"To get where you want to go in life, you must start where you are". We should always remember this if we want to have a successful life. We have to be decisive and it is the key to success. The opposite of decisive and will bring downfall to us is ambivalence & procrastination.
God does not like ambivalence or procrastination. For example, when we are supposed to reach out to others and we will just say tomorrow or may be next week or even next year. As this goes on, it eventually will never start. This is a real story about a woman who sits on boyfriend's toilet for 2 years. The woman was physically stuck to the seat of the toilet as her skin had ground around it. Her boyfriend reported the police and the police found her not glued, not tied and just physically stuck by her body. The police asked the boyfriend why it takes him 2 years then he report it to the police. He answered " Everyday i will bring food and drinks to her and i will ask her to come out. She will just replied me 'maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow'".
As we can see from this situation, we must be decisive in our life when making our choice. For example when a girlfriend asking his boyfriend when is he going to married her and he will just replying her by saying "dunno, next year perhaps, etc". This is not the answer what the girl wants.
To overcome procrastination, there are several points we can do from A-I.
Activate Your planner - plan everything out and write it down so you can remember it.
Break large task - always do the toughest jobs first so we can see clearer. Ex. How do we eat an elephant? Little by little..
Create datelines - make a datelines to discipline yourself
Deal with the mess - clear unnecessary things as clutter kills productivity.
Encourage yourself - think positively
Face your fears - Face it and deal with it. Do not run away.
Goals Review - Write down all great things you have done as a self motivator.
Hang On, Don't give up - To overcome procrastination, it takes more than one days. So hang on, don't give up.
Initiate Now - Stop waiting and stop saying maybe. "just do it"
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Ambivalence & Procrastination
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