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Episode 478: Conscious Procrastination - Part 2 by Steve Pavlina (Productivity & Career Advice).
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L is one area where I cautiously procrastinate each day like about myself on the back for doing a great.
Responded all my email. The truth is,
that I'm lousy replying to email. This is by choice. However, I was here
with a truly important communication promptly- and I ll be the first to admit that some real
gems come via email now and then, but
a brute on how to find what's important enough to warrant a reply
Did we limit my email processing to about fifteen minutes per day?
totally unreasonable, considering the volume female I receive from going to accept port
farmers in that area in order to boost performers elsewhere by declined to
I do a lot of emails ass. He might they deserve a reply. I am able to
more time to non urgent tasks, for example
yesterday morning I took my two year old son out for a few hours of one or one time and later
a day, I went to an improved commie workshop to improve my humor skills next week will be performing. My first live show of also has many times.
They teach you my daughter to read on
we'll get around to it? That tell him! I must do these things right now, so I have to procrastinate on urgent low priority task, often to the point where
simply don't do them at all the World WAR spin off his.
Says if I dont replied every piece of legitimate email, but there will be significant negative consequences if I believe my kids, my personal grow,
And my health to answer just one more email, so if you're one of the thousand
people who email me and didn't give response now. You know why? I'm sorry
you say you ve been triggered. I like you, I care about your growth
but to be able to support you want, I want, as you requested. Unfortunately, the price
just to high my point: isn't it
the blow female, but he should make a conscious choice about which activities are truly important to you and which aren't disease
to say, but very difficult to practice. I struggle
but every day, stayin cautious
data challenge associations.
Much of our world designed to drivers back into unconsciousness or were more
the programme to buy stuff. We don't need. I find the best way to use com
the procrastination is to extend my time perspective, five, ten or twenty years ahead in a matter of seconds. I consent
long term. Significance of any choice is clear to me that
in greater replying email can never justify the time cost. If I
and two hours day on email, like many others of my situation, would thus three thousand six
fifty hours over the next five years,
point of ninety one, forty, our work weeks,
now I don't know about you, but I can t of quite a few things to do with ninety one week, so produce more benefit then,
three email and of our project ten years ahead. Well, you get the idea.
How many weeks of your life have you already thrown away doing low priority tasks that, in the long run, just in matter
Where would you be now if you blew off the least important, fifty percent of your email over the past five years, the least important eighty percent? Ninety five percent,
are you in need of a cautious reassessment of your true priorities. You see when you dont use com
Does procrastination you end up with a regular procrastination by default?
and this means that you'll be making some huge judgment errors. Putting far too much emphasis on urgent tasks that are staring you in the face like unanswered emails or unread news groups is
resting in long term high pay out ass, the soul,
become urgent decision,
starting your own business? Finding a fulfilling relationship, improving your diet and educating yourself writing about the things I would have had
give up in order to answer a thousand more emails over the past year. There's just no contest and
I volume of email continues to increase.
Try to hold myself about fifteen minutes per day. So as traffic grows, I become
increasingly selective autumn
they comes on asking questions like these rather,
this email or start my own blog Campbell of land.
For a day order order, talk to my wife about how to improve our relationship should skipper Party to go to it
this matter is meeting, procrastination can be a valuable servant if used consciously
It is a harsh master when used unconsciously, instead of letting
coordination, run your life. Take control of this beast and making your servant instead of your master. It require,
discipline to consciously delay seemingly urgent task, but if your eyes, with yourself
You'll, see that you simply don't have enough time to do was important to you. If you squander your time on low pay off tasks as Jim
says: quote the painted
supplant ways: ounces, but the pain of regret ways tonnes on quote
you must learn to say no to those things. I cannot and will not help you lived the life you want. Will you invite
your time? And what really matters to you? Or will Europe
stone ultimately relay this quote here, lies John, who passed
way while answering his email. One day, no friend, no child,
all to no loving mace. Did he poor John
working late
New mail, he worked like to click reply. Instead of Dell around
Fancied always give, but somehow he forgot alive. Unquote,
Yes, I just made that up property improv classes are paying off
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