We often observe that we make grand plans for our
work,health and fitness, financial growth,career growth etc and set lofty goals
but are not able to reach them even halfway.We feel lazy, procrastinate and leave
things we start midway.Sometimes we don’t even reach 25% of our predetermined
goal.This pattern repeats itself each time.We are unable to break free.We
desire to succeed and achieve but are not able to break the rut.
What then is the way out?
The main reason we procrastinate and do not push ourselves
to finish the set task is that there is no sense of urgency .We know there will
always be a tomorrow.And the next one.We do not realize that in the process of
this shift to tomorrows, we have wasted years.For some of us more than half of
our life is already over and our achievement quotient is not even 5% of what we
would like for it to be.If our roof broke in the rains we would fix it
immediately.Similarly if we fractured our hand we would attend to it
immediately because the stakes of delaying these tasks are colossal.
Thus, the only way out is to develop a sense of burning
urgency for our goals and then smash the laziness and procrastination with
hammers of discipline and rigorous work.
Steps to discipline and goal achievement
1.Set a series of
tiny realistic goals
2.Start upto 3 projects at a time and push yourself daily to
work on each for a while
3.Delete the possibility of failure.You will stay at it till
you finish it successfully.
4.Keep a journal of the time you spend procrastinating Vs
performing
5.Reward self for tiny achievements continuously.
6.Raise the bar of goals weekly
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