• What is the difference between procrastination and laziness?
  • How do you know whether you are procrastinating, or actually postponing a task for better outcomes later?
  • What are the unhelpful assumptions you make to put off doing a task?
  • How can you break the procrastination cycle?

This talk, and the primer on procrastination, intend to help you:

  1. Understand the components of procrastination.
  2. Rationalize the excuses you make to procrastinate.
  3. Build helpful self-talk to overcome excuses.
  4. Use 10 practical tips to work your way through procrastination.

Leave comments and questions for the speaker, Dr. Tarique Sani on procrastination, and your experiences with overcoming it.

Speaker: Dr. Tarique Sani is a psychotherapist, paediatrician, forensic expert, PHP geek, photographer, cyclist, and currently a runner.

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10 practical techniques to overcome procrastination

Submitted Feb 21, 2021

Here are 10 practical techniques to overcome procrastination:

  1. The worst first - start with the most disdainful aspects of the task to get over the worst part of the task/goal.
  2. Use momentum by starting with the tasks you enjoy doing.
  3. Just five minutes of tolerating discomfort - this is like going on a run where the first five minutes are uncomfortable. But as you keep moving despite the discomfort, you start to feel more comfortable and better.
  4. Set time limits - don’t do the entire task all at once.
  5. Utilize your prime time or your best times in the day to complete difficult tasks.
  6. Prime place - choose the right place for the right task, a place that helps you avoid distractions.
  7. Remember - then do. As soon as you recall that something needs to be done, get it done right then.
  8. Use reminders - place visual prompts, post-it notes, etc before you to get into action.
  9. Visualize positive consequences of completing the task to motivate yourself.
  10. Focus - calm your mind.
  11. Bonus tip: plan rewards - guilt-free rewards and play time for completing uncomfortable tasks.

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