BRX Pro Tip: 3 Ways to Beat Procrastination
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with Business RadioX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you. Lee, I’ve been meaning to do something about procrastination, but I just can’t seem to get to it.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:11] Yeah, join the club. Procrastination, everybody kind of deals with this. It’s really difficult. There are so many things that interest us and distract us. It’s hard to stay focused for one thing for one time. I mean, even how we do these tips every day, you know, we don’t do them every day because if we did, we wouldn’t be doing it every day. We do them in chunks of ten few times a month in order to release them every day.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:36] So, one of the easiest ways to beat procrastination is to time block in your calendar and to put the time in and say, just like we do that, you know, Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon, we get together to talk and do things like this. So, when you time block something, it gets done because people break promises to themselves every day. You’re not reliable in this manner, but people tend to keep appointments. So, when the appointment is there for you to do something, you tend to show up and do that thing, and especially if another person’s relying on you. So, if you can get a partner in this, it will be even that much more effective. So, use your calendar to your advantage and book time in there for yourself to get more stuff done.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:21] Another thing that helps with procrastination is to take a task and break it down into the smallest possible tasks and add those tasks right into your calendar. So, again, you have a task, “I want to write a book,” if you put in your calendar, “Write a book,” it’s never going to get done. So, if you spend some time and go, “Okay, I’m going to outline the book,” that’s one task. And then, you go, “I’m going to outline chapter one,” that’s another task. Then, you go,” I’m going to outline the four parts of chapter one,” those are four more tasks. If you do that, and then put each one of those many tasks into your calendar, it’s more likely it’ll get done. And eventually, the big task will get done. So, break big goals into smaller parts, and you’ll find you’ll be more effective in getting them done.
Lee Kantor: [00:02:07] And the last thing is you’ve got to eliminate distractions. Getting anything done is difficult when people are chirping at you, and you’re dealing with other things like social media, or phone, or email or whatever it is. Those things are distraction. It takes a lot of time to kind of reboot yourself and get focused again. So, don’t kind of get into those time sucks of social media or just other types of distractions that are keeping you from your goal. So, you got to kind of turn off your devices and focus. You need ways that are going to protect you from yourself, so you can get more things done.
