6 Habits To Avoiding And Overcoming Procrastination


	6 Habits To Avoiding And Overcoming Procrastination
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4-1-2008 6:25 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ddcc75cc-7389-4de1-b516-5b7f72df6e2e/913B5698-171C-43B9-A1C3-581000E5A3EA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/" href="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.zmelifetips.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/">6 Habits To Avoiding And Overcoming Procrastination</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmelifetips.com/img/9E9A8EED-2F80-4682-9400-B90060B92F27" alt="Procrastination" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><P> Try to put me in a room
Distraction less
(Everything is everything)
Spare me from worse
In the studio, I would finally burn
(All the time is all you got)
Tempted to work
~Amy Winehouse~</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><P>In short procrastination is a habit if you will, a very bad habit, that consists in putting off something for the next day. <EM>Procrastination</EM> is to blame for most of our productivity problems and yet it seems that very few people actually do something about it. And this doesn’t solely apply to your personal life either, it just as well happens in your career as well, because chances have it you’ll behave the same way at work as well. Missed opportunities, frenzied work hours, stress, overwhelm, resentment, and guilt are just a few consequences.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><STRONG>1. Take It One Step At a Time</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmelifetips.com/img/307E8B64-1095-46F8-B0D6-551AF08EE128" alt="baby steps" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><STRONG>2. You Don’t Need To “Have To,” You Need To “Want To”</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmelifetips.com/img/DFF3ADE0-CE6A-4140-9445-5FCC1991310E" alt="Procrastination Masturbation" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><STRONG>3. Brainstorm Your Way Out</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmelifetips.com/img/C2C9D5FD-034B-495E-B7B5-F89EFE8B0F3E" alt="Brainstorming" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><H3><FONT color="#ff0000"><STRONG>4. Time Yourself</STRONG></FONT></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmelifetips.com/img/A68B3800-F4C8-445D-9813-231E9B0DAE44" alt="Timer" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><STRONG>5. Eliminate All Other Distractions</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmelifetips.com/img/4557A1BD-6146-4C14-BC48-19502C5C5590" alt="Distraction" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><H3><FONT color="#ff0000"><STRONG>6. Stop Being A Perfectionist</STRONG></FONT></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmelifetips.com/productivity/how-to-overcome-procrastination/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmelifetips.com/img/FA64C6AE-7F5B-456D-AF48-107506CAF5E4" alt="The Perfectionist" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/913B5698-171C-43B9-A1C3-581000E5A3EA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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