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2 STOP PROCRASTINATION 33 ANTI-PROCRASTINATION HABITS TO STOP BEING LAZY AND EARN BACK YOUR 1095 HOURS A YEAR BY: SUBHA MALIK

3 Copyright Copyright 2017 Subha Malik All rights reserved. No portion of this ebook may be reproduced mechanically, electronically, or by any other means, including photocopying without the written permission of the author. Author: [Subha Malik] Website: -

4 INTRODUCTION Hello, my friend congratulations for buying my ebook and taking the first step towards quitting your habit of procrastination. My name is Subha Malik and I am a blogger and writer. Self-help is my favorite subject and I love to see people spending more fulfilling lives. So the idea behind this ebook is to help you and many other people who are struggling to beat procrastination. In this ebook, you will learn what the procrastination really is, what makes you procrastinate too often? What are the possible costs of procrastination and finally you will learn 33 Anti Procrastination habits to get rid of this destroying habit? You will also learn how you can use your procrastination to your advantage? Yeah, you read it right you can use your procrastination to work for you. Who is this ebook For This ebook is for all individuals who tend to put things off until the last minute and then feel guilty for not accomplishing their tasks and goals on time. This ebook is for you if you are struggling to beat your habit of delaying tasks and your habit of procrastination is ruining your career and your life in general. This ebook is suitable for both chronic and recent procrastinators.

5 Purpose Of This ebook The purpose of this ebook is to help people like you to get rid of the habit of putting things off which is also referred to as Procrastination. Because procrastination has many adverse effects on your personal and professional life, therefore, it is very crucial for you to beat this habit as soon as possible. Also, the purpose of this book is to make people aware of this dangerous habit and its consequences. You will learn what costs you will have to pay if you don t quit procrastination. What To Expect From This ebook After reading this ebook you will get all the necessary information about procrastination. You will learn what actually this habit is, what are its causes and triggers, what its possible consequences are and how you can beat this habit successfully. On the whole, you can expect the well-researched and to the point information about procrastination.

6 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER # 1: WHAT IS PROCRASTINATION? CHAPTER # 2: WHY YOU PROCRASTINATE SO MUCH? CHAPTER # 3: THE REAL COSTS OF PROCRASTINATION CHAPTER # 4: MAKE PROCRASTINATION WORK FOR YOU CHAPTER # 5: HOW TO GET RID OF PROCRASTINATION? CHAPTER # 6 : 33 ANTI- PROCRASTINATION HABITS CHAPTER # 7: CONCLUSION

7 CHAPTER # 1 WHAT IS PROCRASTINATION? The act of putting off important things which should be done now is known as procrastination. And a person who delays or postpones important things is called a Procrastinator. The word Procrastination is derived from Latin s procrastinare, which has two parts the prefix Pro means forward and the suffix crastinus mean till next day or tomorrow. It is avoidance of doing a task that needs to be completed. It is the practice of replacing your more urgent tasks with less urgent ones, thus putting off tasks at hand to a later time. In some cases, procrastination continues until the "last minute" before a cut-off date. The Procrastination can affect all areas of life like putting off cleaning the stove, submitting a job report or academic assignment, seeing a doctor or broaching a stressful issue with a partner. Procrastination not only makes you feel guilty and depressed, it also lowers your selfesteem. Now the real question is why do people procrastinate?

8 We being human tend to replace the less pleasurable things with more pleasurable things. What this means is, a procrastinator tends to do things with immediate gratification and puts off things where the gratification isn t immediate. So we can say instant gratification is one of the key factors responsible for Procrastination. A procrastinator puts off urgent task till the last minute and for doing so he comes with many excuses. Do you remember yourself thinking while you have to do an urgent task, I will do it later or there is enough time still or I have my own priorities? The truth is if you manage to complete your urgent tasks in a given time, you will feel happier. But in spite of knowing this fact, you still procrastinate, why? In the next chapter, we will try to figure out the reasons behind procrastination. Before diving into what causes of procrastination, let me clear one thing, Procrastination is a habit just like any other bad habit. And you can quit it with planning and by adopting certain anti-procrastination habits. I will give you 33 anti-procrastination habits to help you rout out this destroying habit. Enjoying reading this ebook? Click below to leave a review so that others can enjoy this too. It will only take a few secs! Leave a Review

