On thing leads to another, first you check the e-mail, then the voice messages on your business phone, then back to the e-mail. Before you know it an hour, a morning, or even a day is gone.
Left unchecked, procrastination poses a serious threat to your business.
Fortunately, successful business owners have already developed effective ways to win the war against procrastination. Here are tips from three great blogs:
- Five Reasons You Procrastinate and How To Overcome Them at PickTheBrain. Understanding the cause of your procrastination can be the first step to a solution.
- 11Tips for Nuking Laziness Without Becoming a Workaholic at lifehack.org. Some freelancers swing between procrastination and overwork. This post seeks to stop that vicious cycle.
- How To Get Unstuck - Overcoming Writers Block at Life Learning Today. This post is helpful to more than just writers. Basically anyone who is trying to get work done can learn from this post.
Before closing this post I had to link to a great video by Lev Yilmaz at YouTube from the Tales of Mere Existence series that captures the very essence of procrastination. Even the narrator's tone of voice works to set the mood.
What about you? Have you fought procrastination? What works for you?
Leave a comment and let us know.
That video cracked me up!
Posted by: lornadoone | December 11, 2007 9:05 PM | Permalink to Comment