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"We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful." --Arnold Bennett

I'll admit it, sometimes I don't feel like working or writing or answering my e-mails or my phone. And in occasion, I'll fess up here, I don't love going to the gym. And when I get into these mindsets, I have an uncanny ability to scare up a few dozen other things I could be doing instead, things as varied and fascinating as organizing my receipts or walking the dog or catching up on some reading.

Sometimes I'll even procrastinate on one thing by doing something else which I had been procrastinating on, but which somehow seems preferable to the more pressing thing to put off. Like, sometimes I don't want to write and that I will choose the gym over writing.

For the most part, though, I'm lucky. I love what I do and I have overcome my minor bouts with procrastination by working with my other-than-conscious mind and working with my intention to set my daily, weekly, monthly and yearly courses, setting watermarks along the way to make sure I am succeeding in my goals.

When we procrastinate, we're simply avoiding. I suggest, that there are times when we can find value in procrastination. Sometimes when we avoid one thing, it'll push us to do something else.

Time is of the essence. We've all heard this and most likely, we've felt the impact of not having enough hours in a day. Time management is difficult when procrastination is an issue so having a way to reroute the procrastination is vital. Procrastination is a habit that can be broken. When you break an old habit, however, it's important to have a new one in its place, a system for dealing with the ruts that we've gotten into over time.

It is your intention or lack of intention that makes or breaks you in terms of procrastination. When you switch your intention and have solid resolve it is akin to setting your other than conscious mind on a quest. For this to work to your advantage, you have to properly train your other than conscious.

Here's something you can try: have a conversation with your other than conscious and ask it for its help in getting things done. Set small goals at first, goals that you are certain you can keep, because you are training your other-than-conscious to work on your behalf. So if you say, 'I'm going to take out the garbage', take out the garbage. That's doable. And if you say, 'Tomorrow I'm going to make two phone calls which I will follow up on with letters', then make those phone calls and write those letters.

Visualize yourself keeping your appointments with yourself, following up on your intentions, and getting things done. By creating this synergy with your intention, other-than-conscious, imagination and your deep desire to accomplish what you need to accomplish, you have the ability to push past any procrastination problems you might encounter.

About the Author

Kenrick Cleveland teaches techniques to earn the business of affluent prospects using persuasion. He runs public and private seminars and offers home study courses and coaching programs in persuasion techniques.

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