrastinating – and so they haven’t labored – this episode is for you.
On this episode, I’m sharing 3 widespread procrastination suggestions that don’t work for perfectionists, why they don’t work and what to do as an alternative. Should you’re a perfectionist constructing a enterprise, you need to take heed to this episode as we speak.
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Introduction
That is the Perfectionism Venture, the one podcast created particularly for perfectionists who’re constructing companies. I’m your host, Sam Laura Brown, perfectionism knowledgeable and entrepreneur. I educate perfectionists the right way to plan correctly, constantly comply with via and relaxation with out guilt to allow them to construct worthwhile and fulfilling companies with out burning out.
I’ve helped over a thousand perfectionist entrepreneurs do precisely that inside my program, Perfectionist Getting Shit Executed. Should you’re bored with procrastinating, overthinking and half ending your concepts, you’re in the fitting place. Now, let’s dive in.
Sam Laura Brown – Customized Introduction
Okay, so I actually wished to share as we speak’s episode with you as a result of with regards to procrastination, which is among the core issues that we assist perfectionist entrepreneurs with inside PGSD, with regards to procrastination, we will simply really feel so unhealthy. We might simply really feel so annoyed, exasperated with ourselves. We will really feel ashamed that we’re procrastinating after we know what to do and we all know deep down that we’re the one who’s able to doing it.
However due to perfectionist pondering, we don’t do the issues after which we really feel unhealthy that we don’t do the issues after which we beat ourselves up for not doing the issues and it will possibly simply get actually, actually painful. So what I need to do for this episode, what I wished to share is why the recommendation about the right way to cease procrastinating, why that doesn’t work for perfectionists. And particularly on this episode, I’m sharing an episode that talks about three suggestions that don’t work for perfectionists.
And that is an episode that I recorded fairly some time in the past, as in years in the past, and I simply listened again to it and it’s nonetheless all related. And so I simply wished to share it as a result of I’ve been speaking to so a lot of you which can be battling procrastination on, there’s a venture you need to get executed so you’ll be able to really construct your corporation and it simply feels large. You are feeling such as you’ve misplaced your ardour for it, your need to do it.
It’s simply turn out to be such an enormous deal in your thoughts that it feels overwhelming and also you hate that you just’re placing it off and it’s simply continually in your mind, in your psychological load that you just need to do this factor however you’re not doing it, you need to do it however you’re not doing it. And so I need to share with you about why, as a perfectionist, a number of the recommendation that’s on the market about the right way to cease procrastination, it doesn’t work for a perfectionist and it’s simply not sensible. It doesn’t get to the precise root of why we procrastinate.
And so there’s numerous band-aid fixes and floor stage issues that may assist quickly however long run, if you wish to be the sort of one that can present up and do issues if you stated you’d do them for your self, even when there’s no deadline, even when there’s nobody else concerned, a number of us perfectionists, we’ve a worry of letting others down that has us be capable of comply with via on issues for different individuals however then when it’s ourselves, until there’s a tough deadline, we simply don’t do it in any respect. That’s, if that’s you, you’re who we assist inside PGSD and this episode goes that will help you to essentially perceive why you would possibly nonetheless be procrastinating though you’ve been attempting actually arduous to not be a procrastinator. So keep tuned for this episode and I need to point out a pair issues.
Primary, Perfectionist Getting Shit Executed is opening for enrollment on Wednesday the eighth of April, that’s simply a few days away and shall be open for one week solely. So if in case you have been procrastinating and you’re simply sick and uninterested in procrastinating on the issues you realize that can construct your corporation, I need to invite you inside PGSE. You need to be inside PGSD as a result of we’re specialists in taking procrastinators and turning procrastinators into people who find themselves displaying up, following via with their plans, being up to the mark, being in command of how they’re utilizing their time and what will get executed and that is partly as a result of that was me.
I needed to have that transformation myself. I used to be a power procrastinator and my enterprise suffered due to it and it was all as a result of perfectionist pondering and after I had sensible instruments to assist that like energy planning, I used to be capable of develop my enterprise and get it to the place it’s as we speak. So I need to invite you inside and I simply talked about about energy planning, I need to invite you as we speak now to have the ability to join one thing free that shall be in a position that will help you with this.
