Inaction Causes More Procrastination. Get Into the Action Habit to Cure Procrastination!
Inaction Causes More Procrastination
In this chapter, I wish to expose the vicious cycle of inaction: The reason why people procrastinate is because they fear that they can't do things right. So in other words, fear causes inaction. When you fail to act, you don't learn anything. So you become ignorant. When you are ignorant, you develop MORE FEAR because you become more afraid on how to act. THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF INACTION FEAR INACTION IGNORANCE In the end of the day, your procrastination only causes you to do nothing as it becomes worse and worse. Here is an example: Supposed you are 11 years old and you do not know how to order McDonalds. You are afraid that you would say all the wrong things. So you hold yourself back and watch all the kids' line up to buy their food while you wait for your mom to finish shopping before she buys you lunch. What if you have reached the age of 15 and you are still afraid? It seems far fetched but it can get worse because at the age of 15, you start seeing more and more kids at the age of 11 buying their own McDonalds and your fear intensifies! You start telling yourself that it is even harder for you to learn now because you are afraid that the 11 year olds would laugh at you. Chances are people in this situation usually wind up doing nothing for other areas of their lives. We see people telling us ONE DAY they will finally learn how to swim, drive, start an Internet business or learn Chinese… Don't put off tomorrow what you can do today! In the next chapter, I will deal with how to develop the action habit. Get Into the Action Habit to Cure Procrastination! Nothing comes merely by thinking about it There is a big difference between doing it and going to do it (but doesn't). You have to take action! What is the secret to curing the fear of action? Why the action itself! It seems funny but once you actually start taking action to do something, you break the ice and things really get easier. It is just like swimming. People who are afraid to swim are often PUSHED INTO THE POOL and left alone to struggle until they are unable then they are rescued. Often what happens after they 'survive' is that it is easier for them to learn swimming after that. Action cures fear! Once you start taking action, your mind subconsciously pick up signals and start finding solutions instead of excuses on how looking for solutions. Your solutions start producing results. Results and encouragement skyrockets your confidence giving you new strength and vitality and will give you the courage to face tougher challenges. You will also learn to make better decisions for the big decisions. But what about the unexpected? The unforeseen? There isn't any insurance money can buy from life's circumstances. The only certainty about life is that it is uncertain because we will never know what will happen tomorrow. However, this is not an excuse not to take action. There is one law of nature - action must precede action! Take for example a writer with writer's block. He sits around all day waiting for inspiration to hit him like a lightning bolt. He wants to be moved before he pens down his next word. Finally, one day when his deadlines were pressing him, he decided he could wait no more and started writing gibberish on his keyboard. The next thing he new, he started correcting and rearranging a few words… words became sentences which became paragraphs and the rest is history. The writer overcame his writer's block by taking action. He could continue to procrastinate until he got his inspiration but in the end of the day, his inspiration came from within. He got his engine started and nothing could stop him after that. Never ever wait for others to volunteer to take action before you do. People are passive and negative by nature so if you want to move as a team, it helps if YOU start and get the ball rolling.
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