9 CHAPTER # 2 WHY YOU PROCRASTINATE SO MUCH? We all procrastinate on important things from time to time but the real problem starts when procrastination takes the form of a habit. If you are a part of 20% of people who are chronic procrastinators, then you need to take some massive actions to get rid of this selfkilling habit. As I said earlier, human beings tend to do the things which are more pleasurable regardless of their level of importance. Because by doing something important simply means you have to sacrifice something more pleasurable you are already doing, you will surely delay this for sometime later. With that said, the causes of procrastination are not limited to just hating the task, there might many underlying factors which make you procrastinate too much. Here I will discuss most important factors responsible for procrastination. Perceived Difficulty of the Task Oftentimes, the task itself isn t that difficult but you don t start it because you perceive it to be difficult. What that means is the perceived difficulty of the task is one of the most important factors responsible for procrastination. Fear of Failure

10 Do you know it is often fair of failure which prevents you from starting a certain task? It happens you don t start a task because you are afraid of being not able to complete it. Here the most important point to keep in mind is you aren t aware of this fear of failure and you just think you didn t start because you are not in the mood. Anxiety & Stress Being stressed is another reason behind procrastination. If you fail to manage your stress and anxiety you are simply going to hate the task and as result, you won t start working on it. A procrastinator usually doesn t hate tasks themselves but he hates the emotions that flow through his mind while doing these tasks. Depression & Bad Moods If you are suffering from depression, bad moods, and mood swings, you will surely delay your current plans. What this means is bad moods and mood swings are another reason behind procrastination. If you manage to fix your bad moods, you will surely overcome this habit of delaying tasks. Lack Of Self Regulation If you are kind of person who has little or no control over his temporary desires and impulses then you are likely to delay your important tasks and in the end feel guilty.

11 Self-regulation and time management are important to overcome procrastination. Just beware of your temporary desires and impulses. Does procrastination help? There is a big No rather procrastination causes guilt and it makes your mind stressed. A procrastinator always remains in stress and pain. The truth is starting out and completing a task is a great way of removing stress and pressure from your mind. We feel extremely relaxed once we complete anything which was on our to-do list. On the other hand, if you postpone something which was an important one, you are stopping your onward progress. It will always remain on your agenda and will cause stress. If you want to be happier and more confident then set your goals and proceed according to your set schedules. In this way, you always have the satisfaction of completed work.

12 CHAPTER # 3 THE REAL COSTS OF PROCRASTINATION Procrastination is a very bad habit which leads to many physical and psychological effects. It may lead to depression, a lower self-worth and insomnia as well. A procrastinator continues putting things off and with the passage of time procrastination takes the form a habit. The problem is, he is not aware of the hidden costs of procrastination. It can cost you more than you can imagine. In this chapter we will discuss the real costs of procrastination, just to make you aware of the effects of this bad habit. 1. You Waste Precious Time This is perhaps the biggest cost of procrastination. By putting things off you are losing your precious time. Because a procrastinator waits until the last possible minute to do things, therefore he is found dealing with long lines. He also misses out benefits of investing early. Can you imagine how much time you have wasted till today, just because of your procrastination habit? Perhaps you have wasted your two, five or ten years, without making reasonable progress. You are standing there where you were years before. Why? Just because you keep putting things off!!

13 You will feel terrible because you can t rewind your life and can t get back the time you have wasted. A procrastinator feels frustrated at himself when he realizes how much time he has wasted and nothing is worse than feeling frustrated at yourself. 2 Procrastination Can Ruin Your Career Success in all areas of life is directly related to the way you work and how well you manage to perform. Sure enough, procrastination prevents you from achieving your targets or meeting deadlines, hence you can imagine the possible consequences of the same on your career. Your habit of procrastination may lead you to miss out on promotions, increments and in worse conditions; you may lose your job. 3 - You Miss On Opportunities A procrastinator at the workplace is branded as a lazy person. Consequently, you miss out promotions because the projects you want to do are offered to someone else who is thought to be more competent. Imagine how many opportunities have you missed out because you didn t take action at the right time (you procrastinated on). You already know some opportunities are life changing and these don t come again and again. You too can miss out on a life-changing opportunity if you keep procrastinating. So get rid of this damaging habit as soon as possible.

