1) Causes of Procrastination
2) Types of Procrastinators
3) How to Stop Procrastinating
4) Quick Procrastination Tips
5) Procrastination Help Courses

Procrastination Tips

To overcome procrastination, you must learn to control you impulse to automatically procrastinate. When you realize there is something that you need to do, you must master the art of getting started on it -- DO NOT make the easy decision to do it later, no matter how convincing you can be to yourself. (From: eHow)

Here are some quick tips to control this impulse:

Break larger tasks into smaller ones. If you have a big assignment that you must do, tell yourself you're only going to do the first three questions today. The excuse of "this is going to take forever" is something that can be easily overcome by breaking up a large task into smaller pieces.

Imagine how you'll feel when you're done and use this feeling as motivation to get started. Two of the most common symptoms of procrastination are guilt and stress. Imagine yourself watching your favorite TV show while feeling guilty that you haven't addressed your responsibilities. Now imagine yourself watching your favorite TV show feeling relaxed and confident. Use this feeling as a way of getting started.

Come up with "power word" to push you through the moment of decision. A power word is something you can use motivate yourself to get started. For example, Nike's slogan "Just Do It" is a great one. When you're faced with the decision to watch TV or clean the kitchen, say to yourself "Just Do It!". Use this very brief feel a surge of confidence to start cleaning the kitchen.

Do not allow yourself the internal debate of "do it now or do it later". For a procrastinator, "do it later" is almost always the winner.

Do not outsmart yourself. For a procrastinator, it's extremely easy to convince yourself that there are reasons beyond your control for why you cannot do something now. Some may be true, but there are alternative solutions to most of them. A procrastinator will chose to delay and not chose to seek alternative solutions.

Just Start. This is the most powerful way to defeat procrastination. After all, procrastination is the art of "not starting" something. You'll be amazed how much easier it is to do something once you've started. And once you've completed your unpleasent task you'll be even more amazed how much easier it was than you thought.

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