Tip 11 Its mantra time once again
Once in awhile youll deviate from your intentions. Youre a human being with limitations, or else life, without warning, takes a detour, and we get derailed.
Lets take a lesson from our brothers and sisters in the east who live by mantras that they recite to themselves every day.
Heres one you can recite in the morning as you wake up: I will not procrastinate today. It is unproductive. I have tasks to do, and I will write them down so I can decide which of them need to be done by 12 noon. My goal is to finish at least 2 big tasks and 2 small ones.
Old habits die hard.
Men Procrastinate
If you were to clock workers who spend too much time by the water fountain, it becomes apparent who the true procrastinators are.
(Successful Work Habits in a Week, Hodder & Stoughton, 2002). Ask them to publish recommendations on the art of composting and how to filter through household waste. Actually, accomplished writers all echo the same thing: dont wait for a flash of lightning to shake you out of the doldrums, or that writers block will go away and youll be churning out pages in no time. |