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Procrastination or Productivity
Part 1

by Kevin Hogan

My brain tells me it's fatigued.

It whines and grumbles when "it knows" full well that if it keeps spinning, it stays healthy. If it stops spinning...it probably won't get moving again.

So you crash for an hour and a half and then get back to working position (lying on the couch...oh, the poor brain has it sooooooo tough)and you wake the brain up out of the hot and humid summer air doldrums.

There are basically two kinds of people in the world that we are living in - those that are productive, and those who procrastinate.

In the fast-paced world that we are living in, productivity can be achieved in the snap of a finger. However, if you are slow even to bat an eyelid, someone may take away your golden opportunity to shine in life.

When opportunity comes along, it doesn't come looking JUST for you. It comes and you either seize it or someone else does.

It's as simple as that.

Procrastination is one of the most intense manifestations of self-sabotage that exists.

The time/money equation has never meant more than it does today.

In the U.S., people are getting laid off or fired every day because they aren't productive enough to justify their pay.

Businesses of all sizes are looking for good people who can maximize their time and produce results.

Entrepreneurs and salespeople are looking for those results from themselves of course, in addition to those who work with them.

In business, procrastinators are useless....and you do not let yourself ever fall victim to the whiney brain.

What is Procrastination?

It is very easy to fall into the trap of habitual procrastination. The root causes vary from individual to individual.

The message of procrastination doesn't.

MESSAGE: You have chosen to not be in control of your life.

Forget the causes...that's the story that manifests...that everyone sees...that no one wants to hire, that no one wants to date...

While it should be easier to avoid these pitfalls if you are aware of them, more often than not we still commit the same mistakes. Procrastination is habit defeating choice...and you and I are fully aware of both the feeling of "whiney" and the rationale that go along with it, versus choosing to be valuable.

After all, I've only missed two weeks of Coffee with Kevin Hogan in the last year. That's better than the 5-7 I tell you I will take the week off.

I can RATIONALIZE the whineyness (cool word huh?) and go to the lake.

It is merely human nature to try to cover up our life value by procrastinating away....

If we actually said, "Ugh, I'm whining, I want to kick back and just let it go," that would at least allow the recognition and validation of giving in to habit and inertia.

But instead people say, "I deserve..." and of course that is a schema of entitlement and that is danger sign 101.

Procrastination is a real life problem. It is a POWERFUL habit.

What's the first step in eradicating procrastination? Turn the page...

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Kevin Hogan
Network 3000 Publishing
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Eagan, MN 55123
(612) 616-0732

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