14 4 Procrastination Costs You Money Yeah! Procrastination costs you money and there are a lot of ways you waste money. For example, you pay late fees with a penalty, you don t take advantage of early bird discounts, you pay credit card bills late, you buy gift late. In this way by delaying what you need to do, it costs you more when you finally get to do these things afterward. 5 You Fail To Achieve Goals Because you don t take the first step towards your goals, you fail to achieve them eventually. The reason behind is the procrastination which comes into action with full force when you think of your goals or want to change something. We all set goals to improve our lives because we have a deep desire for betterment. But procrastination will prevent you from taking the very first step towards your goals. And in this way, you miss out the possibility of making your life better. All you need is to dig deep and uncover the root cause of your procrastination - this is how you will be able to achieve your goals in life. 6 Procrastination Lowers Self-esteem If you have an assignment or job to do and at the end of the day the job wasn t done, you will feel very bad about yourself. You will also feel down and find it difficult to concentrate on other things as well.

15 As a matter of fact, a low self-esteem is one of the factors behind procrastination and procrastinating further lowers your self-esteem. Procrastination will cause you to doubt your capabilities and you start to think about what is wrong with you. Procrastination will slowly eat away your self-worth and self-confidence. You will start to hold yourself back and feel inferior. 7 Procrastination Leads To Poor Decisions Your decisions are directly affected by your emotions and procrastination affects how you feel to a great extent. If you procrastinate on things, you tend to make poor decisions. This is mostly because by procrastinating, your criteria for decisions making becomes something which most likely wouldn t be there if you didn t procrastinate. Your decisions are always under pressure because you have left very little time behind, this leads to poor decisions in most cases. 8 A Low-Quality Output Putting things off until the last moment can cost you quality. Just for instance if you delay studying and wait for the night before exams, the quality of your product will suffer a lot. Procrastination leads you to sacrifice on the quality of the end product and leaves with a little to no options.

16 So, there are some consequences or costs of Procrastination, now can you afford to procrastinate on things? I know you can t, so read this ebook thoroughly you will find really working techniques and tactics to overcome this killing habit.

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18 CHAPTER # 4 MAKE PROCRASTINATION WORK FOR YOU We all procrastinate to some extent and put off things that we feel less pleasurable. Mostly importantly procrastinators don t sit there and do nothing while procrastinating; rather they do a lot of less important things in order to avoid the most important one. What all this means is, Procrastination is an art of doing something else when there are more important tasks to do. Here you can make your procrastination work for you. The act of delaying things to the last moment is the true form of Procrastination and you will be happy to know you can use this to your own advantage. I know you are thinking, How a bad habit like procrastination can be used to your advantage? Just continue reading You can use this act of delaying to prevent you from being overbooked. Most of the times you get yourself overbooked and overload your schedules with a lot of commitments and activities. The Inner truth is you actually don t want to do those things, but you already said yes without thinking about it. Now here is the trick, when someone asks you for doing something, don t say yes immediately, but respond him that you need to check your schedule. Ask them to wait for a day or two to think about it and also tell them you will get them back with your answer. In this way, you can use procrastination to stop being overbooked or overloaded.

19 With that said, procrastination can help you do a lot of things. Though it sounds strange, you can make it work exceptionally well. All you need is to have the main project that needs completion, but you hate doing it. For example, if you need to work on your thesis but you don t want to finish it. So, you will be doing a lot of other things, like cleaning your house and many other things that you never completed. This is just to avoid working on the thesis. The thesis is just an example; you can make your procrastination work for you. Let it push you to complete all your pending tasks, including your thesis as well. This is how you can do a lot of things just because of your habit of procrastination. All you need is to think a bit differently and use procrastination to your advantage. As discussed above, you can use it to prevent you from being overburden. You can delay by saying yes to everyone, it will give you time to think and you won t be overbooked. Procrastination also helps you to get things done, because when you are procrastinating on certain things, you aren t just sitting around. Rather you are doing something else to avoid that major thing that needs to be done. So do yourself a favor and stop beating you up. Just enjoy perfecting the art of procrastination.