So I’ve a three-part video sequence that you would be able to get immediate entry to that can enable you get began with energy planning as we speak. Energy planning is a quite simple, very efficient three-step planning technique that I developed as a result of I had all these struggles with procrastination and I wanted to determine the right way to get myself to really comply with via on the issues that I in any other case would procrastinate on as a result of I knew I used to be good, I had potential however I wasn’t really doing the issues I knew I wanted to do. So I wanted not simply ideas and concepts like I actually wanted a sensible device to assist me arrange my time in a means that I might really comply with via on and to assist me break down large tasks into one thing tangible and that didn’t really feel like such an enormous deal and to assist launch that stress and to present me time without work so my mind might have a break after which I didn’t must burn out on a regular basis, I used to burn out on a regular basis, I’d procrastinate till the final minute, put in an enormous effort after which burn out and I don’t do this anymore and energy planning is an enormous motive why.
So I need to invite you to enroll as we speak for the planning sequence so you will get began with energy planning. So for those who go to samlaurabrown.com/planningseries, I’ll depart the hyperlink for you beneath within the present notes however for those who go there enter your identify and electronic mail deal with and you’ll get immediate entry to the three-part video sequence the place I educate you what energy planning is, why it really works and the right way to get began. So I hope you take pleasure in that planning sequence, go and enroll and it’s going to be so useful and I hope you take pleasure in as we speak’s episode.
Sam Laura Brown
Hello and welcome to episode 161 of the Perfectionism Venture. My identify is Sam Laura Brown and I’m right here that will help you beat procrastination, overcome perfectionism and turn out to be your greatest self. Right this moment I need to speak to you about three procrastination suggestions that don’t work for perfectionists.
There’s clearly a number of recommendation on the market on the right way to beat procrastination and I’ve discovered after I’ve been taking a few of this recommendation myself or seeing others apply it that it doesn’t really assist to create long-term change. And I’ve spoken about the right way to really beat procrastination on different podcast episodes and we actually dive deep into it in our membership group, perfectionists getting shit executed. However as we speak I simply need to level out to you a number of the recommendation that you just would possibly hear so much about the right way to cease procrastination and why, in my view, that recommendation doesn’t really work.
It doesn’t really enable you beat that behavior for the long run and I’m actually interested by serving to you create long-term sustainable change fairly than having you beat procrastination for a few days after which discovering your self proper again in that behavior. So the primary procrastination tip I need to speak about is obstructing the web and deleting social media apps. These are issues you are able to do simply since you need to but when it’s a procrastination technique, you’re attempting to cease procrastinating by doing this stuff and I don’t suppose it’s really probably the most highly effective place to focus as a result of if you find yourself blocking the web and deleting social media apps, it simply helps you handle your urge to procrastinate nevertheless it doesn’t really enable you to remove that urge altogether.
Which implies that if you’re deleting the apps so that you just don’t go on them, then you’ll proceed having that urge to go on them more than likely and so it means the following time you do have that chance, you’ll need to go on it. You’ll nonetheless have these urges developing and since you’re probably not processing them correctly, you’ll end up simply going again into the previous habits that you’ve got had with social media searching and with web searching and I’ve spoken about this at totally different instances on the podcast as a result of I’ve tried doing this and I’ve additionally used, there’s an app you will get referred to as Forest in your cellphone. I believe that’s what it’s referred to as the place it principally grows a digital tree in your cellphone display whereas the timer is operating so you’ll be able to set it for say two hours and this stops you from taking a look at the rest in your cellphone as a result of for those who shut that app to go and have a look at the rest, your tree will die.
And so it’s similar to slightly motivator to not choose up your cellphone and mindlessly look via issues and it may be useful and it may be a supporting technique however I’ve really discovered with regards to beating procrastination, what’s labored significantly better for me has been to not delete the apps and to not use an app like Forest or any of these different web blocking apps.
I believe a part of the explanation that is the case is as a result of when you might have these apps put in or when it’s essential delete social media apps out of your cellphone, that’s reinforcing your identification round being a procrastinator as a result of if somebody isn’t a procrastinator, they don’t must do these issues however if you’re doing these issues, it’s sort of saying to your self, I’m a procrastinator and I can’t management myself. The one means I can management myself is that if it’s bodily unimaginable to go and do the factor that I need to do however when it comes to the urge to procrastinate, it’s actually vital to remember that you’ll proceed to have the urge to procrastinate after you might have, after you’re focusing in your work, whilst you’re doing all of your work, that urge to procrastinate will come up as a result of your mind is used to you answering that urge so it can hold offering that urge to you to be able to do one thing to keep away from the discomfort that you just usually procrastinate to keep away from.
