10 of My Own Quotable Quotes - Part 1
Procrastination becomes second nature when you Uncompromised Life Review is trying to avoid too many demands. Sometimes there just isn't enough time to do everything that is on our plates. There may be practical demands that interfere with the best of our intentions. Although there may be some truth to this, if, in the face of all the other demands, you find yourself procrastinating with "time-wasters" it is probably a sign that you are avoiding meeting a number of demands. You may need to look at your commitments to see what is realistic.
People also procrastinate in an effort to avoid their self-judgment. They may have poor self-esteem or may have limiting beliefs about themselves. For instance, someone might believe "I'm not good enough," or "I can't," but not really want to get confirmation of that by attempting the task. They have beliefs that keep them from attempting it, such as "This is impossible." At the same time, they don't want to test their belief. It is easier to avoid it. That way they can continue to believe that if they had tried, it would have reinforced the belief.
The final reason that people procrastinate is that it works. When we procrastinate, we DO avoid something, although usually only temporarily. In place of doing something we DON'T enjoy, we often substitute an activity that we DO enjoy. As a result, we are reinforcing our procrastination. We are rewarding ourselves for our own bad behavior. When we "get away with it," we increase the likelihood that we will do it again next time. If you were to guess, what would an estimated guess coming from you say your real potential is -- your ability if you were not burdened by low self-esteem or anything similar to that.
Would you say your potential to reach success is pretty high. I am sure your answer is something similar to "It is really, really high". Well, we have already gone through a good argument for this -- we have limiting beliefs and other things limiting ourselves. The question is - do we have to get rid of these, replace them with better beliefs, or what are we supposed to do... And - if we can do different things to get the results that we could in reality get - which way is the best... I am going to go into that right now, actually.
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