20 CHAPTER # 5 HOW TO GET RID OF PROCRASTINATION? We all want to succeed in life, but most of the time we fail to take advantage of the opportunities which life brings to us. And the biggest reason for not availing the lifechanging opportunities is being a procrastinator. Sure enough, procrastination hinders our success and growth. Procrastination and laziness go hand in hand and being a lazy person you think you have a lot of time to finish the important tasks. You put off tasks until the last possible moments and become stressed. Sometimes the stress increases to such an extent that you do things in an ineffective manner. As a result, the quality of your end product won t be great enough. Before it is too late, let s find out how to get rid of Procrastination. Firstly notice yourself, if you feel are a victim of procrastination then all you need is to get organized. And start from right now. Start by organizing your room, your time, your daily routine and the things you usually do.

21 By doing these things, you will develop a sense of organization which will further enhance your stability. After some time being organized will become your habit, thus any time you notice something out of order, and you will immediately put it in the proper place. With the passage of time, this sense of organization will help you imbibe an order in you, and this will really help you to beat your procrastination habit. Secondly, make a routine. One helpful way is to maintain a monthly planner and write down both your short term and long terms goals in it. Also, mention the possible ways to complete those tasks. While making a list of tasks, make sure to mention even the minor things like ironing clothes in your monthly planner. Next, the most important things are to make a habit of doing these things and don t skip anything from your routine. I know you will find it very hard to follow this routine, but once you managed to stick with this routine; things will become quite easier for you. After some time, you will notice yourself accomplishing your short term as well as longterm goals within given time period. In this way, you will complete your goals in a timely manner and thus you manage to get rid of the habit of putting things off. With that being said, with planning and doing things in a productive manner will help you get rid of the habit of procrastination and will boost your productivity as well. By accomplishing your goals within the allocated time frame you will organize your lifestyle.

22 Sure enough, when you start to manage your time well, you will be always left with a lot of time every day. And you can carry out other activities you love to do and which were not possible due to your habit of procrastination.

23 CHAPTER # 6 33 ANTI- PROCRASTINATION HABITS As discussed in the previous chapters, Procrastination is the mother of all evil spirits and it can literally stop you from achieving all goals in life. In the previous chapter I have mentioned some fundamental steps to get rid of this habit of procrastination, now I will give you 33 anti-procrastination habits you. APH # 1: Build Do It Now Attitude The very first Anti-Procrastination-Habit is to build Do It Now Attitude. This is a really powerful way to get rid of procrastination. Whenever you feel like skipping some task that needs to be done, just think it now or never. By thinking this you will always manage to beat your procrastination. As we all know breaking habits especially the bad ones is always an uphill task to do. Same goes true with the habit of putting things off until the last minute; once this habit is formed it is really hard to break. But this doesn t mean you should lose hope and stop trying. Just hold your breath and jump right into the task that feels strange or feels like a forced action. This is how you can break this cycle of procrastination. All I mean to say is don t wait until the last moment, do it now and make a habit of doing it now.

24 By building do it now attitude you will look an organized person and more importantly you will feel a relief and gratitude when the job is done before the deadline. APH # 2: Decode Your Procrastination You might not be aware of the fact that procrastination is trying to deliver you some important message. When you don t feel in the mood to accomplish something, the very simplest reason could be you need a break from your routine or you need to eat something. On the other hand, there might something complex behind your habit of procrastination like you aren t satisfied with your job or you have a work overload. So do yourself a favor and instead of beating yourself for procrastinating, take some time to decode your procrastination. In other words, try to figure out why you re procrastinating. APH # 3: Divide Your Task into Manageable Parts So you need to complete a large project and you are unable to start the task seems too overwhelming. Just divide it into small manageable parts and focus on every single part at a time. If you still procrastinate on the task after breaking it down, then break it down even further. Soon you will see your task as much simple to get started. Let s suppose you need to write an ebook then instead of writing the whole book at one time just divide it down into parts like; brainstorming idea, researching information, drafting the content, writing chapter #1 to Conclusion, proof-reading etc. And complete every single step at one time.

