Comments on: How to Stop Procrastination…Now, Not Later. http://www.thehappyself.com/how-to-stop-procrastination/ Personal Transformation for Thinking People Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:33:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: David | ilcantone.com http://www.thehappyself.com/how-to-stop-procrastination//comment-page-1#comment-860 David | ilcantone.com Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:12:37 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=2543#comment-860 Hi Dayne, great post and amazing blog! Give yourself a reward once you’ve completed a task-> I like this advice :). You're absolutely right about procrastination: we consistently avoid difficult tasks and deliberately look for distractions. We must free ourselves from this harmful habit. Shaquille ONeal said once: “Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.” Big truth from a big and great man :). .-= David | ilcantone.com´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ilcantone/~3/k9Bt52LFayk/" rel="nofollow">CREATIVE THINKING: HOW TO BE AN INNOVATOR FOR LIFE</a> =-. Hi Dayne, great post and amazing blog!

Give yourself a reward once you’ve completed a task-> I like this advice :) .

You’re absolutely right about procrastination: we consistently avoid difficult tasks and deliberately look for distractions. We must free ourselves from this harmful habit.

Shaquille ONeal said once: “Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.” Big truth from a big and great man :) .
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]]> By: Neccola http://www.thehappyself.com/how-to-stop-procrastination//comment-page-1#comment-859 Neccola Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:12:21 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=2543#comment-859 Really good advices, one more great source is http://the-now-habit.blogspot.com/ I hope that you will enjoy this blog as much as I did. later .-= Neccola´s last blog ..<a href="http://the-now-habit.blogspot.com/2009/10/overcoming-procrastination-part-1-goals.html" rel="nofollow">Overcoming procrastination part 1: GOALS</a> =-. Really good advices, one more great source is http://the-now-habit.blogspot.com/ I hope that you will enjoy this blog as much as I did. later
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]]> By: How to stop procrastinating and get more productive | RADSMARTS http://www.thehappyself.com/how-to-stop-procrastination//comment-page-1#comment-696 How to stop procrastinating and get more productive | RADSMARTS Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:33:35 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=2543#comment-696 [...] from TheHappySelf blog recently posted an excellent article on How to Stop Procrastination…Now, Not Later. My response to this post was to write a comment that introduced the idea of nocrastination – [...] [...] from TheHappySelf blog recently posted an excellent article on How to Stop Procrastination…Now, Not Later. My response to this post was to write a comment that introduced the idea of nocrastination – [...]

]]> By: Dayne | TheHappySelf.com http://www.thehappyself.com/how-to-stop-procrastination//comment-page-1#comment-682 Dayne | TheHappySelf.com Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:33:59 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=2543#comment-682 Robin, you always leave some amazing comments! I LOVE the idea of "No Crastination"...perfect! I also like your method of doing the hardest thing first. It makes total sense. It's interesting what works for one, doesn't really work for another. Take Belinda (see above) for example, she starts with a smaller task first to get going. The opposite of what you tend to do. But the thing is...both work. :) I think the key is for us to find what works for us individually and most of all, stick to it. :) Thanks for your awesome comment Robin! Cheers, Dayne Robin, you always leave some amazing comments! I LOVE the idea of “No Crastination”…perfect! I also like your method of doing the hardest thing first. It makes total sense. It’s interesting what works for one, doesn’t really work for another. Take Belinda (see above) for example, she starts with a smaller task first to get going. The opposite of what you tend to do. But the thing is…both work. :)

I think the key is for us to find what works for us individually and most of all, stick to it. :)

Thanks for your awesome comment Robin!

Cheers,
Dayne

]]> By: Dayne | TheHappySelf.com http://www.thehappyself.com/how-to-stop-procrastination//comment-page-1#comment-681 Dayne | TheHappySelf.com Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:30:03 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=2543#comment-681 Welcome Belinda and thank you for commenting! I'm just like you, I start with something small to get the ball rolling, then the motivation gets going and I can dive into bigger things. Thanks for commenting! Cheers, Dayne Welcome Belinda and thank you for commenting! I’m just like you, I start with something small to get the ball rolling, then the motivation gets going and I can dive into bigger things.

Thanks for commenting!

