Comments on: How to Stop Procrastinating on Your Online Business

By: Cindy Bidar @ PLR Articles

Cindy Bidar @ PLR Articles — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:08:13 +0000

In reply to Mark Mason. HaHa! No. But I'm the geek type and it sounded like a cool class to take. Which it was.

By: S. Glover

S. Glover — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:36:55 +0000

What synergy! I just wrote an article entitled, Productivity versus Procrastination for my newsletter. For a similar take on the subject, view it here: http://www.thebusinesspractitioner.com/newsletter.htm

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:58:05 +0000

The two main reasons I procrastinate are (1) don’t know what to do or perhaps how to do the task (and may not be interested in figuring out how or where to learn what or how), or (2) don’t LIKE doing the task that needs to be done. Sometimes I also trip over fear of failure, but it’s really mostly about #1 or #2 for me. If I don’t like the job at hand, there’s not a lot to be done about it but to force myself to jump right in (altho I sometimes fantasize about having enough income to outsource some of those types of things — and that’s a decent alternative for some people).

If I don’t know how or what I need to do, I remind myself that once I’ve tackled this, (1) I’ll have a new skill or bit of knowledge under my belt, (2) I may go on learning about this, but the hard part — the procrastination-promoting part — will have been conquered, probably. THEN I try to wake up Curious Me or remember times when I jumped right in and it wasn’t so painful or I was delighted with what I learned, or it didn’t take any time at all, etc. Whatever works / all of the above.

Glad you’re back, Mark.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:32:03 +0000

I’m certainly in contention for the title of World’s Worst Procrastinator. But I’ve found that I’m more effiicient now that I upgraded Evernote. I have a couple notes on there that I use as Honey Dew lists. And the more-frequent reminders are more likely to catch me in the mood to do thins I tend to put off.

By: Steven Bellisle

Steven Bellisle — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:04:08 +0000

My first thought while reading this is I am a victim of procrastination too. But after a moments reflection I had to admit I am instead, a willing accomplice. Shame on me.

Gotta get back to work. Thanks for the article.

By: Debra Conrad

Debra Conrad — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:47:15 +0000

Boy can I relate! The to-do list get’s rearranged constantly… because I don’t want to do this or that right now.

I love Cindy’s idea of just giving yourself permission to play… AFTER… 5 minutes of work.

The idea of breaking down your project or idea into baby steps is powerful. The task won’t seem so daunting.

My biggest problem is that I forget! I forget that I purchased this thing and need to use it in that way.

The latest blunder happened when I was searching for a good domain name for a new project, looked to see if it was available… and it wasn’t.

I checked WHO-IS and it was ME!! LOL… Duh.

I may think I’m organized – but that just proved that what I think and reality are miles apart. 🙂

By: Mark Mason

Mark Mason — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:54:16 +0000

In reply to Cindy Bidar @ PLR Articles. Physics? Are you a science or engineering type?

By: Mark Mason

Mark Mason — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:44:21 +0000

In reply to Chuck.

LOL — that is exactly the problem. Will do.
Mark

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:07:22 +0000

And stop procastinating on that podcast! 😉

By: Kent F

Kent F — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:10:25 +0000

Mark – you and I have the same issue – we spend 60+ hours a week working for “the man”. So, I really don’t know if procrastination is the issue so much as time constraints and an over-generous belief of what we can accomplish on a part time basis.

We all suffer from lack of focus, and we have ourselves to blame. To many gurus telling us what to do. AND, a buzz in our ear telling us that our ______(adsense site, membership site, etc.) is old and archaic unless we are using this new thing.

By: Josh Spaulding

Josh Spaulding — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:33:45 +0000

I was beginning to think you fell off the face of the earth. As you know, I’m pretty lazy 🙂 Fortunately I don’t have the time restrictions some people have, so I can usually start to see when my procrastination starts catching up and I can get my butt in gear.

I will admit that all the procrastination over the years has cost me. It’s hard telling how much more money I would be making now if it weren’t for that… I don’t even want to know!

Great points though and you’ve motivated me to cut out some of the dead time and get a little more work done each day.

By: Cindy Bidar @ PLR Articles

Cindy Bidar @ PLR Articles — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:15:16 +0000

Ah, procrastination. The death of so many great ideas.

The best tip I ever heard for dealing with procrastination is to get started. Not to force yourself to do something necessarily, but to just start. If I’m avoiding writing an article for example, I might give myself permission to go do something else, but only AFTER I spend 5 minutes outlining. That’s it, just five minutes, then I can be free to continue procrastinating.

But 9 times out of 10, I don’t stop at just the outline. Once you get started, it’s much easier to continue. I think I learned that in physics class long ago, and it’s still true.