I believe that is one thing that isn’t talked about usually sufficient that focusing in your work and beating procrastination doesn’t really really feel good as a result of it’s essential take care of feeling stressed and feeling bored and feeling challenged and feeling susceptible as a result of we procrastinate so we will keep away from all of these uncomfortable emotions and paradoxically sufficient, we really feel a number of destructive emotion from the act of procrastinating itself, guilt and stress and overwhelm from procrastination so it’s not prefer it feels worse to cease procrastinating nevertheless it’s a flavour of destructive emotion and to really beat procrastination it’s essential find out how that urge will come up and to not resist it and never react to it as in really act on the urge however to simply let or not it’s there, let or not it’s okay that it’s there and it’s like principally inviting that urge in being like okay you will be right here however I’m simply not going to be supplying you with a lot consideration as an alternative of no don’t are available don’t are available don’t are available don’t come during which is how we often take care of the urges that we don’t need to really feel like if you concentrate on you desirous to perhaps eat one thing after which you might have an urge to go and eat it usually we simply resist that no I’m not going to eat it like we attempt to actually resist it and what we resist persist however for those who can let that urge be there that urge to procrastinate let or not it’s okay that your mind is telling you go and scroll via instagram, go and look within the fridge, go and do all these different issues, go and do principally the rest you’ll be able to that’s not this then the extra you really invite that urge to be there the much less energy it can have over you and ultimately that urge to procrastinate will start to go away as a result of your mind will be taught hey she doesn’t really react to this so there’s no level doing it.
I like to think about this in a way of rising up with brothers they had been actually pestering me I’m positive I pestered so much too however each time they had been if I reacted they cherished it and so they stored doing it increasingly more but when I simply stored my cool I allow them to pester me however I didn’t react to it will definitely it obtained actually boring for them and so I actually suppose it’s the identical with an urge that for those who can let it occur with out reacting to it with out believing it shouldn’t be occurring simply being like okay that’s there however I’m simply going to let myself really feel actually shitty and proceed what I’m doing that’s when that urge to procrastinate will start to decrease and also you received’t must even have any of the blocking web apps or something like that.
So I believe that recommendation is given with good intentions nevertheless it’s sort of similar to placing a band-aid over the precise concern which is that you just’re not keen to really feel destructive emotion and so usually what’s going to occur if somebody is deleting their apps or blocking the web to cease them from procrastinating often they’ll discover after a few days they’ll both discover a means again onto the web or they’d simply surrender on it fully however you’ll most likely discover one other method to procrastinate and to keep away from your feelings and infrequently for perfectionists that shall be busy work we love feeling productive with out having to really feel susceptible so usually we do issues that don’t actually must be executed however we will justify doing them and that means we get to be in that productiveness zone with out having to really feel actually uncomfortable.
So simply remember that if you’re deleting apps for the aim of stopping procrastination then it’s very seemingly you’ll start to procrastinate in another means it can most likely simply be a bit extra refined so sure don’t go on the web and don’t go on any social media for those who don’t need to however when it comes to a technique to beat procrastination I don’t advocate blocking the web and deleting the social media apps and I do know that that is sort of like with wholesome consuming and folks will say simply get all the meals you don’t need to eat out of the home however for some individuals this works and it’ll work on a extra short-term foundation as a result of then after they exit to dinner they’re like oh my god I simply must go and eat the whole lot however for those who can be taught to be in the home with that different meals and to have management of your self sufficient to not eat it that’s a lot extra highly effective it’s sort of this steadiness of like sure you need to arrange your surroundings for achievement however on the similar time you don’t need to create this identification that you just don’t have any management over your self and that the one means you’ll be able to management your self is that if your surroundings is ideal as a result of most instances in our life our surroundings is not going to be good.
So for those who can actually prepare your self to behave the way in which you need to act even if you’re not in an ideal circumstance there actually is nothing extra empowering than that and it’s a talent to be taught and it takes observe to do this so it’s actually vital that you just’re not anticipating to go straight there to the place you’ll be able to management the whole lot that you just do I believe it’s a lifelong journey however I discover personally for me not less than that that strategy has really helped me beat procrastination far more than after I was blocking apps or deleting apps and desirous to handle my urge to procrastinate as an alternative of truly studying the right way to sit with that uncomfortable feeling and likewise altering my identification round being a procrastinator and as I stated that if you find yourself deleting these apps and doing all of that that you’re actually perpetuating that identification that you would be able to’t management your self and that you’re a procrastinator.
