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| Posted by: | Jane Greer, Founding Partner, TRELG |
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| Posted on: | July 24th, 2009 at 11:21 am |
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Are you a Procrastinator?
Is your motto “why do today what can be done tomorrow”? Do you work better under pressure? Are you someone who consistently puts things off until the last minute? You might be a procrastinator!
People procrastinate in order to avoid the pain of doing something they don’t want to do. Procrastination usually doesn’t work and often creates more problems in the long run. To beat procrastination you need to manage the job!
1. Break the job into doable tasks. Take a humongous project, like cleaning out your garage, and break it into specific, practical, doable tasks.
2. Set a reasonable deadline for each task. Don’t set yourself up for failure but also give yourself somewhat of a challenge.
3. Hold yourself accountable. This will dramatically increase your productivity. Reward yourself for a job well done.
Here’s an example for cleaning out your messy garage:
|
Doable Task |
Start |
Complete |
Reward |
| Buy Hefty bags and storage boxes at hardware store | Wednesday2:00 | Wednesday2:30 | Cup of coffee at Dunkin Donuts |
| Take everything off garage walls and put in the driveway | Sunday10:00 | Sunday11:00 | Spend 10 minutes on Facebook |
| Clean everything off the floor and put in the driveway | Sunday11:15 | SundayNoon | Break for lunch |
| Sort stuff into piles (keep, trash, give away) | Sunday1:00 | Sunday2:00 | Listen to Red Sox game on radio while sorting |
| Put keepers into labeled boxes and return to garage | Sunday3:00 | Sunday4:00 | Listen to Red Sox |
| Put trash in Hefty bags | Sunday 4:00 | Sunday4:30 | Nice cold beverage before dinner |
| Put “give aways” in trunk of car and drive to Goodwill | Sunday4:30 | Monday10:00 | Hot Fudge Sundae at Dairy Queen |
Stay tuned for more time management examples and/or tips for procrastinators in the weeks to come.
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