6 Tips To Beat Procrastination

The Mindset Mentor

Rob Dial

Mindset, Education, Health & Fitness, Business

4.9 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Ever feel like procrastination is stealing your time and holding you back? Well, you're not alone, and today, we're tackling it head-on with a 6-step process to beat procrastination once and for all! The first step to overcoming any problem is admitting it exists, so we'll talk about how to spot procrastination, even when it's sneaky and disguised as something else. Next, discover what sets off your procrastination – whether it's fear of failure, feeling overwhelmed, or the lure of instant gratification. Understanding your triggers helps you prepare and strategize. Big tasks can feel daunting, so let's make them bite-sized! Learn how to break down large tasks into manageable steps to make them easier to tackle. Vague goals lead to procrastination, so I’ll show you how to set clear, specific goals that keep you motivated and on track. And who doesn’t love a little reward? Find out how rewarding yourself for completing tasks can provide the instant gratification your present self craves while keeping you moving forward.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the Mindset Mentor Podcast. I am your host Rob Dial. If you have not yet done so, hit that subscribe button so that you never miss another episode.
0:15.3	I put out episodes four times a week.
0:18.3	Around neurology, psychology, early childhood development, cognitive behavioral behavioral therapy my goal is
0:23.0	help you understand yourself so that you can grow yourself so that you can
0:26.8	make your life better and so if you want to do that hit that subscribe
0:30.1	button so you never miss another episode today Today I'm going to be giving you a six-step
0:35.0	process to overcoming procrastination. Procrastination is the thief of your
0:41.0	time. One of the main things that's holding you back
0:44.2	from everything that you want in this world
0:47.6	is procrastination.
0:49.0	Now, I'm gonna say procrastination,
0:50.8	but I'm gonna actually give you another phrase
0:52.4	that I prefer to say instead of
0:55.2	procrastination which is avoidant behavior because when you're procrastinating
1:00.6	you're not doing nothing You're just doing something else. You are doing some sort of behavior
1:08.0	to avoid that thing that you need to do. So it is avoiding behavior, you know know so let's say you want to build your
1:13.8	business but instead you spend your time on Instagram scrolling through shit
1:19.8	that doesn't matter or you want to lose weight, but instead of going to the gym, you watch Netflix
1:27.4	and you fart around on the couch for a couple hours. Everybody procrastinates to some degree.
1:33.0	They do. There's no person who doesn't procrastinate.
1:36.0	So if you're like, oh my God, I procrastinate, welcome to the club.
1:39.0	We all do it at some point in time, because humans would prefer the easy route for everything in life.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rob Dial, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Rob Dial and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.