Posts Tagged With: Procrastination

By Anthony D Carter

1-Pick a goal that matters greatly to you. The stronger your desire for the goal the sharper your focus will be. If your goal matters a great deal to you then you will work with intensity to hit it. It helps to tie your goal to a dream that you want to come true. Your goal should also tie in to other goals. So often we have small goals that we must hit before we hit our main goal. Make your goal a goal within a bigger goal. Then the importance of that goal as it relates to the accomplishment of your bigger goal will help to keep you on track. Also the progressive achievement of your goals should lead to your obtaining a dream. When your desire for that dream is strong then you will be compelled to stay on track.

By Anthony D Carter

Associating with negative people. You become like the people you hang around. Complaining personalities and pessimistic attitudes are contagious. Even though you may not want to be a negative person you eventually will be if you continually associate with other negative people. It is nearly impossible to be motivated if you are pessimistic.

By Anthony D Carter

If you are motivated you can complete some monumental tasks. If you are not motivated it is hard to get up off the couch and walk to the mailbox. You can remain motivated on a consistent basis if you avoid certain pitfalls. Here are three barriers which can keep you from staying motivated:

By Anthony D Carter

“The two rules of procrastination: 1) Do it today. 2) Tomorrow will be today tomorrow.” ~Author Unknown

By Anthony D Carter

Reward Yourself. Whatever gets rewarded gets repeated. In order to form new tendencies reward yourself whenever you take action without waiting. You will eventually eliminate the habit of procrastinating. That habit will be replaced with a desire to use initiative in order experience the good feelings that come with your reward.

By Anthony D Carter

Change Habits. Change your habits by making a decision to react to your responsibilities in a proactive way rather than a passive manner. When you procrastinate you usually say, I’ll do it later.” You have to switch that to “I’ll do this right now.” Start a new habit by repeating this affirmation to yourself throughout the day: “I do it now”

By Anthony D Carter

Procrastinating is a habit that ruins our motivation to do what it takes to get our dreams. The longer you procrastinate the longer you put off experiencing the joy of hitting your goals and getting what you want.

By Anthony D Carter

Procrastinating ruins our motivation to do what it takes to get our dreams. And the longer you procrastinate the longer you put off experiencing the joy of hitting your goals and getting what you want. Here are three keys to eliminating procrastination.

By Anthony D Carter

Procrastination cost us many opportunities. When we wait instead of acting we let chances for advancement pass us buy. Here are three tips for stopping procrastination.

By Anthony D Carter

Motivation helps us go after our goals with excitement. When our motivation level is low our work habits suffer and so do our results. Here are three barriers to staying motivated.