Do you
often wonder how some people get so much done, achieve their goals and have a
wonderful personal life! While others still seem to pitch and roll from crisis
to crisis like a ship with no power in a heavy sea.
Do you find yourself with overwhelming Procrastination? Do you sometimes
get through the end of the day and think to yourself what on earth have I done today;
in fact you may think that you could write the book on procrastination. Those that live in overwhelm and desperation are usually
master procrastinators and procrastination is one of the most common barriers
to success. The good news is that you can beat it and it starts with some very
simple processes; let me give you a start that you can use today. And by the
way, you are not alone and I would love to have your feed back a little later.
I find myself having to regroup and re focus regularly. I believe where you
work from and how you are set up to carry out your tasks is one of the starting
points to eliminate procrastination.
Just now take a look at your desk, take a look
around at your working space ….. I’m guessing that there may be some chaos! So
let me suggest to you that you think about getting FAT! No I don’t mean lounge around
all day, eat crisps, watch TV and get fat … I mean adopt this simple and effective
plan File - Action - Trash
On your desk, in your briefcase, resting on a
table in your office, in your car, in your pockets are all the “stuff” hat
arrives in our loves on a daily basis. Let’s deal now with some of it and if we
can lets start the principles to deal with all of it.
Simply set up three boxes NOW! Mark one File,
mark one Action and mark the other Trash. You will have realised by now that this
is not difficult stuff! Now start to attack all the piles of paper that you
have and with a cold ruthlessness go through it and action as laid out.
As you go through this massive and long accumulated
pile you will find all the things to File, it doesn’t need to be on your desk
as a constant reminder that you paid that bill six months ago, or that
insurance was renewed last Christmas or that the credit card statement – which is
on Direct Debit anyway is due …. You don’t need to be looking at this every
day! This is the box you will File
From the emerging but by now shrinking pile
of chaos you will find the; Crikey! I must deal with that now material. And
there will be at this stage quite a lot; after all you are a recovering procrastinator.
All of this must go into the Action
box and I suggest that action is taken immediately. These will be a variety of things,
the bill that is due to be paid today, a dentist appointment lurking in the
chaos, put the appointment in your diary now and then dispatch the paper to Trash … do you begin to get it?
You are going to find things that you all
never need. How many sales circulars are in there, offers for this and that,
sign here and get another free calculator, is this materiel really moving you
to your goal NO! It’s pulling you to someone else’s goal. This is all the
things that go in Trash and there will be lots. What a feeling of clean you
will get as you box the trash then shred it and then throw it away …. It’s Trash.
This system has worked for me over many years,
simple and effective. If you find these tips and strategies useful and it’s
helped you toady, I would love to hear how and to get some feed back in comments
below.
