We all know that procrastination is bad, don’t we? And so is distraction, right?
Huh!?? So we have to stay focused, AND we have to do stuff straight away??
Well, obviously not! Even the most important of tasks can be put off until the right time, that’s not procrastination.
So what is procrastinating?
Procrastinating is putting off doing things that you know you should be doing right now. It’s finding all those petty little excuses why now’s not the right time. It’s all those “I’ll just …. before …” excuses you make.
The trick is to pick a slot in your diary that you know you can make sacrosanct, where you know you can avoid the excuses, the interruptions, the procrastination, and get down to completing the task quickly and efficiently. And stick to it.
Credit goes to Peter Thompson and his “Time Management – the 8 Big Problems” ebook for the inspiration for this post.
