Do it and you can beat procrastination

Chapter 6 The Psychology of Procrastination, 5 Psychological Effects of Procrastination (5)
The research results show that: before they start their own tasks, they often feel anxious and guilty. In order to alleviate this negative emotion, they will comfort themselves "It's okay to be late, pressure is motivation, maybe under pressure it can create Miracle..." As time went by, they had to put in the work to get the job done.At work, they will be sullen because of stress and frown because of difficulties.

The famous writer Jin Yong once said, "Things made under pressure are often not the best." He himself is not very satisfied with the works he completed under the pressure of delivery. Modified several times.

Although the ultimatum effect will bring people a lot of negative emotions and troubles, it does not have any tendency. As long as it is used properly, the ultimatum effect can also play a positive role and help you move towards success step by step and create life bit by bit and career miracles.

·Temporarily hold Buddha's feet

In the circle of the environmental protection industry, there are very few people who do not know Mr. Meng. Although he is now the boss of an environmental protection technology company and has successfully led his company to become the industry leader, Meng Lin was still 5 years ago. Just a sales manager for a company.What is the power that made him choose to resign and start a business?What is the power that led him to lead his company to come from behind and take the top spot in the industry?
Looking back on the past years, Meng Lin is full of emotions. When he first entered the workplace, like all young people, he eagerly hoped to make some achievements.However, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. As the years of work get longer and longer, many people have lost their passion and dreams due to trivial work, and job burnout has begun to emerge, and Meng Lin is no exception.Lack of work motivation and enthusiasm, always like to procrastinate, the pressure takes away the laughter, and sighs every day... If you don’t break out in silence, you will die in silence. Seeing the "old fritters" are always slapped by the leader, even It was cleared out directly, Meng Lin could no longer be passive and procrastinated, so he decided to change.

In order to overcome the negative impact of the ultimatum effect, Meng Lin formulated strict time management countermeasures against her procrastination.For example, if the company requires a certain task to be completed in one week, he will divide the work into 1 equal parts, and then give himself an ultimatum, no matter what, he must complete 5 part every day, which naturally avoids procrastination. state.

After implementing the time management measures, Meng Lin was pleasantly surprised to find that the boulder weighing on her heart was no longer so heavy, her work efficiency was improved, and her mental state improved a lot.Meng Lin, who got rid of procrastination, was quickly appreciated by the leaders and promoted to sales manager. Six months later, he got the financial support from his boss and decided to do something in the field of environmental protection.

After the establishment of the environmental protection company, the prospect was not clear, and there was no performance for a long time.But Meng Lin is a person with a plan in his work. As early as the early stage of starting a business, he provided a detailed development planning report to his boss (investor), and there are countless small deadlines in the report.For example, within half a year, the company will reach 1 employees and start to make profits; within one year, all investment costs will be recovered; within three years, it will grow into a medium-sized company... Whether it is in the initial stage of entrepreneurship or in the stage of rapid development of the company, Meng Lin always insists on A habit and principle of doing things is to complete fixed tasks within the specified time.It was this practice of giving himself an ultimatum that prompted him to lead the company out of the predicament and to the highest peak in the environmental protection industry.

Everyone has a procrastination mentality, but this is not an insurmountable "inferiority". If Meng Lin indulged her procrastination and negativity at the beginning, it would be impossible to have future success.Sometimes, it is very simple to divide the boundary between winners and losers. If you can overcome procrastination, you can enter the ranks of winners. Otherwise, you can only lose confidence and happiness in endless procrastination, and live in fear all day long. In the gray world.

If procrastination is so terrible, why is the procrastination team in real life still quite large?

Why do people procrastinate, and why do they unknowingly choose self-torture?Dr. Neil Foval once explained the mystery of procrastination in his book "Do It Now". He pointed out sharply: "The main reason people procrastinate is fear."

Because I am afraid that the work is not done satisfactorily, I choose to avoid it negatively; because I am worried that others will deny my ability, I would rather pretend to be a lack of time.In fact, procrastination is quite stupid, because it not only does not solve practical problems, but also makes you carry a heavy psychological burden.You are often only two or three steps away from success, but it is because of your excessive fear that you are always spinning in the circle of procrastination, making it difficult to succeed.

