Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - August 1, 2023

 “Procrastination is not Laziness”, I tell him. “It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself.” ― Julia Cameron

Procrastination is the lazy cousin of fear. When we feel anxiety around an activity, we postpone it. - Noelle Hancock

The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started. – Dawson Trotman

Last week, TTTW started discussing ideas of how to complete our work so that we can spend more time on rest, relaxation and time with loved ones in the final month of summer.  This week’s tip is to overcome procrastination and not fear failure.

As the author has stated, she is a recovering perfectionist. Recently, she was assigned a task at work.  Last year when the same task was assigned to her, she waited until the last day to complete the task and was stressed to finish the task.  This year when the task was assigned to her in a new system, the author immediately set up meetings with people she needed assistance from to complete the task and finished the task within 30 minutes.  Finishing the task three weeks early gave the author peace of mind and she knew she was working on overcoming her perfectionist tendencies.     

 In “This former CEO cut her 70-hour workweek down to 30 with 3 productivity hacks—start with ‘tossing your to-do list’”, the author states that to-do lists are actually hindering outputs.  Each time we check off another task, our brains get a hit of dopamine. For this reason, our brains choose the effortless tasks first and push off the larger tasks that will potentially have the most impact in our overall quality of work and our dreams.

We have got to keep the momentum going in order to achieve all of our objectives. – Bill Vaughan

Each reader should focus on the harder tasks to  help us keep our momentum going to prepare us to finish the last quarter of 2023 strong.

ACTION: What big tasks do you need to stop procrastinating on and to help keep your momentum going through the summer to set you up for an amazing last quarter of 2023 and provide more time for what you want to do?   

 

Resources

·        https://itsallyouboo.com/procrastination-quotes/

·        https://www.geckoandfly.com/18617/quotes-office-job-occupation-working-environment-career-success/

·        https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/this-former-ceo-cut-her-70-hour-workweek-down-to-30-with-3-productivity-hacks-start-with-tossing-your-to-do-list/ar-AA1dJe7C?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=7fd1f298718c443c94c5a165b1ce9df2&ei=14m

·        https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/3-productivity-tips-that-turned-me-into-a-multimillionaire/ar-AA1e1lVU?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=83e5628256e344ecadcd2784fbac8b70&ei=9

·        https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/productivity-habits-trusted-by-the-world-s-most-successful-entrepreneurs/ar-AA1dECkT?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=efe5dd8122f24f3c992400e523aa54b3&ei=56

·        https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/laziness-isn-t-why-you-procrastinate-this-is/ar-AA16s7Uj?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=f4a60c0dd5ce4b8f80b4f33fc7129ced&ei=20  

·        https://www.npr.org/2021/11/05/1052968060/how-the-40-hour-work-week-became-the-norm

·        https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ford-factory-workers-get-40-hour-week

·        https://strongmadesimple.com/blog/small-actions-and-big-successes