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Learning From a Mouse About Clarity

By: Saskia Roell | Date: February 20, 2012 | Categories: Motivation

I’ve noticed that when I don’t deal with something right in front of me–either because I don’t know how or just don’t want to–the issue doesn’t go away. In fact, it usually gets bigger, and that’s what this story of a dead mouse is about.

The Best Way To Avoid Procrastination

By: James Perron | Date: January 27, 2012 | Categories: Motivation

There are occasions when we have a lot of things we need to do and we must increase our productiveness to complete our to’-do’s in a set amount of time. However, we often find ourselves wasting the free time that we have by procrastinating. If you would like to raise your productivity and eventually avoid procrastinating, below are some tips on how to focus on the task at hand.

7 Top Time Resource Management Tips

By: Jimmie Burroughs | Date: January 9, 2012 | Categories: Motivation

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End Your Procrastination in 3 Easy Steps

By: Al Duncan | Date: May 5, 2011 | Categories: Time Management

A lot of people spend far too much time looking for the perfect opportunity or the perfect timing to do something. Yeah…I know.”Patience is a virtue.” True. But it’s also true that “he who hesitates is lost.” Translation: Get up off of your butt and get it done.

Accountability Vs Procrastination In The Busy World Today

By: Shawn Shewchuk | Date: February 6, 2011 | Categories: Goal Setting

It is a common thing for people to put off doing required tasks until later. They will weigh it by its importance and decide if it is something they want to do now or later. We have many reasons to practice procrastination, things like stress, fatigue and laziness. We do not want to see that the consequences we are suffering are due to avoidable mistakes we have made. We do not see that we create our own negative atmosphere.

A Few Examples Of The Many Types Of Accountability

By: Shawn Shewchuk | Date: February 5, 2011 | Categories: Goal Setting

Accountability means to be accountable and is an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility for one’s actions. A person can be accountable in many different ways. Here are some of the types of accountability.

Is That Little Voice In Your Head Helping You Procrastinate?

By: Jim Hokins | Date: January 22, 2011 | Categories: Motivation

There is always a reason not to get something done. In fact, there are hundreds if not thousands of reasons why you should not get something done. What you need to realize is that each and every reason or idea on why you should not do something is given freely by you. It is that little voice in your head that feeds you this garbage and you listen to it.

Tips On How To Conquer The Habitual Pattern Of Stalling

By: Daphne Bishop | Date: November 17, 2010 | Categories: Motivation

Procrastination basically refers to delaying a certain task and postponing it for a long period of time until you have almost reached the deadline or skipped it. The basic reason of procrastination is laziness, even though a lot of people may try to justify their behaviors to other causes such as too much other work in hand, and difficulty in managing time.

Ways That Can Help One To Overcome Procrastination

By: Harri Jussila | Date: October 23, 2010 | Categories: Self Improvement

In our day-to-day life, most of us normally encounter some difficult tasks. However, different people handle such situations differently. Those who have a strong will strive to deal with such tasks immediately. However, the others, who unfortunately are the majority, opt to put off the tasks until later. This is what is referred to as procrastination. In order to keep your time management efficient, you have to strive to overcome procrastination.

Simple Way Of Breaking Down Tasks To Overcome Procrastination

By: Henry Taylor | Date: September 22, 2010 | Categories: Motivation

Shall I inform you of an easy technique to overcome laziness and procrastination? All of us procrastinate from time and time and put off important work. Most of the times, this procrastination is due to the fact that we feel the work is too difficult, boring or time consuming. So we try to avoid it as much as we possibly can.