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Success doesn't come from knowledge; it comes from action.
“If [more] information was the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.” - Derek Sivers
🎯 These pieces of advice have helped me to overcome procrastination and take action instead
#1. Do not aim for perfection. Instead, take a small first step toward your goal and build upon it.
"A remarkable, glorious achievement is just what a long series of unremarkable, unglorious tasks looks like from far away."
#2. Use the RPM (Rapid Planning Method) by Tony Robbins instead of To-do lists. Ask yourself:
- What result do I want?
- Why must I achieve it?
#3. Set up your work environment to minimize distractions or go to a location dedicated to work. Christ Bailey wrote a significant portion of his book The Productivity Project on an airplane.
#4. Set a 5-minute timer whenever you feel the urge to distract yourself from work. Mostly, you will notice that the urge has already faded when the timer goes off.
🧾 Ressources
If you want to learn more on how to beat procrastination I would highly recommend checking out Tim Urban's blog.
"The procrastinator's problems run deep, and it takes something more than "being more self-disciplined" or "changing his bad habits" for him to change his ways-the root of the problem is embedded in his storyline, and his storyline is what must change." - How to Beat Procrastination, by Tim Urban
📖 The top 3 books on how to overcome procrastination are
- The Procrastination Cure, By Damon Zahariades
- The Procrastination Equation, By Piers Steel
- Procrastination, By Jane B. Burka And Lenora M. Yuen