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Dump The Garbage - Procrastination, That is!
“Procrastination is the thief of time”, whoever said it, said it with much vigor and parlance as these words can only come from someone has seen the TIME, way too closely. I was awestruck when I came across this article in a magazine, which said, how a person saved his life by just one millisecond from getting crushed in a train’s wheels. God bless that soul, I said those words when I first heard and then the stories continued on and off the channels but what was important was that he saved his life. This particular episode created a big hole in my heart creating a much bigger and larger value of time in my life and since then I respect my and other’s time with great importance. Millions of people worldwide are stuck on to their work till midnight 12’0 clock but no one nearly thinks of getting out of their procrastinated lives and living in the present? I seriously give my hats off to big billionaires who have made money in just no time, with just $100 in their pockets, they have went on to make millions of dollars per year, so is there any secret to making money, you may ask me? Although I have that secret there is no guarantee after all its up to you to decide and finally I can just give you suggestions and you are your owner to make time and putting it in some productive usage.
Here is something very interesting and important that I had like to share with you guys today which will change your lives forever and for better, believe me! These strategies religiously will help you create wonders in life, given below are some of the reasons WHY WE PROCRASTINATE AND ALSO REMEDIES TO PUT THEM OFF:
- Most of the times we see, we procrastinate only because we haven’t committed ourselves to doing that work or job. A person likes doing his job to the fullest extent possible only when he is motivated in to doing it and that he commits his talent, emotion, energy and time in performing the tasks. You feel like procrastinating because you haven’t really committed yourself in to doing that tasks or job, you are may be doing time pass. The best way to get rid off is to start searching the source of some inspiration and takes the steps to motivate your own self.
- A new comer in the job may well be highly motivated in achieving the goals for a company, but he is afraid of doing the tasks, and simple questions like, “What if I go wrong”, keeps harassing him and as a result he stands still and watch the situation till the time gets over and the work doesn’t get completed on time. There are varied reasons attached to this phenomena, it could be the fear of failure, fear of success, fear of getting the work done on time, fear of success and many such reasons, the only way to come out of this mind threatening thoughts is to identify the fear factors running in your mind don’t let worries overcome your valuable time which you may be using for your creativity.
- The work you have been assigned is not in your priority list - you feel the task assigned to you is for someone else to fulfill. You don’t find the task as much fascinating as you had done with your gardening skills; you are being literally pushed to do that task. If you are finding the task really difficult to handle, the best you could do is withdraw yourself from the task and concentrate on the tasks that needs to be done and also the ones that interests you.
- The main reason of your procrastination is that you don’t know how to that task and are a little afraid of doing it, there are some motivational blocks which are hampering your growth and sub consciously you ignore doing those tasks. For this, you need to gather mental strength and courage that would help you bring in inspiration for yourself and others around you.
- If all of the above reasons are not the reasons for your procrastination, than it simply means that you don’t want to take up the challenges and are lagging behind in the motivational power to do things the right way. Get your minds wandering in the successful direction that will give you the strength and the courage to do up your tasks willfully without forcing yourself in to doing them.
Procrastination is the common symbolic metaphor for people not to do and complete their tasks on time, there are varied reasons to do it, some are genuine and some are not. If you are really motivated to do your tasks on time and give your company the maximum output to the best of your capabilities, there need not be any reason for you to procrastinate, if you are finding some problems in your working life or finding your processes a little complex than talk to your seniors and sort out your issues right on time.
