Taking Action: Working Through Procrastination and Achieving Your Goals

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Taking Action: Working Through Procrastination and Achieving Your Goals by  Dr Jay Earley is a book meant to get your sit up and examine yourself.

Many a time we are unable to succeed due to procrastination. In this book Dr Earley addresses the steps how you can great around procrastination by being able to identify the root cause for this feeling of yours.

Reading through the nine chapters in the book will give you an idea on how you can get around this stumbling block which is hampering your progress and chance of success.

Procrastinators are often unconsciously afraid of what will happen if they attempt to do the task. They may be afraid of failing, being judged, shamed, rejected, or other painful consequences.  They may be also afraid of succeeding, and getting rejected or attacked if they do.

Often this has to do with bad experiences during childhood which affects the person well into his/her adulthood.

What can you do then?

– Identify your Procrastination pattern
You need to know what procrastination  behaviour and feelings that you have and what triggers them. You may procrastinate by indulging in distractions, postponing, being indecisive or rebelling against something.

– Identify if the problem is within yourself or due to external factors like other people

Are you suffering from internal conflict where one part of you wants to take a break while the other part of you wishes to be discipline and continue working hard? Are the people surrounding you all procrastinators which make it hard for you to start moving?

– Learn how to avoid certain behaviour and stop procrastination in it’s track.

Each time you feel that you are slipping have a buddy to rally support for you so that at the end of the day the tasks that you have set yourself do get completed.

My Thoughts

I like how this step by step activity book helps you work through your inner demons and give solutions on how to curb procrastination. I personally have been procrastinating a lot when it comes to doing regular exercise. I am still far from my ideal weight and through reading this book I was able to identify my triggers for procrastinating in this area. Now that I am more informed about why I feel such way I am sure that I can block myself from procrastinating again and be able to reach my goal weight.

For anyone fighting with procrastination I strongly advise that you get a copy of this book.

You can purchase a copy of this book for $9.45 from Amazon

Disclaimer: I received a copy of Taking Action: Working Through Procrastination and Achieving Your Goals for review purposes.

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