Smashing procrastination and laziness

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