{"id":33790,"date":"2015-07-07T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T04:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=33790"},"modified":"2015-07-10T20:16:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T04:16:52","slug":"3-unconventional-methods-overcome-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/3-unconventional-methods-overcome-procrastination\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Unconventional Methods to Overcome Procrastination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><blockquote><p>\u201cOur doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt\u201d<\/i><b>\u00a0<\/b>\u2014\u00a0William Shakespeare<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0.5\" width=\"350\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>We\u2019ve all got our little reasons for procrastinating.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s this Dutch survey that says\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meaningfulhq.com\/overcoming-procrastination.html\" target=\"_blank\">95{54c12dad2cc2b53ae830e39915b1a3e70288dbcbbeb8bbf8395437c5dc3c512c} of people are chronic procrastinators<\/a>. I think the other 5{54c12dad2cc2b53ae830e39915b1a3e70288dbcbbeb8bbf8395437c5dc3c512c} are liars. EVERYONE procrastinates sometimes. Some people are just better at containing it than others.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;How do I get over my bad habit of procrastination?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That question&#8211;or some variation of it&#8211;is one of the most common queries about the topic of productivity. And, it&#8217;ll probably stay that way for another thousand years&#8211;or until we all become\u00a0super productive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meaningfulhq.com\/zoltan-istvan.html\" target=\"_blank\">trans-humanist robo-peeps<\/a>&#8211;whichever comes first.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We\u2019ve all got our little reasons for procrastinating:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got this make-it-or-break-it project to work on right now. BUT FIRST, I&#8217;ve got to manually create an index in my Moleskine for all my blog post ideas.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;My taxes are due\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tomorrow<\/span><\/span>. BUT FIRST, I should probably clean up the kitchen; it&#8217;s a total mess in here.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;ve gotta write and publish this article. BUT FIRST, let me catch up on some &#8216;House of Cards&#8217; real quick.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And it goes on and on. Until you find yourself and consciously decide to stop the train and get off in favor of\u00a0what needs to get done RIGHT NOW.<\/p>\n<p>Some of us can jump off the procrastination train and get to work immediately. The vast majority, however, end up flying into a shiny but non-essential task like a moth in a bright room. Next thing they know, they&#8217;ve totally lost track of what was supposed to have gotten done that day.<\/p>\n<p><em>Any of the above sound familiar?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If yes, then stay with me because you, my friend, are about to learn some very unconventional (and super powerful) methods for getting over procrastination. Including a particularly interesting method that involves the power of \u2014 get ready for it \u2014 \u201cpositive procrastination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But we&#8217;ll talk more about that in tip #2. For now, let\u2019s dive into the first method (before you decide to procrastinate on reading this article.)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>*Side note: Prefer audio? <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/069-overcoming-procrastination\/id904829767?i=343287999&amp;mt=2\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to listen to the podcast version of this article on iTunes &gt;<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong>1. Never Be Prepared<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Here\u2019s an example of a reason I always used to come up with to rationalize my procrastination problem: \u201cI\u2019m a perfectionist\u201d or, \u201cit\u2019s gotta be perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This, of course, was just a pretty way for me to avoid admitting my fear of failure. You and I know it\u2019s never\u00a0<i>ever<\/i>\u00a0the perfect time or place to do something. Want to know how I overcame this problem?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, I realized that the biggest thing holding me back from accomplishing the things I wanted most out of life was my obsessive attachment to perfection.<\/li>\n<li>Next, I realized that the reason I called myself a \u201cperfectionist\u201d was because I was afraid of what might happen if I failed at something (what would they say?)<\/li>\n<li>Finally, I came to the realization that I can never be fully\u00a0<i>prepared<\/i>\u00a0for anything in life. But I can always be\u00a0<i>ready<\/i>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that became my motto:\u00a0<b>\u201cI\u2019m never prepared, but I\u2019m always ready.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><i>Never prepared. Always ready.\u00a0<\/i>Same goes for you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>METHOD #1: NEVER BE PREPARED (Be ready instead.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The next two tips and \u201chacks\u201d come from the habits of unintentional efficiency experts of the past.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>*QUICK NOTE: Don&#8217;t procrastinate on reading this!\u00a0<\/i><i>No, you won\u2019t \u201cread this later.\u201d All of us overestimate our capabilities. We commit to dinners and events\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">three months from now<\/span><\/span>, thinking that we\u2019ll have more free time in March than we did in January. Does that ever happen? Not for me. At least not often enough. If you convince your brain that you\u2019ll read this later, what will happen is this: it\u2019ll just get buried along with that other pile of shit you tell yourself you\u2019ll do later. But this is not shit. This is your life. You&#8217;re beautiful, totally awesome and meaningful life.