We discuss different types of procrastination and some seemingly counterintuitive advice for beating them all with Mary Lamia, author of What Motivates Getting Things Done: Procrastination, Emotions and Success, to learn why so many people are procrastinators.
Lamia reveals the two factors that make high achievers shine:
* They don’t miss deadlines, whether they procrastinated or not.
* They always produce quality work.
She also sheds some light on how our emotions can inspire processes for getting things done:
'If you are a deadline driven procrastinator, you are not going to be activated by a pile of dishes in the sink until something else triggers the emotion in you.'
'We see procrastinators who are up against a deadline for a major project saying that they are distracted, and they are cleaning their closets and they are doing the dishes...They reprimand themselves for being distracted, when in fact, they are not distracted at all.'
'They are simply activated by their emotions at that moment… The deadline isn't quite close enough. They're putting that energy into all those other things, and then they get to the task at hand and they pull it off.'
Not all procrastination is created equally. Josh and Shelby highlight three common types:
* Overwhelm: Avoiding projects that seem too intense
* Fear: Avoiding the unknown
* Lack of benefit: Avoiding the risk-reward cycle in favor of comfort
Courtesy: www.success.com
