Q1: How would you like to feel when your work is done today?
Got it?
Q2: What actions could you take now to maximise the likelihood of feeling like that?
The answer to Q2 will probably include stuff you don’t feel like doing now.
You have two choices: face up to what you need to do  & do it [...]

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For many people, procrastination is perceived as being the same as laziness. If you’re not getting things done, if you’re not meeting your commitments, people are quick to generate all manner of unpleasant labels:  sloppy, unreliable, useless, lazy.
But is this fair? Is it even true?
For me, laziness suggests an unwillingness to do anything. When I [...]

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What is it that causes us to delay action? What is it that causes us to procrastinate?
Steven Pressfield calls it Resistance. His wonderful book, ‘The War of Art’, explores this concept better than any other book I have found on the topic. It’s a book I use in the Smarter Egg Overcoming Procrastination programmes.
This quote [...]

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One common misconception about procrastination is that we only tend to put off the things we hate to do. There are so many examples of tasks we would love to avoid: housework, going to the dentist, having a ‘difficult’ conversation etc. It’s easy to understand why we might choose to delay acting on those.
Would it [...]

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Procrastination is a powerful force. Quite often, it’s too powerful for us, preventing us from taking action in the way we would like.
One of the keys to overcoming procrastination is to allow ourselves to build systems, structures and relationships that give us the means to overcome the impulse to procrastinate. This piece from the The [...]

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Even though I use a quote from Albert Einstein elsewhere on this site, this post is not an exploration of his theory of relativity!
In recent weeks I have experienced both the total relaxation of holidays and the hectic busyness of a very full work schedule. Every day that passed apparently had the same number of [...]

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It’s showtime!
The first Smarter Egg Overcoming Procrastination programme will commence on Wednesday, September 23rd at the Ambassador Hotel, Cork. The first session will run from 7pm to 9.30pm.
This will be the first of four sessions with the other dates reserved for September 30th and October 14th & 28th.
Places on this initial programme are strictly limited [...]

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Procrastination isn’t a victimless crime. And it probably shouldn’t be described as a crime either.
Procrastination can have consequences. We can miss opportunities. Relationships can fade unnecessarily. Sometimes, we even face sanctions because of our failure to do something on time.
This story, from one of the better sources of inspiration on productivity online, is quite powerful. [...]

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I am a recovering procrastinator.
I didn’t always know what that meant but for as long as I can remember, I’ve been good at putting things off. “I’ll get to that next week” or “Tomorrow would be a better time to do that” or “I’ll just do this first”: these are common thoughts that occur in [...]

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Imagine how different your childhood would have been if your mother was totally blind. Imagine how different your everyday routine would have been. Imagine how you would have communicated with her.

This was the dilemma facing Andy Bounds as he grew up. He recalls how as a child, he sat on his mother’s knee and asked [...]

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