Comments on: 8 steps to reclaiming responsibility, one small step at a time

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By: sujata

sujata — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:40:02 +0000

Though I am a queen of procrastination, here are a few clichéd things that have helped, whenever I have managed to overcome it .

1. Reward yourself, keeping the best for last ..
( dont touch the desert until you have finished the obnoxious looking green healthy stuff on your plate)

2.Do one thing everyday for a short while, that will take you out of your comfort zone .(You can always jump back into your comfort zone but will often find you have expanded it)

3. Zero drafting: remember your last successful presentation and how you started preparing for it , having no clue where to begin .

4.Involve friends,relatives,colleagues, kids…turn it into a crazy, fun thing. Joke about it everyday.

5. STOP – being perfect.

(There. things we already know :P)

All the best :)

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Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:40:43 +0000

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By: John Bardos

John Bardos — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:39:15 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Christiaan,

We are all in the same situation to some degree or another. The reason we procrastinate is partly because change is scary, but mostly because we know how much hard work there is ahead.

Buying new gear, trying a new productivity system or even cleaning our desks one more time, is just a another way to justify the procrastination.

It helps me to remember that I am not the only one with fears and uncertainty. Everyone else also has the some problems, but the successful ones are still willing to do the work. I just try to do one or two major things every day and forget all the complicated to-do lists and planning.

Reward your self for getting one key task done every day. Do that key task before you check your email, play guitar, browse the internet, etc.

Quit screwing around and get to work! :-)

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:01:44 +0000

Well, you’ve outlined an excellent plan of attack, Christiaan!
I do tend to think that if we avoid tasks, it’s either because: 1) we have a natural phobia about beginning anything or 2) we’re actually totally bored by the prospect.
In the first case, your list will work. In the second, you’re probably in the wrong biz.

By: Christiaan

Christiaan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:17:01 +0000

THANK YOU!

I know what needs to be done indeed, be it one step, one breath or one “something”

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:19:04 +0000

Consider your virtual ass kicked!

I just returned from vacation and this is just what I needed. It has been really difficult to get myself moving on anything productive. You are right in that we are the only ones that can claim responsibility for our actions. If I didn’t do something because of something/someone else, because of….etc. No matter what it is, it always begins the same way, “I didn’t/couldn’t, because”.
It is true that outside influences, and people that are beyond our control interfere, but ultimately the final result begins and ends with each of us, the “I”.

By: james clemons

james clemons — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:48:27 +0000

forget the inventory
forget definitions
forget breaking down
forget scheduling

you already know all that stuff so well that it’s boring you to death.

do something, then do something again
like counting one’s breath
just keep doing what you need to do