Tip 10 Discard old habits
Were creatures of habit. Even if we know that a certain activity is no longer cost effective, we continue doing it anyway.
One example: not looking for alternatives. Its a lot easier to use the same, familiar road to work, but if theres a quicker, or more relaxing route you can take, find out what that other route is.
Its always good to have alternative routes. Traffic snarls occur in times when youre in a hurry.
If you started a story but never got around to finishing it, fish it out of your hard drive and finish it.
Procrastinator Theatre
But thats where you were all afternoon yesterday!
And rhetoric comes cheap these days. By doing a thorough job the first time, you avoid having to do a re-investigation because there were questions from the boss you couldnt answer. Old habits die hard. These qualities attract people. Just as we managed to clear the house of unwanted bric-a-brac, in come new ones. To stop procrastinating does not mean radically changing your life, or suddenly switching from one profession to another. |