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| Why do People Procrastinate |
Look, you're a smart man. A creative person. A dedicated individuals. I'm pretty sure about all of this, otherwise you wouldn't be an ambitious dreamer or read this Article. So why can't you solve a small problem of procrastination?
If you are like many people, this question has haunted you for a long time . One of the most annoying things about procrastination is that it seems to be the easiest problem in the world to solve. In fact, it is one of the most difficult. Actually, this is not entirely true. Any problem is hard to solve, if you don't actually solve it.
I really mean: the only way to solve a problem is to solve it. If you try to solve a problem in using actions designed to solve other problems or actions designed not to solve any problem, but to maintain status quo , then you are forced to bombard. You can try from here to the moon, controlling all the mental energy, creativity and passion you can muster, and you will still never solve the problem.
The Problem
You may think that the problem causing your procrastination is laziness, lack of discipline, lack of self-control, immaturity, lack of commitment or similar lack of character. But guess what? It's probably with none of those.
First, most procrastinators are not, I repeat, lazy, liberal, , etc. In fact, most tend to operate in regions other than where they usually procrastinate. that we are regularly productive in areas of our lives beyond the areas that matter most to us. Second, applying harmful labels like "lazy" or "unruly" to yourself , from a problem-solving standpoint, is worse than worthless.
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| Most procrastinators are not lazy |
These labels not only misidentify the problem, but actually make the problem worse by undermining your confidence and causing you to fail. In addition, humans are often up or down; so if someone calls you constantly or if you constantly call yourself, lazy or don't contact, you are likely to live "down" off that label. More often than not, solving or solving a problem is a pretty simple exercise when we understand what the problem is. Treating procrastination as a symptom of laziness or lack of discipline does not work, because this is not the cause of procrastination. Instead, they are symptoms, like procrastination itself, of a deeper problem.
The problem is usually: You have never been taught good work habits. Since we're living in a vacuum, that probably means you've learned the "default" habit of low- or non-productive instead. This leads to what I call behavior-based procrastination. Or, Fear: change, success, failure, etc. This leads to what I call fear-based procrastination. Usually people have both. Behavior-based procrastination is a relatively easy problem to identify and solve.
Fear-based procrastination is more complex. Unlike behavior-based procrastination , which is often due to lack of data or training , fear-based procrastination is caused, as the name suggests , by fear. Fear is unfortunately a major driver in many people's lives: it is often a rational, even optimal, response to life problems and stress as well as an ambitious path.