Since I’m not much of a chatter so to speak, today’s daily attitude email will be short and sweet.
Something that many of us struggle with (especially myself) is procrastination. As the ancient Chinese Proverb says “The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step”.
So many times we have great intentions – whether at work or in our personal life. We’re going to get started on that new project, tackle that daunting task, read a good book, or lose weight. But for some reason, we can’t quite get around to taking that first step.
We’re all guilty of procrastinating. But here’s the thing that I’ve noticed. Procrastinating when something is important, when it’s something you know you should do, can drain your energy and you won’t even know it.
“Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There’s nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.”
This quote by William James is so true. There are times when I have difficulty setting aside blocks of time for certain things even though I know I should be doing it. In fact, I even love doing it (once I actually get started), but….here we go….back to that first step.
When I need a ‘nudge’ to get started on a particular task, I visualize just how good I’m going to feel once I can mark that task off my to do list. I know I’ll feel energized. I also know I’ll feel proud that I did something that I didn’t want to do.
So make it a point to find something that works for you when you need a nudge to get started.
Here is a link to a video that I found awhile back that I refer to from time to time to give myself a nudge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W7GB5Fh2XM
Now let’s get to work and eat that frog!
If you’ve read this far and don’t know what that means then you haven’t watched the video. Stop procrastinating!
– Jason Lerblance, Mavidea’s SEO Guru