Cheers,
Dayne

]]> By: Dayne | TheHappySelf.com http://www.thehappyself.com/how-to-stop-procrastination//comment-page-1#comment-680 Dayne | TheHappySelf.com Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:29:06 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=2543#comment-680 Jonathan, yes, just taking action...whether we like it or not...is essential. If not, we tend to get into routines like you say and we sure as heck don't want to create a procrastination routine in your lives. :) Thanks again! Dayne Jonathan, yes, just taking action…whether we like it or not…is essential. If not, we tend to get into routines like you say and we sure as heck don’t want to create a procrastination routine in your lives. :)

Thanks again!

Dayne

]]> By: Dayne | TheHappySelf.com http://www.thehappyself.com/how-to-stop-procrastination//comment-page-1#comment-679 Dayne | TheHappySelf.com Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:27:55 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=2543#comment-679 Less priorities is great advice Karlil. It keeps us from getting overwhelmed like you say. I know that is what try to do. Thanks for the comment! Dayne Less priorities is great advice Karlil. It keeps us from getting overwhelmed like you say. I know that is what try to do.

Thanks for the comment!

Dayne

]]> By: Dayne | TheHappySelf.com http://www.thehappyself.com/how-to-stop-procrastination//comment-page-1#comment-678 Dayne | TheHappySelf.com Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:26:38 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=2543#comment-678 Colin, you are so right. Your advice of just starting is perfect! It is amazing what type of "flow" we will get into if we would just get the wheels moving. :) Thanks for the comment! Cheers, Dayne Colin, you are so right. Your advice of just starting is perfect! It is amazing what type of “flow” we will get into if we would just get the wheels moving. :)

Thanks for the comment!

Cheers,
Dayne

]]> By: Dayne | TheHappySelf.com http://www.thehappyself.com/how-to-stop-procrastination//comment-page-1#comment-677 Dayne | TheHappySelf.com Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:25:28 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=2543#comment-677 Hey there Erin, welcome! You are a procrastinator too eh? It's ok, I think we all are to a certain degree. :) I'm glad you enjoyed the post and put your comment here. Thank you! Cheers, Dayne Hey there Erin, welcome! You are a procrastinator too eh? It’s ok, I think we all are to a certain degree. :) I’m glad you enjoyed the post and put your comment here. Thank you!

Cheers,
Dayne

]]> By: Robin Dickinson http://www.thehappyself.com/how-to-stop-procrastination//comment-page-1#comment-676 Robin Dickinson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:39:23 +0000 http://www.thehappyself.com/?p=2543#comment-676 Hi Dayne, Great topic, and a great post. I would add... TRY NO-CRASTINATION My way of handling procrastination is to not even give it light of day - I call it no-crastination. What I mean is, procrastination - putting off actions until tomorrow - implies belief in the concept of tomorrow. A belief in, and reliance on an abstract notion that never arrives. For me, my focus is really on the here and now. I don't give tomorrow much credence, so find it very difficult to defer things to it. My daily routine is simply to create a list of tasks in order of decreasing friction - starting with the 'highest friction' task i.e. the task that I least want to do, then the next highest friction etc. As I complete the tasks, they get progressively more enjoyable (less friction), so the day is constantly improving. Hope that's not all too abstract, but it works for me and is contributed to stimulate some discussion. Best, Robin .-= Robin Dickinson´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.radsmarts.com/2009/09/innovation-booster-medieval-french-poetry/" rel="nofollow">Innovation booster: Medieval French Poetry</a> =-. Hi Dayne,

Great topic, and a great post.

I would add…

TRY NO-CRASTINATION

My way of handling procrastination is to not even give it light of day – I call it no-crastination.

What I mean is, procrastination – putting off actions until tomorrow – implies belief in the concept of tomorrow. A belief in, and reliance on an abstract notion that never arrives. For me, my focus is really on the here and now. I don’t give tomorrow much credence, so find it very difficult to defer things to it.

My daily routine is simply to create a list of tasks in order of decreasing friction – starting with the ‘highest friction’ task i.e. the task that I least want to do, then the next highest friction etc.

As I complete the tasks, they get progressively more enjoyable (less friction), so the day is constantly improving.

Hope that’s not all too abstract, but it works for me and is contributed to stimulate some discussion.

Best, Robin
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