And I talked about this on a latest episode referred to as as soon as a procrastinator at all times a procrastinator so for those who actually see your self as somebody who’s a procrastinator you might have an identification round that’s who you’re then I extremely advocate testing that episode however in far as a various goes I’d advocate utilizing a distractions listing that is the place you create a listing of all the stuff you need to distract your self with because it occurs so I usually do that whereas I’m working although I discover really I don’t must do it as a lot anymore however I’d have subsequent to me particularly after I began doing this my journal with a pen and each time I wished to do one thing that wasn’t what I had deliberate to do I’d write down what it was and infrequently it was issues that didn’t must be executed like going and looking out within the fridge or checking instagram or checking my electronic mail.
So I’d simply write it down and that meant as nicely that it helped to remove the excuse of oh nicely I’ve to do that proper now or I’ll overlook later I’d write all of it out after which later when the time got here I’d be like okay I’ve this time period the place if something was on my distractions listing that I really must do I’m gonna do it now 99 instances out of 100 I don’t must do something on that listing as a result of as quickly because it’s allowed to do these issues then they’re not interesting anymore a number of the issues that we use to procrastinate are not interesting after we give ourselves full permission to do these issues guilt-free so now sometimes what I do is I actually solely hold observe of these issues that I’m like oh I must go do this and I don’t need to overlook that I would like to do this.
So I’m not writing down or examine instagram as a result of a number of these urges have fully gone nevertheless it’s actually attention-grabbing I discover that if I then am checking my cellphone extra usually if there’s one thing pressing that’s happening within the enterprise then that behavior and people urges come again so shortly and social media is designed to be like a slot machine like a pokies machine that it’s our mind is desirous to be on there and it’s quote-unquote addictive within the sense that our mind simply loves it a lot.
So I’ve observed that I’ve been capable of fully remove all of the urges to examine instagram and my electronic mail and I’ve simply been doing these issues as soon as in a day but when there’s one thing happening perhaps like a promotion the place I must be checking electronic mail extra usually then I discover my mind’s like oh sure we’ve nonetheless obtained this behavior there let’s get again into it after which I’ve to enter a interval of being extra intentional once more however then ultimately these urges to examine will go away whereas I discovered after I was simply blocking these apps and deleting them that that urge was by no means actually going away as a result of I’d by no means determined that I used to be the sort of one that didn’t examine on my apps continually.
So utilizing a distractions listing is the choice to that one and it will possibly simply be a extremely nice train in self-awareness and it helps to remove that excuse of I’ve to do that now or I’ll overlook about it and simply concentrate on your self if you’re deleting social media apps for those who then end up procrastinating differently and it is likely to be much more sneaky and refined however if you’re not doing the needle movers then that basically is productive procrastination, the second procrastination tip that I need to speak about is altering your surroundings.
So that is really a quote that I discovered on a widely known web site that was giving this recommendation and that is principally only a abstract of a number of the recommendation I had about altering your surroundings as a technique to beat procrastination they stated totally different environments have a unique impression on our productiveness so for those who’re procrastinating you need to look into altering your workspace one factor to notice is that an surroundings that makes us really feel impressed could lose its impact after a time frame if that’s the case then it’s time to alter issues round I positively consider this sooner or later and I really talked about this fairly a bit in episode 160 on the right way to be extra productive when working from house as a result of I positively believed that altering my surroundings was a technique to beat procrastination that labored however what actually occurs is that we expect otherwise when our surroundings modifications and I simply thought it was so attention-grabbing that they stated change your surroundings however that new surroundings the impacts of that can put on off.
It’s not prefer it wears off the one factor that modifications is the way in which that we’re pondering after we transfer into a brand new surroundings a number of us may have actually aspirational ideas like I’m going to be so productive and like this can be a new me this can be a new starting and when it’s obtained that novelty to it whereas over time the novelty begins to vanish and we take into consideration issues otherwise we are inclined to then return into our regular thought sample after which this text was saying okay change your surroundings once more to get your self into that desired thought sample however for those who can take into consideration okay what ideas what I believe within the new surroundings after which prepare your self to suppose these ideas in your present surroundings that basically is the place the ability lies as a result of this sort of recommendation actually teaches us or makes us consider that we’re at impact that our circumstances and environment management us which principally implies that until we’ve an ideal circumstance or surrounding that we’re not going to have the ability to beat procrastination and really be productive.
