Hi and welcome. In this lecture we'll continue the topic of the eight productivity principle, overcoming procrastination. We already discussed the meaning in reasons for this complex issue. So, now we will look into the ways and techniques to detect it and overcome it. The most important distinctive in certain method is to define whether procrastination is a problem for you is whether you find it troublesome, whether you find it troublesome, postponing tasks is not necessarily something you should be worried about. It is in fact quite a successful way of dealing with the busy work in life schedule.

Nevertheless, if it gets out of control, it automatically becomes a problem and an alarming signal. Ask yourself is your modus operandi always related to putting off tasks that make you feel pressured, not capable enough, or even useless. If that's the case, you most likely have trouble with procrastination. Do not panic. You belong to the vast majority of people, your effort now should be directed towards overcoming it. Think about the way you manage tasks and duties.

If you always or almost always go through the same scheme of putting things off and working under stress. If that makes you feel less of a professional, less of a person. Procrastination has become your enemy, and you should seek ways of defeating it. You probably view it as a shield that protects you, but it is a deceptive feeling you should overcome. Another thing to do before you take any step towards improvement is looking into your own history and defining your specific reasons for progression. In Asia, and of course, the events that led to it, you pass will give you the answers you need.

Do not be afraid to analyze it in find them find these answers, you already have some directions in the previous lecture you might find useful. Now let's consider the action steps, or in other words what to do in order to overcome procrastination. The first and most significant method is self acceptance. It includes acceptance of our biology, our history, our circumstances, and our many human limits. It is crucial because when we accept ourselves as we really are, rather than as we wish to be, we are most able to act in our best interest and not live at the mercy of procrastination. Another piece of advice for you is to change your view of time You might feel that you have enough time on your hands to procrastinate.

But as we know, time is relative time is relative. So you never really know how much you have other tasks and engagements might come up often unexpectedly. Procrastination also contradicts the idea of the steady rhythms. We already talked about that in the previous lectures. Huge amounts of work done it was it's an unproductive approach. Learning to say yes and no, is also an important part of the procrastination battling process.

That means you need to learn to take part in helpful in useful activities and surround yourself with helpful people. That also means you should put an end to pointless pursuit, accepting your limitations and acting in your best interest according to your needs, and not to obstruct ideas of success is what you should Pursue when you realize that saying no not only benefits you on a physical level but also brings an enormous psychological relief, you will be able to achieve much more in your goals context. And additional idea in order to reduce procrastination is using your body, namely exercising, we have already talked about the benefits of exercise in increasing productivity. It is helpful in this case to we as humans or a complex structure of mind in body and what benefits one of them benefits the other two. If your feet are a physical level, you're much more likely to put more effort into our coming your psychological issues and succeed in the task.

Procrastination is one of the complex issues that has its roots in our past in therefore is difficult to overcome. However, it is certainly not Often impossible venture in the key, as often happens lies in your own abilities efforts in willpower, analyze, take action, and learn to accept your own limitations, characteristics and peculiarities. In the end, this will lead you to the desert success. All right, let's recap. Number one, determine whether procrastination is a problem for you by analyzing whether you find it troublesome, to define your specific reasons for procrastinating according to your own past in history. Three, take steps against procrastination.

Accept yourself, change your view of time, learn to say yes and no, keep physically fit. And finally, remember, the key to overcome procrastination is more psychological issues like within your own abilities, remember you can do it. Thank you for watching and stay purposeful