The Best Way To Procrastinate
Note from me: I will be away all week speaking at The Hawaii Social Media Summit. My friend Dan Black has graciously agreed to moderate my comments.
Chances are you’re reading this post because of the title, so I have to tell you upfront that I might have fooled you. The best way to procrastinate is to NOT procrastinate at all, sorry for the trickery 
Three years ago I was all fired up when I determined I wanted more for my life and I was going to chase my dreams. For a two-week period I told everybody who would listen that I was moving forward, I was going to change my life.
After those two-weeks my zeal started to fade and I kept coming up with excuse after excuse why I couldn’t chase my dreams. I procrastinated in a major way, it was two more years of procrastinating before I finally took REAL action.
It just seemed easier for me to have the dream alive in my head but to actually take action just seemed like too much! Every time I told myself I wanted to do something, I told myself I could do it later.
Have you ever procrastinated?
We all have at one point or another, taking action and making changes can seem scary, even impossible. I hope you by now you see from my story that it IS possible.
Losing time you can’t get back
The biggest problem with procrastinating is wasting the valuable time we’ll never get back, time that could be spent changing the world. We hear it so much that it just doesn’t register, life is short, too short to waste any of it!
If you are reading this post and read this blog at all, then I hope you’re part of the team and movement of people who WILL radically change this world for good. We’ll never get there, we won’t make any kind of impact if we put it off until tomorrow.
The key to beating procrastination
You want to know the secret to beat procrastination? Taking small steps.
In our mind we want what we want RIGHT NOW, who wants to wait right? So when we can’t accomplish something right away, we tend to put it off until “later” or “tomorrow” or to be honest, never.
Instead of trying to do a task or accomplish a goal in one day, take just one small step at a time. If you want to lose weight (like me) then join a gym, take a walk, buy new workout shoes, you get the point.
If you want to start a business, do the research, talk to friends about promoting, start saving money. Taking small steps may take longer but will help you avoid getting overwhelmed and procrastinating.
One step at a time, turns into a mile
If you see the value in taking small steps you need to keep taking them. You start out as a step and if you keep moving you look back and realized you’ve made real progress.
You’ll be amazed by what you can accomplish and how many lives you can impact if you keep taking small steps. You will keep moving forward and before you know it your dreams will become a reality.
I want to challenge you this week to take small steps and avoid procrastination. If you are successful, please come back and share your success!
How do you avoid procrastinating in your life?
