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Dealing with procrastination

Dealing with procrastination

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Dealing with procrastination

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- Procrastination, which is putting things off, is a real time management evil. And that's because the things that we tend to put off tend to be important things, important, but not urgent things. And they are absolutely the most vital things we should be doing. So it's important to think what am I putting off and find a way to discipline yourself to get it done. There are all sorts of little tricks you can use to fool yourself into doing things, like booking it into your diary so you kind of have to do it or just thinking what's the first step and doing the first step. Or perhaps plunging in and getting started and just doing that call. Or maybe developing a habit where the first thing you do when you come into work is just do the worst thing. Or maybe getting somebody else to help you do it. But one way or another, you need to develop a technique where you overcome procrastination. It's such a bad habit. You have to find a way to overcome it.

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