Three reasons why employees procrastinate (and how they can stop) (HC Online)
I'm pretty good a procrastination, in fact I'm awesome at it which means I'm constantly on the look out for ways to counteract my procrastinating tendencies. For those of you with laser-like focus who perhaps don't understand how you could be any other way this post may help to explain...
Three common reasons why people procrastinate:
They aim too high
Aiming to accomplish tasks that are just too big or overwhelming means they never get started.
Solution: start with the smaller fun tasks to at least get started..then move forward
They wait until they feel like it
Inspiration is awesome....except when it fails to appear. "Relying on emotion to spur action is also profoundly disempowering because it puts you at the mercy of the fickle whims of emotion and sentiment."
Solution: Don't make inspiration a prerequisite for getting started - sometimes you have to: Just do it!
They are too focused on what they need to do and not why
Perhaps it's all to do with not having goals clearly stated or defined.
Solution: Have a clear, conceivable vision t focus on and develop realistic, possible and inspiring goals to work towards.
Hope this also helps all my fellow procrastinators out there. :)
