What is your procrastination style?

This blog is for members of this community who are procrastinators because they already decided to attend our community gatherings yet they have not attended yet =)

This is also for those aspiring core team members on their NT final task.

And for Core Team members who have difficulties finishing their requirements to become Business Coach because they are procrastinating.

And for all online community members who would like to bust procrastination.

The Six Styles

According to It's About Time by Dr. Linda Sapadin there are six types of procrastination that a person can be solely or a combination of. The styles are:

1. The Perfectionist - "I must make sure that everything is perfect before i join the core team"

Perfectionists procrastinate because they want everything to be perfect.

2. The Crisis-Maker - I will become part of the core team when my financials problems are really haunting and worrying me.

Crisis-Makers procrastinate because they love living on the edge and only get motivated at the last minute.

3. The Dreamer - There are too many tasks and assignments. I just want it in one page. Why does the process seems so complicated.

Dreamers procrastinate because they hate dealing with all those bothersome details.

4. The Defier - I am a free lancer, I do not need coaches and mentors. I will create my own business and will make it succeed on my own.

Defiers procrastinate because their difficulty with authority makes them resent and resist doing tasks.

5. The Worrier - What if they are scam?

Worriers procrastinate because they are afraid of change and worry about ‘what if?’

6. The Overdoer - I am too busy with my religious commitments, I am to busy with my other social organizations, I am too busy with my family, I am too busy....

Overdoers procrastinate because they have too much on their plate, don’t prioritize well, thus, have difficulty getting it all done.

What Procrastination style do you have?

Here are some ideas you can overcome your procrastination style:

1. Ideas for a Perfectionist Procrastinator

- Strive for accomplishment, not perfection.

- Focus on what’s achievable rather than on what’s ideal.

- Avoid ?all-or-nothing?, black and white thinking.

- Avoid using extreme words in your conversations, i.e. perfect or failure.

- Express yourself more in terms of choices, not just obligations.

- Give yourself a time limit for completing a task.

- Make your ?to do? lists short and practical.

- Delegate or get others involved, letting them do things their way.

- Reward yourself for your achievements.

2. Ideas for a Crisis-Maker Procrastinator

- Understand that you may not be interested in doing a task until after you get involved in doing it.

- While thinking about a task, focus at least as much on facts as you do on feelings. (what needs to be done vs. whether you feel like doing it).

- Avoid overdramatic, polarized language.

- When discussing a task or responsibility, focus on the positive aspects on it, not just the negative.

- Keep a journal of repetitive crises in your life so that you understand your patterns.

- Figure out another way to handle a situation so that you can avoid recurring crises.

- Create your own motivators to change a boring task into an interesting one, so that you will be more motivated to do it.

- To counteract your need to stimulate yourself by creating artificial emergencies, engage in other activities, such as sports, that can get your adrenaline going.

3. Ideas for a Dreamer Procrastinator

- Avoid thinking that you don’t have to do things that other people need to do, because you’re “special”

- Be mindful of the difference between “feeling good” and “feeling good about yourself”.

- Appreciate the difference between dreams and goals. Dreams are fantasies. Goals you have to work toward in order to achieve them.

- Develop the habit of thinking in more detail, not just ?I want to be successful? but what do I need to do to be successful. Probing questions that begin with ?what?, ?when?, ?where? and ?how? are particularly important for the dreamer.

- Change your “I wish” and “I’ll try to” to “I will”.

- Change your “someday” and “soon” to a specific time.

- Use an alarm, timer or beeper to remind you to do a task.

- Each day, assign yourself at least one special “get ahead” task in addition to several “catch-up” or maintenance tasks.

- Do fewer passive activities and more active ones.

- Plan each major project in writing, using a time line (specific dates as to when it will be done).

4. Ideas for a Defier Procrastinator

- Learn to view what someone else wants or expects as a request, not a demand.

- Think about negotiating with people, not just defying them.

- Pick your battles carefully, weighing what’s really worth fighting for according to a scale of priorities.

- Mean what you say and say what you mean.

- If you haven’t done something, own up to it, rather than taking a passive-aggressive approach.

- Minimize expressions of indignation or self-righteousness.

- Be aware of your tone of voice. See if you can sound more positive rather than hostile, challenging or condescending.

- Take pains to “decide and do” rather than “complain and defy”.

- Do what you know needs to be done. Don’t wait till somebody tells you to do it and then act out of defiance.

- Work with your team (family, work group etc.), not against your team.

5. Ideas for a Worrier Procrastinator

- Avoid mentally catastrophizing tasks and events.

- Recognize that making no decision is, in fact, making a decision.

- To help yourself become more decisive, follow a two-part decision making process. First, commit yourself to the goal, then determine what steps you need to take to achieve that goal.

- When faced with a challenging task, be sure to give as much consideration to what’s exciting about it as you do to what’s making you afraid.

- Instead of panicking with a rhetorical “what if?” question, go one step further and state the answer.

- Reduce the number of qualifiers, such as “kind of”, “maybe”, “perhaps” in your speech.

- Reduce your worrying by changing your “I don’t know”s to “One thing I do know is….”.

- Read motivational books and develop a personal repertoire of motivational phrases.

- Break down every large, intimidating project into an assortment of smaller, easier-to-do tasks.

- Spend more time with optimistic people who inspire self-confidence, and less time with pessimistic people who foster worry and self-doubt.

6. Ideas for an Overdoer Procrastinator

- Say good-bye to the Superman/Superwoman myth. You can’t do it all.

- Focus your thoughts on how to gain control over things, instead of how things are controlling you.

- Look at life as an adventure, not a constant struggle.

- Learn to say “no” to others when you think it’s appropriate.

- Talk more about your options, less about your obligations.

- Speak less defensively, and more positively, about the times when you’re relaxing or just hanging out.

- Avoid characterizing yourself in self-talk or in conversations as powerless or without choices.

- See what tasks you can eliminate (not do at all), consolidate (do in conjunction with other things) or delegate (enlist or hire help).

- Take relaxation breaks as needed and enjoy unexpected free time.

- Create contingency plans and back-up systems before you need them, so that they are readily available if and when you do.

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Join the Core Team and bust the procrastination habit and adopt a habit of success. Success is a habit, so is failure and so it mediocrity.

Once you bust your procrastination habit, you will be amazed at how much more you can accomplish, how much better you will feel about yourself and how much more satisfying your life will be.

For your wealth and abundance.

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