have appreciated to a level that is not affordable
to them. If you want to be successful, then you
must adopt a ‘do it now’ attitude.
People procrastinate mainly out of laziness.
Someone may have good skills or talents and
they know it very well but the challenge comes
when they cannot allocate enough time for skill
practice and development. They may keep on
postponing to practice and eventually lose hope
or age before achieving their dreams.
A person who has a ‘do later’ habit, ends up
being frustrated as he keeps postponing work or
activities and when the pile-up is so much, he
begins to feel like a failure. His self esteem and
morale go down and this in turn makes the
person to lose hope. Procrastination should be
avoided at all costs. It is a big barrier to success.
Procrastination is a thief and one should
eliminate it as fast as possible. Everyone suffers
from it but the most successful people have put
in place measures to eliminate this disease.
How to overcome procrastination;
Have a list of things to do and a timetable. This
will help you to finish all your tasks without
leaving any out. We tend to perform the easy
tasks and procrastinate the hard or not so
pleasant tasks.
Good discipline. For example if you want to lose
weight, you must have the discipline to work out
and follow a proper diet if you have to achieve your
target.
Avoid interruptions once you have set your mind to
do a task. Interruptions include such things as
social media, phone calls and chatting.
3. TIME MANAGEMENT
Time management is a major factor when it comes
to success. We all enjoy 24 hours in a day but how
we spend our time makes the difference between
our success and/or our failure. It has been said
over and over again that if you fail to plan, you plan
to fail. A good time management practice should
have the following:
Have a well written time plan of the things you
want to do in a stated period of time.
Identify the biggest time wasters and eliminate
them. Social media, friends and phone calls are
some of the biggest time wasters.
Arrange tasks from the most important to the least
important.
Delegate tasks. You cannot do everything so learn
how to ask for help or assign tasks to experts.