The Real Reason You Procrastinate

Procrastination is single-handedly the biggest productivity and goal achieving killer. 

Do you find yourself regularly doing things that you KNOW aren’t really that important? 

Do you even catch yourself, acknowledge what you're doing isn’t that important - but keep doing it anyway??!! 

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself: 

 "I know this isn't that important - so why am I doing it?"

 "What's the REAL reason I'm procrastinating here?"

This week I explored with my clients on our coaching call the real and underlying reasons why you ACTUALLY procrastinate. 

Think about it for yourself - what do you do when you're procrastinating? 

Some of the answers from my clients on the coaching call to this question:

• Eating / snacking.
• Getting another coffee.
• Mindlessly responding to or cleaning up emails.
• Talking to colleagues about things that just aren’t important.
• Surfing carsales.com!!

Then we got to the heart of what is REALLY going on when I asked WHY? 

Some of the responses:

• Feeling overwhelmed about everything and not knowing where to start.
• Avoiding a hard task or conversation.
• Being reactive about tasks rather than being considered and strategic. 

At the core of what's really going on with procrastination is self-doubt and a deep sense of feeling like you're not good enough. 

Feeling like you're:

• Not good enough to tackle the massive task list ahead of you.
• Not good enough to have a hard conversation with a client or colleague.
• Not good enough to think strategically, have a go, start something new, step outside of your comfort zone etc. 

Once you start to address the REASONS why you're procrastinating - like self-doubt and the feelings of not good enough - then watch the procrastination drop away and your productivity level go through the roof!

Josh 'Procrastination Killer' Stone

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