This week’s question from our portal “Ask Us Anything” comes from Varvara.
My question is, what do you do with somebody like me, who has a problem with procrastination?
I’m signing up for your TEM90 program (The Elite Mind) , because I know so many people that work with you, including RJon Robins (I was part of his program, “How to Manage a Small Law Firm), and many other people. I’m looking forward to it…but in the meantime, I’d love to hear how you address someone who procrastinates.
First, congratulations for joining TEM! I’m looking forward to it also.
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To answer your question, people actually don’t have a problem with procrastination. They have a problem with doing things they don’t want to do.
I’ll bet you you have no problem doing things that you really love to do.
It’s not a procrastination problem. It’s a problem of picking the wrong thing that you want to spend time doing.
I am the worst procrastinator you’ve ever met. If I pick something I don’t want to do, I cannot get myself to stick to it. I can’t get myself to stick anything that I don’t want to do.
I learned that about myself a long time ago, and over the years, I’ve just decided, “Look, if I don’t want to do it, and if it needs to be done, then I need to find somebody else to do it, because I know that I won’t do it, period.” So…
I only pick the things that I like to do,
that I’m willing to stick to, and that’s it.
So, that’s how I would work with you. It starts off with asking yourself what you want. What do you really want that you’re willing to do every day, that needs to be done?
The people in my TEM program who pick their goals based on what they really want, are the ones who usually succeed the most.
It’s going to be great to work with you on this in the program. I can’t wait to see what you create when you’re able to focus all your energy on what you want to do and offload all the rest.
See you in the program!
David
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