Newsletter

July 31, 2007 Keeping An Open Mind

Most of us put things off at times. We may decide that completing a particular task is not what we’d like to do at the moment so we delay or procrastinate. When this happens occasionally we can often catch up later. However when procrastination is a pattern or characteristic of a person the issue becomes much more serious.

Some people have chronic problems with putting things off. They find that they are often unable to complete tasks or get things done, even when those things are really important. They may appear to struggle to become more productive while, at the same time, sabotaging themselves by avoidance and delay.

Chronic procrastination can be the cause of career failures, relationship problems, high degrees of unnecessary stress, guilt and many missed opportunities.

In this month’s Newsletter I examine the issue of chronic procrastination and how to overcome it. It is a problem that is usually found just under the radar and can be misunderstood or even missed by friends and loved ones.

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Procrastination

Procrastination: To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness. That is the dictionary definition.

Procrastination is not simply a matter of poor time management skills. Chronic procrastinators often have several issues that create what appears to be lazy or uncaring behavior.

However, people who are chronic procrastinators put off doing things because they want to avoid unpleasant emotions. Those emo... Please read on

Overcoming Procrastination

Chronic procrastination can ruin a person’s life by limiting his opportunities and creating enormous anxiety and depression. In this article I outline some strategies for coping with this problem.

Commit to a new attitude: The first step is to develop an attitude of wanting to make a positive change. Recognizing that making a change is the only way out of the painful loop of avoidance will set the stage for a real shift to occ... Please read on