{"id":727,"date":"2010-05-06T19:31:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T18:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/?p=727"},"modified":"2010-05-06T19:31:31","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T18:31:31","slug":"tips-to-overcome-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/05\/tips-to-overcome-procrastination\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Overcome Procrastination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/frog_time_management.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"frog_time_management\" src=\"http:\/\/integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/frog_time_management.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/frog_time_management.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/frog_time_management-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tips to beat\u00a0procrastination\u00a0from a recent <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/integrationtraining.co.uk\/time_management_training.html\"><em>time management training<\/em><\/a><em> workshop in Brighton and inspired by Brian Tracy&#8217;s book on time management and procrastination, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatthatfrogmovie.com\/\"><em>Eat That Frog<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Tips to beat procrastination<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be aware of your favourite procrastination activities &#8211; time management change start with awareness<\/li>\n<li>Set the intention to change &#8211; mental attitude is a good start &#8211; be specific too<\/li>\n<li>Do something easy first to gain confidence (frog tickling)<\/li>\n<li>Break larger tasks down to actionable \u201cnext steps\u201d (giant frog slicing)<\/li>\n<li>Ask will later really be better? (some it will be)<\/li>\n<li>Do the hardest thing straight away (eat that frog)<\/li>\n<li>Envision successful outcome and consequence of not doing (frog visioning)<\/li>\n<li>Set deadlines for yourself &#8211; artificial or real<\/li>\n<li>Public declare you will do something at a set time<\/li>\n<li>Make it easy to start (e.g. lay your gym kit out the night before)<\/li>\n<li>Use self rewards and consequences \u2013 e.g. \u201cI will go get a coffee after finishing this.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Establish patterns,\u00a0habits\u00a0and routines\u00a0incompatible\u00a0with procrastination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you liked that you may also like:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yo7_bUj5UG4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/07\/time-management-for-the-21st-century.html\">21st Century time management<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/07\/time-management-for-the-21st-century.html\"><\/a><a rel=\"external nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/07\/digital-strategies-for-better-time-management.html\">Digital Strategies for Better Time Management | Integration Training Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips to beat\u00a0procrastination\u00a0from a recent time management training workshop in Brighton and inspired by Brian Tracy&#8217;s book on time management and procrastination, Eat That Frog. Tips to beat procrastination Be aware of your favourite procrastination activities &#8211; time management change start with awareness Set the intention to change &#8211; mental attitude is a good start &#8211; be specific too Do something easy first to gain confidence (frog tickling) Break larger tasks down to actionable \u201cnext steps\u201d (giant frog slicing) Ask will later really be better? 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