Deadly Enemies Within Ourself That We Have To Conquer Part 2 July 22
Last time wrote about FEAR on part 1 and now lets move on to the second enemy that come from ourself. The evil is called Procrastination, so what is procrastination? based on dictionary.com the word it self comes from
[Latin pr?cr?stin?re, pr?cr?stin?t- : pr?-, forward; see pro-1 + cr?stinus, of tomorrow (from cr?s, tomorrow).]
which mean; v. intr.
To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
v. tr.
To postpone or delay needlessly.
Put simply, procrastination is “Putting off. Remember when you said you will do something, but you keep delaying tomorrow, next day and so on until you realize its been 1 year that you said you will do it, but you haven’t?
Not just you even me I have done it, I really hate myself when I procrastinate. This attitude is dangerous for us…. and the reason to procrastinate is sometimes fear, for example “We cannot get a job until we get new clothes, but we cannot get the new clothes until we lose weight”, We fear to challenges ourself to be better and creating fear image within ourself, the most dangerous thing is when this enemy become our habit, grows on you like fungus or mold… just imagine when you start procrastinating and it spirals to other areas of your life until it gets too hard and you procrastinate about everything.
So what you can do now? Don’t worry… heres some step that you can take to kill this enemy Right Here, Right Now;
- Recognize that you are procrastinate,
“know yourself, your pattern and those moments you want to avoid” Wise said. And notice the excuses that you make. - Write down the consequences if you’re not doing it right now, like you will lose the opportunities, and you will not be able to get it again.
- Write down the reward, If you doing that right now what will you get? like you got more experience, you will feel lighter, less stress, your friend will appreciate you more, and etc. There is no such thing as Zero chance of winning of the game, except when you never join the game. when you identify what the reward that can you get, you will motivated your self and able to fight this enemy.
- Plan it and Put the Deadline. This is the critical step to fight this enemy, put you to do list in the place that you will see everyday, like your computer desk, mirror or put it on your calendar. I use Google calendar to put all my schedule as I can see it anywhere and integrated it with outlook.
There are other techniques from Jim Rohn that you can use to fight procrastination as well. Lets fight this enemy within ourself before it become mold within ourself, Whose join me to fight their own enemy? . Fighttt onnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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