25 You simply need to break down the project into smaller manageable parts and work on each part separately. Make each task an individual project and after completion of each one, celebrate and acknowledge your achievement. In this way, your task or project will look much easier and interesting to do. APH # 4: Start with The Most Enjoyable Part The hardest part of doing any task is always starting the task. Once you managed to get started on a task then you will surely get it done. So you should begin with the most interesting part of the project this will help you get started. The reason behind is the release of dopamine, which occurs whenever we excited about something or when something looks interesting to us. APH # 5: Set Daily Deadlines Instead of waiting for next Monday, just set the concrete daily deadlines for getting the thing done. As I said earlier break down your task into small manageable parts and then set a daily deadline to complete a single part on daily basis. Suppose you chose a topic for your new ebook on Monday, do research on Tuesday and make an outline on Wednesday. This daily deadline will keep you moving towards your end goal which finishing the ebook within one or two weeks. APH # 6: Fire The Distractions

26 Stop browsing too much as it distracts you more and reduces your focus. Check if you are using social media sites too often, just reduce the usage as I don t suggest to delete your social accounts altogether. If you are procrastinating too much then you need to eliminate your procrastination pitstops. Identify your browser bookmarks which distract you often and consume most of your time. Just delete them or simply move them to a separate folder which is least accessible. Disable and other desktop notifications and get rid of all other distractions which lead you to procrastination. APH # 7: Use Power Of Visualization You can use the power of visualization to have you effortlessly achieve your dreams and goals. When you create a vision you write in the present tense If you find yourself procrastinating on something, just visualize yourself doing and finally completing that important task. This visualization is really powerful and it can do wonders for you in quitting procrastination. When you visualize, you see as if you have already achieved your goal or if you are in the process of completing it.

27 Here is an example of how you can use visualization. Suppose you need to work on some business plan and you can t do that due to procrastination. You can visualize something like below: I am feeling grateful because I have done all the research work needed for my business plan. I am collecting all the information easily using the internet. I am connecting with people that have written successful business plans and I am using their advice to create an exciting plan that I resonate with. As I write, the words come to me effortlessly. In creating a vision and focusing on it daily, the universal law states that things, people, processes will begin to occur in your life that will allow you to attract that vision. By visualizing and focusing on it daily, you will actually start to work on your business plan or task that needs to be done. APH # 8: Don t Run Alone If you put off things because you feel that these are too complex and big for you to handle alone, then you should seek assistance. There is nothing wrong with asking for help because No man is an island. There could be many people out there to assist you in doing those complex and big tasks. Let s suppose you are a solo-professional and procrastinate on answering s, then all you need is to hire an assistant or find someone that wants experience or get a family member to do it for you.

28 If you procrastinate on life-changing activities due to your fear of the unknown, then find a mentor, get a mastermind group or join some support group. What I mean to say is, you don t have to do it all by yourself. Ask for assistance and do what feels good to you to kick this habit of procrastination. APH # 9: Dig Deep Into Your Desires To kick procrastination, spare some time to find out what you really want from life and what your personal values are. Find what your core desires are; Do you want more time, more money, better health, greater self-esteem and confidence, more fulfilling relationships, a different career, set up a business? The answers to above questions are really important. Because when you procrastinate, this is mostly because what you are planning to do is not really aligned with what you truly want. You may be scared of your skills or fear mockery from others. With that being said, getting really clear on what you actually want from your life is really important to overcome procrastination. This clarity will help you to look past distractions that may throw you off course. It gives you a direction and a target and will help to form a mental picture of your life. One of the adverse effects of procrastination is that it makes you feel out of control; you feel as if the events of your life are controlling you. If you don't know what you really want in all areas of life, it becomes too easy to jump from the one task to the next.