\u00a0<b>Do not let your dependence on future time derail you from experiencing your life to the max.\u00a0<\/b>If nothing else has worked for you so far, this little list of tips will&#8230; Believe\u00a0that\u00a0and you\u2019ve already won half the battle.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>2. The Power of Positive Procrastination<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Robert Benchley, a humorist and writer for\u00a0<i>The New Yorker,\u00a0<\/i>once wrote an essay in which he explained how he was able to develop the self-discipline to everything below in one sitting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/7-science-backed-books-spirituality-will-change-life\/\">Read a scientific article<\/a> about tropical fish.<\/li>\n<li>Build a bookshelf.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/15-self-help-books-everyone-needs-read\/\">Arrange books<\/a> on said shelf.<\/li>\n<li>Respond to a letter from a friend that had been sitting on his desk for 20 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to Benchley, all he had to do was write up a to-do list for the week and put the aforementioned tasks *below* his *top* priority, which was to write an article.<\/p>\n<p>In his words, Benchley wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>\u201cThe secret of my incredible energy and efficiency in getting work done is a simple one \u2026 The psychological principle is this: anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn\u2019t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Translation: procrastinators tend to avoid doing\u00a0<i>one<\/i>\u00a0task by doing\u00a0<i>another<\/i>, and very rarely do they ever sit still.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>METHOD #2: USE THE POWER OF POSITIVE PROCRASTINATION. (Shoot for the moon, land amongst the stars.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>3. The Nothing Alternative<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A novelist named Raymond Chandler pioneered \u201cThe Nothing Alternative\u201d as a method of defense against procrastinating on his daily prose. Chandler couldn\u2019t commit himself to cranking out 250 words every 15 minutes like writer Anthony Trollope. So he decided to literally wait around for inspiration to strike.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I find that inspiration never strikes while waiting around. Instead, I\u2019ve found that inspiration strikes when I\u2019ve cultivated a\u00a0habit of consistency \u2014 to work, to write, to record \u2014 every single day. In the beginning, the work sucks a lot and often. But the more you do it, the better you become at it.<\/p>\n<p>But this isn\u2019t the kind of \u201cwaiting around\u201d Raymond Chandler used to do. His method of \u201cwaiting around for inspiration\u201d was to set aside four hours every morning and give himself an ultimatum: Write, or do nothing at all.<\/p>\n<p>In his own words, Chandler said this about writers who suffer from procrastination:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>\u201cHe [the writer] doesn\u2019t have to write, and if he doesn\u2019t feel like it, he shouldn\u2019t try. He can look out of the window or stand on his head or writhe on the floor, but he is not to do any other positive thing, not read, write letters, glance at magazine, or write checks.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[\u2026]<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cWrite or nothing. It\u2019s the same principle as keeping order in a school. If you make the pupils behave, they will learn something just to keep from being bored. I find it works. Two very simple rules, a. you don\u2019t have to write.\u00a0 b. you can\u2019t do anything else. The rest comes of itself.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s The Nothing Alternative, right there, and you can use it for almost any task to make procrastination a problem of the past.<\/p>\n<p>Your work might not be as simple and clearly defined as Chandler\u2019s, but you can certainly benefit from the clarity that comes from setting aside the time to\u00a0focus on your ONE most important thing.<\/p>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0.5\" width=\"350\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>This is your time to turn it up to high gear and focus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>To try this out for yourself, figure out your most important goal for\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tomorrow<\/span><\/span>\u00a0morning and set aside 90 minutes of totally uninterrupted time to focus on that goal. No email. No smartphone. No nonsense. No Facebook, either. Shut-down your wifi if you need to. This is your time to turn it up to high gear and focus.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>METHOD #3: USE THE NOTHING ALTERNATIVE. (Do or die.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Recap: 3 Unconventional Methods For Overcoming Procrastination<\/h2>\n<p><b>#1.\u00a0 Never Be Prepared.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n(Be ready instead.)<\/p>\n<p><b>#2.\u00a0 Use The Power of Positive Procrastination.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n(Shoot for the moon, land amongst the stars.)<\/p>\n<p><b>#3.\u00a0 Use The Nothing Alternative.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n(Do or die.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><em>Dean Bokhari is best-selling author and host of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meaningfulhq.com\">Meaningful*FM (MeaningfulHQ.com),<\/a>one of the web&#8217;s most popular personal development podcasts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>SOURCES FOR THIS ARTICLE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getflashnotes.com\/portfolio\/willpower_rediscovering_the_greatest_human_strength\/\" target=\"_blank\">Willpower: Rediscovering The Greatest Human Strength<\/a>\u00a0by Roy F. Baumeister &amp; John Tierney<\/li>\n<li>Dutch Study: de Ridder, D. T., Lensvelt-Mulders, G., Finkenauer, C., Stok, F. M., &amp; Baumeister, R. F. (2012). Taking stock of self-control A meta-analysis of how trait self-control relates to a wide range of behaviors.\u00a0<i>Personality and Social Psychology Review<\/i>,\u00a0<i>16<\/i>(1), 76-9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to overcome procrastination once and for all? 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