The act of perseverance is equally as important to success
in your work at home position as oxygen is to our very
survival. Honest perseverance will undoubtedly get you
through the hard times even when you feel like you're
banging your head against a brick wall.
On the opposite side of the success coin is
procrastination. Perseverance can be summed up as simply
never giving up, for procrastination; you never actually
make it off the start line. In addition, the failure to get
across the finish line is too a form of procrastination.
Reasons for people procrastinating in their work at home
position are as follows:
* The Perfectionist Mentality - "I like things to be ready
before I can properly begin. I can't have any
interruptions, the place where I work needs to be calm and
peaceful. I can't have any callers disturbing me. I have to
be at prime health and fitness. I can't work when it's
beautiful outside; I just have to enjoy the sun."
The other form of procrastination - failing to cross the
finish line - is also the result of the perfectionist
mentality: "I'm not leaving here until this report is
perfect!"
For any perfectionist acting this way, they are simply
deluding themselves, believing that their defects are
examples of excellence. This defect-into-excellence complex
means that they believe they operate on a higher plain to
everyone else when in fact they are their own worst enemy.
* Fear of Failure - I believe the number one reason for
anybody to procrastinate in their work at home position is
because of a fear of failure. Many people are simply too
afraid of being anything less than right all of the time or
on a lesser note, afraid they won't become highly
successful on their first attempt. By thinking this way,
you are placing yourself under tremendous amounts of
unnecessary pressure, becoming paralyzed by fear.
In my opinion there is no difference between never leaving
the start line to never crossing the finishing line -
you're still no better off correct? You haven't reached
where you wish to be. Your work at home position goals are
still there waiting to be achieved.
Why allow yourself to be controlled by negative thoughts
towards your future in which you create this fantasy of you
being criticized, ridiculed, poked fun at by people who are
too fearful themselves of becoming who they really wish
they could be.
Of course with such negative fantasies dominating our
thoughts we find ourselves doing absolutely nothing - it
always seems far easier to just stay where we are.
Who else wants to overcome procrastination?
That's fantastic because I'm here to teach you how to flip
the success coin over so that perseverance is shining back
up at you. This process needn't be a chore, it needn't be
painful either.
How it is accomplished is by using two very powerful
formulas that cultivate productivity and perseverance and
not inactivity and procrastination.
1st Formula: Break It Down
How do you eat an elephant? Easy...one bite at a time! The
key to attaining great success in your work at home
position is to break down your work load into bite size
chunks and pick them off one by one as you progress through
your day starting with the most important.
Focus is key to making success out of this practice. How
many times have you been concentrating on a piece of work
when an email arrives in your inbox...in the email is a
link to a web page...from that web page you go to another
web page and so on and so on. Accomplish first what you
left your starting line for - get across the finish line
then check your emails.
You will find that as you tick off each task you feel a
mini sense of achievement, each strike-through on your to
do list is a mini victory. This keeps you in a positive
frame of mind, it keeps you motivated, and it keeps the
ball rolling, building more and more momentum, that's when
you're in the zone.
2nd Formula: Write It Down
When goal setting it is imperative to write yours down on
paper. In order to conquer procrastination writing is
equally as important.
With goals you focus on the future, however in this
instance you must focus on the present as you go about your
day. Start tomorrow by writing down exactly how you spend
your time - a diary of the day's activities and the time
you spent on each activity. Be brutally honest, no matter
what you did - put it down on paper.
By the end of your day just before you go to bed; take a
look at your day. It will probably come as no surprise to
you that a sizable percentage of your day is taken up with
time wasting, unproductive, unnecessary acts - you're only
human. All of these prevent you from getting to the
finishing line, from reaching your true potential; they are
all forms of procrastination.
Your day down on paper brings every thing out into plain
view. You can now clearly see how you spend your time and
where there is room for improvement.
I personally carry around with me a small jotter pad when
I'm doing this. The size small enough to fit into a breast
pocket - that way it's not a chore to have to carry around.
Whatever task or activity I find myself involved in I make
a note of the start and finish time.
It's going to seem a little strange at first to do this but
in order to truly get an accurate idea of how proactive or
inactive you really are, carry it through for a full week.
Break it down. Write it down. Two simple formulas but very
powerful at cultivating productivity that will enable you
to keep procrastination away for good leaving you to
achieve great success in your work at home position.
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