29 Apart from knowing what you want you should also develop some strong reasons why you want it. This will give you a sense of purpose and motivation that is critical for staying focused long term. APH # 10: Health Comes First If you are not enjoying good health, you will lack the energy and dynamism required to bring positive changes in your life. And this becomes easier and inevitable to procrastinate when you are really out of good health. To kick procrastination and bring positive changes in your life you need to take great care of your health. Make sure you are having a healthy diet, taking enough sleep, exercising and meditate regularly. By the way, it is thought that regular meditation helps to delay the effects of aging process. It is said, a healthy mind rests in a healthy body, so when you have a healthy mind you have energy and dynamism to beat procrastination habit. APH # 11: Catch Your Self-Talk Self Talk is that little voice that auto-plays in your head all the time. You need to monitor your self-talk because it can dismiss a wonderful idea that you might have. Usually, it says things like "I'm not in the mood" "I don't have time" "I can't do this". And these negatives in your head cause you to delay things until the last moment. It very important to stop these auto-playing little voices and then replace the words "should's" "oughts" "have to" with "want to" "desire".

30 You have a choice. Acknowledge your choices and expel the malfunction. Again, using affirmations can help you replace the blip with more positive alternatives. APH # 12: Learn To Say No! Saying "yes" to everything most of the times leaves you feeling tired and without the energy required to focus on what is most important for you. As a result, you start dropping projects and tasks. Here the key is to learn to say No to things and commitments that you can t fulfill in time. All you need is to identify what is most important to you. Then only focus on those areas which will make the biggest difference in your life. It will enhance your focus and motivation. APH # 13: Adopt S.M.A.R.T Strategy You can t motivate yourself unless you have a good idea of what you want to accomplish. You need to be crystal clear about your goals and you should think about what you really want to achieve in the short term and long term. For goal setting you can use the S.M.A.R.T (S = specific M = measurable A= Action R = Realistic T = Time based) Strategy. This strategy works on setting up Specific, Measurable, Action-Oriented, Realistic and Time-Based Goals. You can also use some goal setting software which helps you in goal setting. You can read more S.M.A.RT strategy here. APH # 14: Revisit Your Goals

31 Also remember to be flexible, revisit your goals regularly and modify or drop some of them if it seems necessary. Just because a goal is written down doesn't mean that it is set in stone! Now you are clear about your goals, next you should prioritize them by developing a plan or schedule to achieve your goals. While prioritizing and making a plan for your goals you need to identify whether some elements need to be included or enhanced or dropped completely. APH # 15: Reward yourself Once you are on the road to completing tasks, you must reward yourself and give yourself something you want. So instead of seeing a film before you complete a task, see it afterward and make it a reward for you. APH # 16: Do Challenging Tasks If your tasks are too simple, you will lose enthusiasm which is definitely necessary for completing projects. If your day to day tasks are too simple and easy to accomplish, you will definitely lose the enthusiasm. As a result, you will start procrastinating on important tasks. So to maintain your enthusiasm, you need to create and do some sort of challenging tasks. While creating tasks make sure they are reasonable, otherwise, you will get discouraged and abandon them before completion. APH # 17: Respect The Nature

32 Nature has created day and night for us to become tired (by doing work) and then get recharged (by having a good sleep). If you want to accomplish more then you should respect the nature by going to sleep early and thus wake up early. The night is for sleep not for work, and the day is for work not for sleep. When you spend your life against the rules defined by nature itself, your life suffers. So don t break the nature s rules. This is how you can spend your life more purposefully and ultimately get rid of your habit of procrastination. Because there are many physical and psychological benefits associated with sleeping early and waking early in the morning. APH # 18: Get Inspiration Dose You can boost your inspiration by hanging out with people who inspire you and who are not procrastinators. In this way, you will get a dose of inspiration to infuse drive and spirit into your work routine. Another great way to beat procrastination is to hang out with people who are living your dreams. By connecting with those people and seeking advice will help you accomplish your goals too. APH # 19: Stop Struggling Often you procrastinate on things when the emotional force isn t strong enough to push you for taking a forward action. What is happening in the background is; a positive force

33 within your head is being counteracted by a negative one, thus making you feel neutral and unmotivated. This leaves you sitting on the fence and accomplishing nothing. The real problem comes when you feel guilty. This further adds to the emotional hot pot! So the very first thing to follow is to simply STOP rather than struggle. APH # 20: Be Observant Of You Be observant and notice every detail of your procrastination. You should notice things like. What is actually making you avoid the task? What is driving the negative force or emotion about the task at hand? And what are you afraid of? Just take the example of writers (notorious procrastinators), they sit down with the good intention of writing and then quickly get distracted by things like a layer of dust on the shelves, a pile of washing in the corner and dishes that need washing. The truth is usually the writers have the fear of being not able to write anything readable. This prevents them from writing and they procrastinate too often. This is the counter-force behind their procrastination. So be observant and notice what your counter-force is. APH # 21: Utilize The Power Of Immediacy One of the powerful ways to get rid of procrastination is to learn and utilize the power of immediacy. Think about things that you do right now. What action can you take immediately to move closer to your goal or task? Here the key is to do something, no matter how small to break your mental cycle of procrastination.