And we’re very helpless after we really consider that as a result of it’s so difficult to be in an ideal surroundings that’s at all times novel and thrilling and galvanizing so I desire to alter surroundings just because I need to not as a result of it can make me extra productive or as a result of it can assist me cease procrastination so I’m not saying don’t change surroundings I believe it may be a enjoyable factor to do however simply be sure you don’t inform your self that it’s so that you will be extra productive no you will be extra productive wherever you’re and also you’re altering surroundings simply since you need to.
So actually have a take into consideration this one if in case you have been doing this or believing this and if in case you have then I extremely advocate episode 160 as a result of I’m going into an entire heap of various issues round productiveness in that episode however I simply discover this recommendation about altering your circumstances to be actually disempowering as a result of usually you’ll be able to’t change your circumstances and if you need to change your circumstances to be extra productive then you’ll endlessly be attempting to alter them and you’ll be endlessly disenchanted since you’re bringing your similar mind with you it’s the identical as if you suppose oh I’ll be happier after I change jobs it wears off the magic of that new job additionally wears off since you introduced your similar mind with you and whilst you would possibly quickly have totally different ideas in your new surroundings as a result of there’s that novelty and it’s one thing new and it additionally seems like a brand new starting starting after some time your routine thought patterns will come again and you’ll if in case you have the behavior of noticing the stuff you don’t like about your job you’ll start discovering these issues within the new job and then you definitely would possibly suppose oh nicely no it truly is my boss you need to meet my boss it’s it’s simply her or him that’s inflicting the issue or prefer it’s the colleagues or it’s the workplace area and it’s simply not work I’m impressed about and I’m simply going to alter jobs and that’ll make me completely happy.
And the explanation we consider it’s because as nicely after we do change conditions our ideas usually change nevertheless it’s our ideas that make us really feel higher not the brand new state of affairs so it actually looks like there’s proof for okay simply change your state of affairs however I believe that so many individuals find yourself by no means feeling happy of their careers as a result of the ability is at all times on the market that they should discover the right workplace area with the right colleagues and the right boss and the right work to do after which they’ll be completely happy however for those who can be taught to essentially take pleasure in what you’re doing with who you’re with in no matter surroundings it’s that’s the place your energy is and then you definitely change jobs simply since you need to.
I’ve had lots of people say okay nicely now I lastly discovered the right way to love my job that I used to hate does that imply I ought to simply keep right here endlessly no change since you need to not as a result of you need to or not as a result of it’s going to give you happiness it’s the identical with deleting social media delete it since you need to not as a result of you need to.
The third tip I need to speak about is one that nearly at all times comes up for those who google the right way to cease procrastinating it is going to be one thing alongside the traces of settle for that perfection is pointless and I discover this recommendation actually attention-grabbing and considerably irritating as a result of it sort of simply goes to this mental stage of understanding and it’s actually vital I do know you’ve most likely had me speak about on the podcast earlier than to acknowledge that the explanation we wish issues to be good isn’t simply because we like issues being good for the sake of it it’s as a result of perfectionism is a technique to keep away from disgrace and judgment we wish the whole lot to be simply so in order that we don’t must really feel shitty and accepting that perfection is pointless often isn’t going to assist as a result of our must keep away from disgrace is a lot stronger and it’s this unconscious want that always we don’t even notice it took me a very long time to appreciate that was why I wished the whole lot to be good and why I procrastinated and overthought the whole lot it was as a result of I used to be attempting to keep away from the disgrace and the judgment and all of that.
So I recognize that perfectionism is talked about however on the similar time and that is the explanation I’m so passionate in regards to the work that I do and I’m so enthusiastic about pgsd our membership group as a result of a number of recommendation round perfectionism is tremendous fluffy it’s about simply keep in mind no one’s good simply settle for that perfection isn’t really attainable simply keep in mind that it doesn’t matter what different individuals suppose like yeah we all know it we get it like I believe all of us intellectually perceive sure we’re adequate sure it doesn’t matter what different individuals suppose sure perfection is pointless and but we nonetheless have that urge to make the whole lot good.
