{"product_id":"2940014037495","title":"Top Tactics To Easily Aviod Procrastination","description":"First, in order to identify procrastinating, as\u003cbr\u003eopposed to re-evaluating priorities, it’s a good\u003cbr\u003eidea to have a serious think about what we do and\u003cbr\u003edon’t like doing. Secondly, identify those things\u003cbr\u003ethat we don’t like doing sufficiently to postpone\u003cbr\u003ethem.\u003cbr\u003eClearly we do review and adapt our priorities all\u003cbr\u003ethe time. It is unavoidable these days when\u003cbr\u003eeveryone seems to have so many things to do.\u003cbr\u003eHowever, we generally do know which things we put\u003cbr\u003eoff, but also we tend to pretend to ourselves that\u003cbr\u003ewe don’t.\u003cbr\u003eWe all have the ability to justify our task\u003cbr\u003eplanning decisions. We all know people who put off\u003cbr\u003edoing one thing by finding another ‘urgent’ thing\u003cbr\u003eto do.\u003cbr\u003eSo get out the pen and the paper, and make a list\u003cbr\u003eof the things you don’t like doing. By each of\u003cbr\u003ethem, write in a short phrase, the reason you don’t\u003cbr\u003ewant to do it. Be brave, and admit it if something\u003cbr\u003eis difficult, if something is unpleasant, or if it\u003cbr\u003eis something you feel you are being made to do by\u003cbr\u003esomeone else.\u003cbr\u003eIf it is something you just don’t like doing, think\u003cbr\u003eabout whether it will benefit you if you just do it\u003cbr\u003eanyway. Is the benefit of completing that task\u003cbr\u003e(like filling in your tax return) worth the\u003cbr\u003ediscomfort of doing it? Generally you have to admit\u003cbr\u003eit. There is no question that you can get into\u003cbr\u003edifficulties if you don’t complete and submit your\u003cbr\u003etax form.\u003cbr\u003eFilling it in is a question of\u003cbr\u003ea) Getting the right papers – check books, bank\u003cbr\u003estatements, phone bills, whatever it is that you\u003cbr\u003eneed.\u003cbr\u003eb) Spending some time getting everything in order\u003cbr\u003ec) Working through the form and filling in the\u003cbr\u003einformation.\u003cbr\u003eYou know that once you start, it won’t be too bad.\u003cbr\u003eSo already, by taking a job and dividing it into\u003cbr\u003esmaller and more manageable tasks, it doesn’t sound\u003cbr\u003equite so daunting.\u003cbr\u003eNearly all complex tasks need some planning time\u003cbr\u003eand some preparation time.\u003cbr\u003eSo when something you have to do just begs to be\u003cbr\u003epostponed because you know it will take ages – just\u003cbr\u003edivide into manageable jobs.\u003cbr\u003eSimilarly, if there is something you are scared of\u003cbr\u003edoing because you think you might not be able to do\u003cbr\u003esuch a good job, try and break it down into smaller\u003cbr\u003eand less frightening elements.\u003cbr\u003eSo if you need to produce a piece of work for\u003cbr\u003ecollege, or for your employer, allocate some time\u003cbr\u003eto just sit and think about it first of all. Think\u003cbr\u003eabout what you being asked to do, and then about\u003cbr\u003ewhat you need to do to enable you to complete the\u003cbr\u003etask.\u003cbr\u003e1) Do you need to do all the work yourself?\u003cbr\u003e2) Do you need to provide something to someone in\u003cbr\u003eorder that they can do their part of the job?\u003cbr\u003e3) Do you need to have a proper work plan before\u003cbr\u003eyou start?\u003cbr\u003e4) Try and calm any immediate fears about the\u003cbr\u003estandard of the work, and concentrate on what\u003cbr\u003eneeds to be done, and how it is to be done.\u003cbr\u003e5) Identify what bits of the job seem to be\u003cbr\u003efrightening, and ask yourself why.\u003cbr\u003e6) Ask yourself if you would benefit by talking\u003cbr\u003eabout these aspects of the job with someone\u003cbr\u003eelse – someone you think would find that job\u003cbr\u003estraightforward.\u003cbr\u003eDon’t launch yourself into the project in a blind\u003cbr\u003epanic and start trying to do the job without\u003cbr\u003eplanning and preparing properly.\u003cbr\u003eDo write out a timetable for the job so that you\u003cbr\u003ecan organize the work in a sensible sequence.\u003cbr\u003eSometimes jobs seem to be just too complicated to\u003cbr\u003edeal with. If breaking it down doesn’t make it\u003cbr\u003eseem easier to tackle, try and find one part of it\u003cbr\u003ethat you can do, and get that done. Then see if\u003cbr\u003ethere is another bit you can do, and tackle that.\u003cbr\u003eKeep thinking about how you can organize the rest\u003cbr\u003eof the task so that it becomes less and less\u003cbr\u003edifficult in terms of complexity, and more\u003cbr\u003emanageable in terms of sub-tasks.\u003cbr\u003eOne way of dealing with things is to organize them\u003cbr\u003einto categories of A, B and C tasks.\u003cbr\u003eThe A tasks are the ones that are the most\u003cbr\u003eimportant, but they can be the ones that are most\u003cbr\u003ecomplex and difficult to start.\u003cbr\u003eA tasks are tasks that generally cannot be done in\u003cbr\u003eone period of work, and that almost always need you\u003cbr\u003eto spend time gathering information from other\u003cbr\u003epeople.\u003cbr\u003eB tasks are of secondary importance, but still need\u003cbr\u003eto done, and might take time, and might need some\u003cbr\u003einput from someone else.\u003cbr\u003eC tasks are the easy ones to do, but not\u003cbr\u003enecessarily the most important ones.\u003cbr\u003eThe easy thing to do is to start on the C pile.\u003cbr\u003eThis gives us a sense of achieving something, but\u003cbr\u003efrankly doesn’t get the important things done. Not\u003cbr\u003eonly do A and B tasks not get done – they don’t\u003cbr\u003eeven get started!\u003cbr\u003eHowever, sometimes we need to get into it a bit...","brand":"Laiftllc.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152840671472,"sku":"2940014037495","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014037495_p0.jpg?v=1763599450","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014037495","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}