INSTANTLY STOP PROCRASTINATION: Overcome Resistance, Boost Productivity, and Achieve Your Goals Now (2024 Guide for Beginners)

By MONICA MCKINNEY

"Instantly Stop Procrastination" is your ultimate guide to breaking free from the grips of procrastination and unlocking your full potential for productivity and success. This book offers practical strategies, actionable insights, and effective techniques to help you overcome the habit of delay, seize control of your time, and accomplish your go

• Language: English
• Publisher: MONICA MCKINNEY
• Release date: Nov 17, 2023
• ISBN: 9783988316066

MONICA MCKINNEY

Monica McKinney, a resident of vibrant Los Angeles, is an accomplished author and productivity expert dedicated to helping individuals overcome procrastination and achieve their goals. With a background in psychology and personal development, McKinney's work is grounded in practical strategies for real-life transformations.

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Monica Mckinney

INSTANTLY STOP PROCRASTINATION

Copyright © 2023 by Monica Mckinney

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Contents

1. INTRODUCTION

2. On The Trial Of Procrastination

3. Concept 1 | Purely a Matter of Attitude: Finding the Right Start

4. Concept 2 | Self-Efficacy: Conviction of Success

5. Concept 3 | Self-control

6. Concept 4 | Prioritize, Relax and Decelerate

1

INTRODUCTION

Even though you know there will be consequences if you don’t do the assignment, everything in you goes on strike at the very thought of performing it. Sounds recognizable?

Is it, maybe, a term paper from college?

Alternatively, how about that bothersome project at work?

You already know what happens when something is pushed off: plenty of coffee and some very late nights. And yet, you continue to put off getting things done.

But what does procrastination actually mean?

The word procrastination has Latin roots and originally meant something good. This would imply that putting off doing something isn’t necessarily a sign of fault on your side and could equally well be a sign that the activity at hand is unnecessary. Without first taking a closer look at it, procrastination doesn’t need to be painted as a bad thing. And that’s what this manual seeks to accomplish. Procrastination can be avoided using the techniques described in this book, and eventually, it can be totally eradicated.

However, how can procrastination be avoided when some jobs are so annoying that your entire being rebels against finishing them?

When people experience traumatic events, such as the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or a significant setback after previous success, personal transformation can sometimes happen overnight. These kinds of experiences can give rise to the oft-mentioned now-first-right attitude, in which a loved one’s character is fundamentally altered in order to save his relationship, or when every ounce of strength is mobilized to find a way back to success. These experiences are what Gerhard Roth, a brain scientist, calls teaching moments.

Teachable situations frequently unleash forces that weren’t even contemplated. The issue is that sometimes people manage themselves destructively. People who have this tunnel vision risk neglecting their own health in favor of their goal. This happens with the majority of fast-paced change, which is rarely long-lasting. However, what can still be inferred from them is that if specific circumstances can drastically alter a person, then transformation is in fact feasible.

The route outlined in this book makes no claims to be a quick fix or a teachable moment. Instead, it provides you with strategies that enable you to stop procrastinating permanently while behaving without partiality and with regard to your well-being.

The various metrics for measuring procrastination and its most prevalent causes are covered in Chapter 1. There are various self-tests and techniques that are adapted to your particular tendencies after these causes are understood. Imagine it as a website for customer service where you may navigate through a variety of alternatives and choose the ones that will be most beneficial to you.

The second chapter offers helpful insights to assist you deal with motivation issues, for instance, if you tend to struggle with it. The causes of procrastination are examined in greater detail in chapters 3, 4, and 5, along with helpful activities that will help you cope with it successfully. Along with teaching you how to set priorities, exercise more self-control, and slow down in the fast-paced, technological world of today.

Change is possible. By choosing this book, you have already made a significant first step. It is a great place to begin! The next step will be to carefully read it and apply what you have learned to practice. You don’t have to make any significant changes overnight or abandon your preconceived notions. Everything we teach you will always be simply a little, doable step on the way to the long-awaited success you’ve been searching for in the battle against procrastination.

2

On The Trial Of Procrastination

Procrastination might actually be helpful as a sign that you might benefit from reordering some parts of your life, as we have already learned. Knowing when to let go of things, people, and tasks that no longer offer value to you might be a result of this.

The reason why people procrastinate has many different explanations. For instance, you can be a person of great discipline and consistency who has just put himself under too much pressure. In this situation, setting priorities or even skipping over some activities entirely can be the best course of action for you.

Due to the fast-paced lifestyle linked with digital media, if you are someone who is quickly sidetracked by impulses, Concepts 3 and 4 will provide you with practical solutions to this issue.

Prior to beginning that, though, let’s take a closer look at the various, scientifically definable forms of procrastination that inspired the creation of the ideas and exercises in this book. The intention is to demonstrate how delay can be an effective technique for making decisions. a device that has grown in popularity over the past few decades thanks to digitization.

New research and established theories in the hunt for reasons

Recent research has revealed that perfectionism, rebellious conduct, and a strong interest in new things are some of the basic inclinations that contribute to procrastination. The desire to do a task to the highest standard while still possessing the necessary knowledge to do so, which results in delay, is the root of perfectionism. Both rebellious behavior and a keen interest in novel things are understandable. However, these findings are not as in-depth as what we will discuss in the pages that follow, starting with the 4 reasons for procrastination that are listed below.

Cause 1: Disliking the job

Numerous studies have shown that the most common reason people put things off is task aversion. A lack of skill is frequently the cause of aversion. Procrastination could take place if a person is unable to complete a task successfully. Lack of skills is not the only relevant issue; compatibility with personal interests is also important: Even though a person is capable of doing something, he chooses not to do it since it doesn’t interest him. Underachievement as a result of this can cause procrastination.

A person’s unique character and accompanying preferences toward motivation are frequently determinants of their level of aversion. Some people have the ability to immediately urge themselves to complete jobs they have a strong aversion to. Others simply don’t achieve because they don’t have the time to motivate themselves. Each person has a different capacity for self-motivation. The ability to motivate oneself, however, is one that can be developed via training. Finding motives is all that motivation really entails.

Steel (2012) claims that studies have shown rewards for completing unpleasant jobs to be effective motivators. The greater the reward’s proximity, the greater the increase in motivation to complete the activity. There are a number of more approaches as well, which we shall discuss in the following chapters of this book.

Self-assessment questions to assist you in selecting the ideal concept for you

Having trouble even getting the work going in the first place? The approaches in Concept 1 are the best ones for dealing with this issue.

Having trouble starting because there are so many duties to complete? It’s important to consider Concepts 1 and 4.

Feeling unprepared for the assignment and rejecting it as a result? You have access to potential answers for each of the topics, but especially 1, 2, and 4.

Cause 2: A lack of confidence in your ability to achieve

Every person aspires to succeed in some shape or form in their daily lives. Effectively overcoming obstacles is necessary for achieving it. It takes a lot of work in some