So the choice to this recommendation is to essentially acknowledge that the explanation you need issues to be good is about one thing deeper than simply having this perception that you just like issues being good or some individuals would say I similar to being environment friendly and doing issues proper the primary time or issues like that there’s a number of nice excuses that we use for this mindset and for justifying that sort of habits however I believe that this recommendation has good intentions and it’s positively that perfectionism actually makes us procrastinate which lots of people don’t notice however we wish issues to be good so we will keep away from the disgrace and judgment and blame however as a result of it’s so arduous to make one thing good we’re at all times ready for the right time we’re ready to really feel motivated we’re ready for extra confidence we’re ready for more cash we’re at all times ready as a result of the requirements are so impossibly excessive that we really feel like we’ll by no means even get shut so what’s the purpose and we go into all nothing mode we overthink the whole lot and so perfectionists actually are procrastinators.
However a number of instances procrastinators suppose oh no I procrastinate means an excessive amount of to be a perfectionist which could be very attention-grabbing we simply as a society have this view of perfectionism that it’s actually simply one thing that you just say in a job interview if you’re requested what your weaknesses are and likewise that it’s simply this annoying mental concern that we’ve of believing issues may very well be good and if we simply actually understood that no one’s good then we’d be capable of let it go however as a result of it goes a lot deeper it’s this way more primitive need to keep away from disgrace we really must do a number of work to rewire the way in which that we expect and to essentially create a progress mindset I actually consider that as an alternative of accepting that perfection is pointless the reply to that the very best various is to create a progress mindset and we dive deep into that in our membership group as nicely and there’s an entire heap of issues we do to create a progress mindset in there however I actually need to point out that right here that making a progress mindset actually I believe is among the greatest methods to beat procrastination.
As a result of when you might have a progress mindset the whole lot is not so private failing a take a look at not means one thing about you and your value and your intelligence it’s simply suggestions and as perfectionists we intellectually get that failure is suggestions however we don’t stay like that’s true as a result of we attempt the whole lot we will to keep away from failure together with giving up we surrender fairly than failing somebody in a progress mindset doesn’t they’d fairly fail than surrender as a result of failing provides them info and since that info doesn’t say something about them personally or their value they’re completely happy to obtain that info and take it on however when we’ve our identification wrapped up with what we do which is after we’re within the fastened mindset that perfectionist mindset then failure seems like an enormous kick within the guts and we might fairly simply not attempt in order that we by no means must be met with any proof that we’re not adequate as a result of we already consider we’re not adequate we’re already hustling to attempt to really feel adequate if we simply obtain that purpose then we’d lastly really feel higher and it doesn’t work.
So we hold hustling more durable and more durable and more durable for those who can relate to that it’s actually vital to acknowledge that there’s some deeper work to do and I once more suppose this recommendation is given with good intention nevertheless it’s actually about understanding why is it that you really want the whole lot to be good. What’s perfection defending you from it’s only a very ineffective technique to keep away from disgrace however actually fascinated by what’s it defending you from and to have the ability to be procrastination it’s essential be keen to really feel susceptible for those who’re in a progress mindset it received’t really feel as susceptible as a result of what you’re doing isn’t connected to your self-worth however for those who’re in a hard and fast mindset and also you’re desirous to cease procrastination you’ll actually must be keen to really feel susceptible and to really feel like your intelligence is in danger and your potential is in danger and the whole lot’s in danger it’s that emotional threat which is what vulnerability actually is.
You’ll must be keen to really feel uncomfortable to really beat procrastination I simply wished to essentially document this episode so that you can inform you about a number of the recommendation that you just might need tried which may not be working and to additionally let you realize that if in case you have discovered it actually difficult to cease procrastination there’s nothing mistaken with you your mind is procrastinating or getting you to procrastinate to guard you.
It’s attempting to maintain you alive it’s attempting to maintain you protected and comfy and heat and that’s the okay it’s doing its job so it’s so vital on this journey to beat procrastination and to coach your self to do issues on the first alternative and to get right into a progress mindset that you just acknowledge that that is part of your mind that’s like beating procrastination is a horrible thought why would you ever do this and it’s essential use the prefrontal cortex the a part of your mind that may create choices and do all of the planning to really override that extra primitive a part of your mind that’s saying why the hell would you need to beat procrastination?
Procrastination is holding us protected it’s permitting us to proceed to really feel good as a result of we by no means have to really fail absolutely if we fail we will blame procrastination there’s so many causes we procrastinate I haven’t gone into them on this episode however for those who can actually simply be form to your self on this journey have compassion if it’s been arduous for you your mind is doing its job however there are additionally totally different methods that you would be able to implement and various things you are able to do and we share them and go into them in our group collectively however I hope this has helped you I hope you’re having a wonderful day and I’ll speak to you within the subsequent episode. Bye.
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