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November 8, 2023 - May 13, 2025
Taking action causes the discomfort and guilt associated with procrastination to evaporate. It also erases the stress and worry of doing the task. And just as importantly, it gives us the momentum we need to continue working until the task has been completed. In the next section, I’ll describe how procrastination
Like fear of failure, fear of success is an act of self-sabotage. Regardless of what sets it off, the result is the same: the individual procrastinates.
Confronting the fear that’s causing you to procrastinate is the most effective way to disarm it. As with confronting fear of failure, you’ll find that your fear of success is largely unfounded.
addressed at all. Boredom is self-imposed. We control the triggers that make us feel bored. That means we can develop tailored strategies to help us conquer our boredom, and thereby overcome our impulse to procrastinate.
My impatience was causing it.
We fear the worst, even if such an outcome is improbable. This fear paralyzes us and prompts our brains to seek distractions. The important thing to realize