34 Create a sense of urgency to help you take the very first step. Once you manage to take the first step, no matter how small it is, you will create momentum and you will automatically be driven to take the second step. Don t be a perfectionist and take the very first step towards your goal, without waiting for everything to be perfect. Just do it and get it going. Often you will only know what to do next after taking that first step. APH # 22: Setup Daily Reminders If you waste your precious time and don t finish your important tasks, then you should set up daily or hourly reminders to remind you of working on something. These reminders won t allow you to waste your time. Another great way is to set up a reminder that gives you motivation quotes, just to keep you motivated towards your important tasks. APH # 23: Kill This Bug First If you are a perfectionist you will be procrastinating on things because a perfectionist doesn t consider a task done and unless it is 100% accurate. So being a perfectionist you won t start a task because you are afraid of not accomplishing it with 100% accuracy. With that being said, for beating procrastination you need to kill the perfectionism bug first. As a matter of fact, a task done 80% accurately should be considered as OK and acceptable. So don t look for 100% accuracy, rather allow yourself for 20% errors or short comes. In this way, you will make it easy for you to take the very first step.

35 APH # 24: Focus on Results Nobody loves to visit a dentist or doctor but most people do visit them because they get results. I am sure you too don t enjoy going to the dentist. But you go because you want a result which is making your teeth and gums healthier and appealing. So you are ready to do the unpleasant task when you consider it worthwhile. Why not apply the same mentality to a challenging task? A task may seem boring or difficult to work on, but when you focus on the end result or the end benefit you will start working on it. Just focus on how great it is going to feel to get something important accomplished. And also think about how worse you ll feel when you don t give it your best and delay the task until the last moment. APH # 25: Forgive yourself It is pointless to beat yourself when you procrastinate and fail to accomplish something in time. If you think you can avoid procrastination in future by punishing yourself, then you are totally wrong. The truth is beating you up is not going to help you out rather it will send you right back into procrastination trap again. So just forgive yourself for the past unfinished things, and make a new start. This will surely help you overcome your procrastination. APH # 26: Refuel Your Creative Energy

36 One of the best ways to beat procrastination is entertaining yourself. You can go to the cinema watching the latest movie, play your favorite game and visit an art museum. At some point, it becomes inevitable to get away from your work and refuel your creative energy. Perhaps this is the best way to beat procrastination. APH # 27: Change Your Frame Of Mind Another great way to avoid procrastination is changing the channel of your procrastination. To do this you need to change your lifestyle. If you are a person who sits all day in front of computer or TV, then you need to change this routine. Here is how you can change your scenery, get up, do some stretches, jog in place, do pushups, and move until your frame of mind has altered. APH # 28: Announce Your Change Publicly If you want to get your work done in a given time period, then one great way is to make yourself accountable. Either you can have a motivation buddy or you can get this with the people around you. All you need is to be vocal about you change and announce it publically. You can use social media; can blog about it or simply write letters to your family and friends. Here the purpose is to let more and more people know about your goals or task that you are going to accomplish. You can do this every time when you need to make you more accountable for getting things done.

37 APH # 29: Change Your Environment No matter what your goal or task is, working in a wrong environment can make you surrender to procrastination. So if you want to beat procrastination you need to change your environment right now. You should stay away from the TV, Electronics (mobile phones etc), friends and loud places, this is only how you can focus on the task at hand. This means you need to practice discipline by working in the right environment that suits you well. APH # 30: Boost Your Creativity One of the best ways to beat procrastination is to create things which get you into a creative mood and makes you work. Doesn t matter what you do, you can do anything like Artwork, photos, videos, journaling, coding etc. Here the idea is to do something on daily basis to spark your creativity. This creativity mood will get you to work. APH # 31: Use Pomodoro Technique This technique involves working for the specific time period and then taking a short break. For example, you work for 25 minutes and take a short break for 10 to 15 minutes. Then again work for 25 minutes and so on. This technique is known Pomodoro Technique and it can help you accomplish your important tasks without procrastinating.

