Lifelong Procrastinator Needs Help Today... Not Tomorrow
Does anyone else out there suffer from severe procrastination? I need help.
There, I said it. "I need help."
I know it's an AA thing where you stand in front of an audience of your peers and admit you need help, but maybe it will work here, too. Admitting that I need help with procrastination may be the first step in finding a cure.
I attended a Zig Ziglar seminar in the mid 1970's and I was totally sold on the method of goal setting he was promoting. I bought all the materials he had for sale that day.
After that, I practically memorized the tapes - yes, they were tapes, not CDs or podcasts. I nearly wore out two tape recorders.
I also filled in the workbook with all my desired outcomes for the next year. I wrote everything down that I could think of, including weight loss, financial gain, spiritual enlightenment, and the attainment of marital bliss. I think I forgot to write down that I needed to cure procrastination.
Then, as all of us who have this severe problem do, I put it aside.
Oh, I thought about it each year at the New Year celebration. And I even lost a few pounds every couple of years. But I am a helpless mess right now. I know I need help with procrastination.
One of my very favorite Ziglar quotes is that "if you keep on doin' what you're doin', you'll keep gettin' what you got." I absolutely believe this with all my heart.
But, guess what? I keep puttin' off what I know I need to do in order to get something different.
"Maybe I'll start tomorrow," I tell myself (and my wonderfully understanding wife), but tomorrow has not gotten here yet.
What's a fella to do?
I used to listen to this radio station that had nothing but motivational speakers 24/7. I got a bunch of great quotes from listening, but not much action. However, I do recall a guy named Jim Rohn saying time after time what he learned from his mentor.
Mentor? Maybe I need one of those? Could a mentor help cure procrastination?
Anyone out there willing to be a mentor?
I recently found another possible solution. It's a website that has a kind of coach (mentor?). You can see it by <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/outgoing/article_exit_link/1644858']);" href="http://www.goalsetting101.info">Clicking Here</a>. Let me know what you think, will ya, 'cause I really need to cure procrastination... and soon... the old biological clock is ticking.
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