Procrastination Kills
Avoid perfectionism, especially on first drafts. Just get it on paper. It’s far easier to revise your way to perfection than to generate it out of thin air.
Embrace discipline. Intelligence and discipline are the biggest factors distinguishing successful people from unsuccessful people. What does discipline mean? A few examples:
• Be willing to stay focused on a task, taking breaks only when necessary, until the task or a component of it is complete.
• Be willing to fight past the discomfort of not knowing: Struggle to master something, be willing to expose your deficiencies by asking a co-worker a question, or hire a tutor or mentor to accelerate your learning.
• Work longer hours. We tend to repress the obvious truth that the longer you work at your profession or avocation, the better you’ll get.
I read a great article on Kiplinger.com this morning, the article was about 10 ways to conquer procrastination. There were some great ideas on ways to get past one the problems that everyone has, procrastination.
This is a problem that I usually have as well. I have great ideas and I say “I’ll get to it tomorrow” or “Next week would be better’. Everyone does this, especially with investing, savings and personal finance. “I’ll look into it when the economy gets better…” I believe that overcoming these attitudes will help everyone with personal finance as well as work related items or personal projects.
Pick one thing that has been on your list of “to-do’s” for a while and do it this week.
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