How to beat Procrastination

you know at one point procrastination will affect every single one of us and at its worst can seem like the most colossal Mountain to overcome and you know JK Rowling when she famously finished writing the first Harry Potter book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone really struggled to write she would procrastinate and could not write what would ultimately make her one of the richest people on the planet until she figured out how to overcome it and like many of us she went through her own personal challenges she went through the public breakup of her marriage and lost her mother but she would wake up every morning take her daughter to school and head to a local cafe where she would write for hours before returning home and then she would go the next day and again the next day and the next day and she built a routine that would fundamentally help her create the most famous book series in history arguably as she was a seemingly ordinary woman who managed to achieve extreme success by overcoming procrastination okay it's a different setup today I'm in my kitchen reason being the light was good and I wanted to talk to you today about overcoming procrastination because it affects us all and yes even me my name is Dr Jude I'm an orthopedic surgeon I have set a lot of exams done a lot of grueling recruitment processes and interviews and had to travel the world doing courses and conferences and speaking arrangements and there's a lot of pressure to be prepared and to study and prep and sometimes it's just difficult to get up and go but it becomes a problem when it becomes overwhelming and crippling and we're wasting days away doing frivolous activities and tasks rather than doing what it is that we really need to be doing such as the life admin researching starting your script writing your book building a project I don't know and if you're not sure how bad it is open your phone go to settings and check your screen time and see how much time you're spending on random apps and just think what you could do if you put some of those hours towards working towards your goals in the Colossal book Atomic habit James Clear emphasizes the importance of building good habits and how small incremental changes over time can have colossal results and to focus more on building The Habit rather than the outcome clear sets out a four-step framework for building Atomic habits make it obvious make it easy make it attractive and make it satisfying but that might be the stumbling block because if a task isn't easy isn't fun or attractive then we just never want to start in the book still procrastinating by Joseph Ferrari he says that we need to know what type of procrastinators that we are but there are 20 percent of men and women and there's no significant sex difference of men and women who are chronic procrastinators to tell The Chronic procrastinator just do it would be like saying to a clinically depressed person cheer up and he identifies three main types he talks about the arousal types of procrastinators those are people who wait until the last minute to feel that Rush of adrenaline to get up and do what they need to do the avoidant types who just avoid tasks to avoid the stress or the fear of failure and the decisional procrastinators who just avoid making decisions and therefore never stop now I want to discuss some of the strategies for overcoming that resistance that feeling of being heavy but before I do if you're getting value from this video please hit that like button let me know what you think in the comments and don't forget to subscribe now usually it is the exact task that we are avoiding that we need to do to unlock the next level that we are trying to get to in terms of reaching our goals because things that are easy and don't progress us are painless if they give us that Rush of dopamine That We crave but they end up having no overall effect on our lives and besides the low level of productivity there are other negative effects of avoiding tasks such as increased stress and anxiety poor sleep and overall well-being the good news is we can all get much better at dealing with procrastination it affects all of us even high Achievers and actually quote unquote successful people are some of the worst affected because of unrealistic expectations fear of failure and pursuit of perfectionism in the book still procrastinating by Joseph Ferrari he emphasizes the importance of understanding the root cause of procrastination and gives practical tangible tips for overcoming it allow me to summarize identify the type of procrastinator that you might be and try to understand the challenges that you're facing set achievable goals and deadlines and here's the key break it down to smaller achievable tasks use Canada's and to-do lists to stay on track establish routines and avoid distractions for example if you need to study for two hours every evening start small build the routine 45 minutes phone off no distractions Focus zoning you time time for you to read study prepare whatever but that time is non-negotiable and eventually you will be able to build up to spending more time doing that rather than watching Netflix in the humans recognizing negative thought patterns and beliefs that are contributing to your procrastination or your pursuit of perfectionism for me personally when it comes to creating YouTube videos I will never forget the saying done is better than perfect because nobody cares about the perfect idea in your head for example this very video had Grand plans two camera setups three lights a studio documentary style production but actually I had a couple of hours free in the afternoon and I wanted to speak to you about procrastination and it was therefore much easier for me to do it in my kitchen on the windowsill using the natural light I think the most powerful tip for overcoming procrastination is starting small build a routine but be consistent as I said before if you want to reclaim two hours in the evening to work on your goals then perhaps start with 20 minutes sit at your desk every evening for 20 minutes phone off no distraction go all in on your goal for 20 minutes the simple act of showing up will build consistency will build a habit that will become much easier to scale over time assistance and habit are two powerful tools that I have used over the last decade to accomplish some things that I never thought I would be able to when I set out on Napa just look at what it did for JK Rowling don't forget to subscribe and I'll see you in the next one thanks [Music]

Channel: DR JUDE

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Length: 7min 42sec (462 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 26 2023