Battle procrastination skills: using the ultimatum effect to stimulate positive energy
In real life, most people can realize that procrastination is a bad habit, but in order to avoid pain and difficulties, they would rather choose to procrastinate with a heavy psychological burden.In fact, blindly shrinking can only "procrastinate and procrastinate into worry". There is one way to overcome procrastination, and that is to use the ultimatum effect to force yourself; there is only one way to overcome fear, and that is to face it bravely and immediately Take action, the sooner you act, the better you can complete the task, and the sooner you act, the more you can get rid of psychological pressure.

You may wish to ask yourself in the dead of night: What will happen if you fail to complete the task when the deadline comes?Can you afford the consequences?It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Once procrastination threatens your workplace status and vital interests, you will often act quickly without hesitation, and use your "fist" to decisively crush the negative effects brought about by the ultimatum effect.

The ultimatum effect is not a scourge, although the procrastination it brings often makes you have to spend more time and have to bear more psychological pressure, but if you can use this psychological effect skillfully, then it will stimulate positive emotions. Energy isn't out of the question either.

1. Split time and refine task method

From a psychological point of view, procrastination is an external manifestation of inner fear. The key reason why a huge workload is labeled as "difficult" is that the "big guy" looks really scary.This is the same as running a marathon. If you take the extremely distant finish line as your goal from the beginning, you will inevitably be afraid, but if you divide the long distance into several parts, the result will be completely different.

To overcome procrastination, you must learn to look at problems with a microscopic perspective.So, specifically, how do you go about it?Monday is the beginning of a week's work. As the saying goes, "Sharpening a knife is not a mistake in chopping wood." You might as well take a few minutes to make a specific and detailed work plan, summarize the work tasks of the week, and arrange them according to the priority Go to each workday, and then force yourself to complete the prescribed tasks within the agreed time.

Some people may say that they make work plans for themselves every day and force themselves to complete them, but they still cannot escape the "claw" of procrastination. They cannot complete the working hours at all. As a result, they work overtime until late at night every day, and it is getting later every day.If you don't get a good night's rest, you will naturally doze off the next day, so you won't be efficient at all.After a long time, a vicious circle will be formed. Not only the work efficiency cannot be guaranteed, but also the sleep time cannot be guaranteed. It is not surprising that the body and mind are exhausted.

Although the ultimatum effect can indeed improve work efficiency, it is not 100% absolute. Only when it is established on specific prerequisites can it produce specific effects and functions.In the process of dividing time and refining tasks, you must respect objective facts, especially in the arrangement of workload, you must be scientific and reasonable.If too much work is arranged, it will often discourage people's enthusiasm for work. In this case, the ultimatum effect will not only fail to play a positive role, but will also be counterproductive.

Therefore, in the process of overcoming procrastination by using the method of splitting time and refining tasks, we must learn to manage the available time scientifically. Only in this way can we better use the ultimatum effect and let ourselves complete the regulations within the agreed time task.

2. Positive and negative psychological suggestion method

Psychological hints can often have an incredible influence on people's behavior. When you are in negative emotions, for example, psychological hints such as "There is nothing hard to overcome", "Everything will be fine", "Why do I have to frown", It can play a very good role in psychotherapy, so as to help you get rid of the influence of negative emotions and return to normal emotions and life.

In fact, if you want to overcome the negative emotions such as anxiety and guilt brought about by procrastination, you can also use psychological suggestion.You may wish to take psychological hints from both positive and negative aspects of procrastination.

First, positive psychological suggestion.When the psychology of procrastination is at work, you can motivate yourself like this:
As long as you can complete this task on time, you can earn a lot of money. You can buy your favorite items, take the whole family on a trip, and buy their favorite high-end toys for the children; The admiration and envy of colleagues and friends, salary increases and promotions are also possible.If you can bear less pressure and gain more sense of accomplishment and happiness, you will naturally not procrastinate.

Second, negative psychological suggestion method.Envisioning the consequences of procrastination in advance can also help you overcome the bad habit of procrastination to a certain extent.It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. If the work cannot be completed on time due to procrastination, you may not only be fined, but also lose your job. Then, facing the mortgage and daily expenses that must be repaid every month, are you really worried? Can you bear the consequences of being dismissed without worry?Since you can't, take action immediately and break the inertia of procrastination. This is the only thing you can do.

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