{"product_id":"2940014386272","title":"How To Overcome Procrastination","description":"Enthusiasm - The Best Weapon In The War Against\u003cbr\u003eProcrastination\u003cbr\u003eEnthusiasm is what makes the difference between reaching our goals and giving up before we\u003cbr\u003eget started. Thomas Edison said, \"If the only thing we leave our kids is the quality of\u003cbr\u003eenthusiasm, we will have given them an estate of incalculable value.\" Edison's research\u003cbr\u003elaboratory burned to the ground when he was 67. As the fire consumed his world-famous\u003cbr\u003e\"invention factory,\" Edison told his children, \"Kids, go get your mother. She'll never see another\u003cbr\u003efire like this one.\" Edison knew that enthusiasm is the best antidote for tragedy, and it's the most\u003cbr\u003epowerful weapon to use in the war against procrastination.\u003cbr\u003eI have learned that my level of enthusiasm has nothing to do with my feelings; my feelings wake\u003cbr\u003eup on a different side of the bed every day. To take control of my life, I must choose the way I\u003cbr\u003efeel-I can't let my feelings control me. Can you talk yourself into a positive frame of mind when\u003cbr\u003eyou're discouraged? How do you keep yourself motivated? How do you stay focused when a job\u003cbr\u003eis tedious? How do you handle failure when your plan isn't going well?\u003cbr\u003e- Stay away from negative people. Attitudes are contagious-negative people infect us with\u003cbr\u003enegative attitudes. Associate with positive thinkers; their self-confidence is contagious, too.\u003cbr\u003e- Schedule difficult tasks for the time of day when your energy is highest. If you haven't\u003cbr\u003edetermined the best time for you to tackle the day's least appealing jobs, try doing them as early\u003cbr\u003eas possible.\u003cbr\u003e- Tackle a problem that's been a thorn in your side. When you get in the habit of making things\u003cbr\u003ehappen, your enthusiasm goes through the roof. Inactivity is a major cause of depression and\u003cbr\u003eanxiety. (On the other hand, you can increase your energy level without eliminating other forces\u003cbr\u003ethat cause procrastination; teenagers are particularly adept at expending enormous amounts of\u003cbr\u003eenergy without getting anything done. Always remember that any technique is only effective\u003cbr\u003ewhen used as part of a total strategy.)\u003cbr\u003eWhen you breeze through a task with particular ease and competence, make a note of the time\u003cbr\u003eof day. And ask yourself what other factors might have contributed to making you more\u003cbr\u003eHow To Overcome Procrastination\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eproductive. When you start to discover a pattern, you will have found how to operate at a higher\u003cbr\u003elevel every day. And when you identify the time of day when you are usually most efficient,\u003cbr\u003eschedule some of your least enjoyable tasks for that time.\u003cbr\u003eWe must continue to learn new things as if we were going to live forever, while living each day\u003cbr\u003eas if it were the last. Telling myself that \"Today is the first day of the rest of my life\" doesn't work\u003cbr\u003efor me. If today were the last day of my life, how would I live it? That is the question I ask myself\u003cbr\u003ewhen I must fight against the forces of procrastination.\u003cbr\u003eAlways remember that enthusiasm is a choice. Mark Twain said, \"Do something every day that\u003cbr\u003eyou don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without\u003cbr\u003epain.\"\u003cbr\u003eHow To Overcome Procrastination\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow Conquering Procrastination Can Help You Reduce\u003cbr\u003eStress\u003cbr\u003eI believe that procrastination is the No. 1 cause of stress in our society today. Throughout\u003cbr\u003ehistory, great thinkers have noted the connection between the failure to take action and the\u003cbr\u003efeeling of anxiety. The American philosopher William James once said, \"Nothing is so fatiguing\u003cbr\u003eas the eternal hanging of an uncompleted task.\"\u003cbr\u003eIf you have the habit of putting off tasks you fear-if you tend to avoid situations and events that\u003cbr\u003eterrify you-your fears have grown out of proportion. Every time you decide not to do something\u003cbr\u003ebecause you're afraid of failing, your self-confidence takes another hit. There is only one way to\u003cbr\u003eovercome fear-you have to force yourself to do the thing you fear. When you face your fear and\u003cbr\u003edo it anyway, your confidence gets a big boost. Soon you will laugh at the imaginary fears that\u003cbr\u003ehave kept you from becoming all that you can be. And you can do something about it today.\u003cbr\u003eEstablish goals. Prioritize. Measure your progress. Ask friends and office mates for feedback.\u003cbr\u003eAdjust your goals if necessary. Reward yourself when you finish jobs. If you're a leader, get\u003cbr\u003eprocrastinators to encourage each other. Help them overcome their fear of getting things done.\u003cbr\u003eFind a mentor to help you overcome your fear. When I have to do the thing I fear, I recite a\u003cbr\u003everse from the Bible: \"I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.\" (Phil. 4:13)\u003cbr\u003eBe as truthful as you can in your estimate of how long it will take to do the things you dislike.\u003cbr\u003eMany of the tasks we put off are simple ones. They cause an amount of stress in our","brand":"Tea Time eBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163286847728,"sku":"2940014386272","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014386272_p0.jpg?v=1763607519","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014386272","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}