38 APH # 32: Experience Sense of Accomplishment To beat procrastination, one great way is to enjoy the small victories. What this means is instead of simply checking things off from your to-do list, you need to experience and enjoy the sense of accomplishment. You can do this by carefully tracking your progress. Sometimes checking off easy to do things on your to-do list increases your mental strength to deal with the difficult tasks. But you shouldn t do easy tasks just to take away from the difficult ones; rather you need to include the tiny and easy to do things in your daily checklist to build your confidence and momentum. APH # 33: Spare 15 Minutes A Day Sometimes you procrastinate when you see the big mess around you. So you don t do anything and prefer to procrastinate. You can spare 15 each day to clean the things (physical cleaning, , tiny tasks etc.) and prevent a load of things from getting bigger.

39 CHAPTER # 7 - CONCLUSION Thank you for buying this ebook and reading it until the end. I am sure you ve enjoyed reading this and I hope it provided you with the info and guidelines you expected from it. Procrastination is no more than a bad habit and you can beat this with planning and determination. The anti-procrastination habits as mentioned in the ebook are proven to beat or at least minimize this unwanted and destructive habit. As I told in the introduction of this ebook, I am a blogger and writer. You can check out my latest website here ( I love to read and write about self-help, motivational and inspirational topics.

40 QUICK SUMMARY EBOOK This book is aimed to provide you with a basic understanding of procrastination, its causes, possible damages and finally 33 simple ways to beat this habit. Procrastination is a habit of delaying important tasks until the last moment and then getting stressed for either not completing the task or simply being worried about the quality of accomplished task. Like all other bad habits procrastination too is a bit hard to get rid of, but remember nothing is impossible in this world. You can beat this by adopting certain antiprocrastination habits. Perceived difficulty of the task, fear of failure, instant gratification upon putting stuff off and being perfectionist are some of the major reasons behind this evil habit. There are many other factors as well which lead you to procrastinate. As discussed in the book by procrastinating you waste your precious time money and fail to avail the life-changing opportunities. Moreover, procrastination also leads you to stress and lowered self-esteem as well. So you need to get rid of this habit and believe me you can do this. Here I will quickly recap some of the anti-procrastination habits you can use to beat this habit. Firstly break your task into simple and easy to complete pieces, the purpose to get you started. Because getting started is the hardest thing to do, once you get started you are surely going to complete that task. So make it simple to start...

41 Next first do the most enjoyable part of the task, in this way you will slowly work on the task and get into momentum needed for accomplishing the task. Your next anti-procrastination habit should be "building a do it now attitude". This is perhaps one of the best ways to overcome procrastination. Make a habit of doing things immediately no matter how small these are. Do it now attitude will help you to do your important task within given time frame as well. Getting rid of distractions is another good way to stop procrastination. You can delete your unwanted browser's bookmarks, turn your Phone off while doing something important and avoid watching TV in the meanwhile. FINAL VERDICT I again thank you for buying my ebook and taking this step towards beating procrastination. I hope you have enjoyed the stuff inside and found it as expected from this book. Procrastination is a bad habit and it can cost you much, so you need to get rid of this habit as soon as possible. First of all, identify the real factors behind your procrastination and next root out those factors to eventually beat this habit. You need to dig deep into you and find what actually makes you procrastinate too much. Once you found the main culprit of you procrastination the road to quitting it would become very smooth.

42 To help you out I have mentioned the 33 anti-procrastination habits in this ebook which you can adapt to beat this unwanted habit. ONE LAST THING If you enjoyed this ebook, please don t forget to leave a review about this ebook on Amazon! This way others can enjoy this too! I'm just a home-based author with NO big marketing company behind me, so I highly appreciate your review, and it only takes a few secs to do. Here is the direct link to review page, just click the link below to leave a review: Thank you in advance for submitting!

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