I have perfected the art of Procrastination - but have also decided that it is time to end this perfected habit.
Spent time today, looking at what procrastination is really costing me and I think I had a huge wake up call.
Being in sales, procrastination is definitely not something I am proud of and if I am completely honest I haven't been the most productive I could have been. Think that the depression has had something to do with it but I am already on day 5 on the new meds and feeling much better and really wanting to get moving.
All my goals are linked to my success as a Sales Exec - the earning potential will allow me to nail these goals but I have to get focused.
I have a meeting with my boss tomorrow and I think that I am going to get some not so nice feedback. My own fault I know - I put everything I had into a couple of Sales Opportunities and one of them is definitely not going to happen this year. Now I sit with too few prospects and I have start all over again.
I never learn - oh the joys of sales. I tend to be overly optimistic (a real sales trait) and then when things don't go the way I want them to I get frustrated and opt out for a while.
Oh well... tomorrow is another day (the procrastinator at work )
Procrastination... a rambling entry
June 13th, 2007 at 08:34 pm
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I tried a new mental thought recently and it has so far helped my motivation (better compared to before) when I remind myself of this statement:
People expect your best rather than perfection. So instead of setting myself up for failure by saying I can't do something or not ready to work on something or by feeling defeated because I said I will succeed at finishing a task and only to let myself down even more when I don't achieve my goals.
So I tell myself:
I will tell myself to do the best I can at what ever task (that usually means getting out of our comfort zone) and see where that takes me before determining my success/failure or facing the consequences of avoidance, ! You be surprise at the result with this mentality of “Just do the best you can”.
Hope sharing this might be helpful.
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