Get your Life back on Track with 101 Free Success Tips » Procrastination http://www.successtheory.com The first step is to DECIDE that you can change, want to change and will change Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:20:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bootstrapping Your Way Out Of A Lethargic State http://www.successtheory.com/bootstrapping-your-way-out-of-a-lethargic-state/ http://www.successtheory.com/bootstrapping-your-way-out-of-a-lethargic-state/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:16:25 +0000 admin http://www.successtheory.com/?p=155 When a writer has writer’s block the only solution, as strange as it seems, is to write. So he must start writing anything a letter to a friend or relation, a shopping list, just anything. As soon as he writes a good phrase or sentence his enthusiasm and self-confidence will rise almost without him realizing it.

When I’m in a low energy and lethargic state I know I have to get any thing done, organized or sorted out. I have to pick tasks which are easily achievable. As soon as I see a bit of my desk reappear I get my first boost of Serotonin . I can then venture to get something else done, get some phone calls out of the way, write a few brief letters, pay a few bills. I call this bootstrapping. Many of the jobs we are dreading turn out to be less difficult than we thought but getting them out of the way is a real pleasure. Of course ONE DAY I will start on my most important task and get a massive boost from knowing that I’ve finally mastered myself but that’s some time away!

]]> http://www.successtheory.com/bootstrapping-your-way-out-of-a-lethargic-state/feed/ 0 A Tool to Beat Procrastination and Time Wasting http://www.successtheory.com/a-tool-to-beat-procrastination-and-time-wasting/ http://www.successtheory.com/a-tool-to-beat-procrastination-and-time-wasting/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:27:12 +0000 admin http://www.successtheory.com/?p=106 A trusted colleague  enthusiastically recommended a computer program
called Action Enforcer. It is a way of setting up a set of daily task
timers. I have even set a timer to write this post. I use it when
I have a tricky or tedious task to complete, others plan their
whole day even using it to program their breaks. Procrastinating
friends and colleagues have been boasting of suddenly being able to manage their time and get through their schedule, of feeling on top of things!

Also at the end of your day you can see where your time was spent.
. I set a timer for 30 minutes of paperwork, then 30 minutes of report writing etc. It is very simple to use; why it works so well is still a bit of a
mystery but I think it’s just your pride you don’t want the alarm
to ring before you’ve finished the task!

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