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The Art of Procrastination 

"We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful." --Arnold Bennett

Okay, so sometimes I just don't feel like writing. And sometimes I just don't feel like working. And on occasion, I'll admit it, I just don't feel like going to the gym. And I can always think up so many other things to do, like organize my receipts, or walk the dog, or catch up on my TiVo viewing. . .

Sometimes I'll even procrastinate on one thing by doing something else which I had been procrastinating on, but which somehow seems preferable to the more pressing thing to put off. Like, sometimes I don't want to write and that I will choose the gym over writing.

I am truly blessed and lucky that I absolutely love what I do and my periodic bouts with procrastination are minor inconveniences. I also know I have the good fortune to have the tools to overcome procrastination by communicating with my other than conscious mind and working on setting my intention daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, to gauge my success.

Procrastination is avoidance. But sometimes there is value in procrastination, sometimes avoiding one thing can push you into another.

In the business world, time is of the essence, so time management and getting things done is king. Having a way to manage any serious procrastination problem is vital. Procrastination is a habit and habits can be broken and rerouted. When you break an old habit, however, it's important to have a new one in its place, a system for dealing with the ruts that we've gotten into over time. (Many times you'll see a smoker nibbling on carrot sticks as a temporary alternative to get them over the hump where their hand/mouth habit is concerned.)

Your intention can make or break you. (As will a lack of intention). Switching your intention or setting it with resolve is setting your other than conscious mind on a mission to help you to accomplish what you want.

Try this: have a conversation with your other than conscious. Ask it for its help in turning a new leaf on getting things done. Set small goals at first, goals that you are certain you can keep, because you are training your other-than-conscious to work on your behalf. So if you say, 'I'm going to take out the garbage', take out the garbage. That's totally doable. And if you say, 'Okay, tomorrow I'm going to make two phone calls which I will follow up on with letters', make those two phone calls and write those two letters.

Visualize yourself keeping your appointments with yourself, following up on your intentions, and getting things done. By creating this synergy with your intention, other-than-conscious, imagination and your deep desire to accomplish what you need to accomplish, you have the ability to push past any procrastination problems you might encounter.

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Kenrick Cleveland teaches techniques to earn the business of wealthy prospects using persuasion. He runs public and private seminars and offers home study courses and coaching programs in persuasion techniques. This article is available as a unique content article with free reprint rights.

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