In the video below, Social Triggers’ Derek Halperin gives an easy solution on how to beat procrastination.
Beating Procrastination – Put Some Skin in the Game
Why does anybody–I mean YOU–procrastinate? It’s because there are no stakes. You have nothing to lose if you don’t do something. Well, you do have something to lose but it’s not bigger than just doing the damned thing. So put some money in the game. Derek suggested a site, Stikk.com, that puts a sum of money of your choosing in an escrow account. If you don’t accomplish some goal, the site sends your money to a charity you hate.
That’s supposedly enough incentive to get you to do the thing you’re putting off. I don’t know if that works. But what does work for me, is putting my personal and professional reputation at stake. Derek told a story that illustrated this for himself. He put off for months completing his presentation for his first webinar back in 2012. He got tired of putting it off so he announced the webinar to his subscribers. Now, he HAD to finish because if he didn’t his reputation would be ruined.
That’s good stuff. Enjoy. And better yet–follow the advice in the video.
Photo credits: The Way to Get Started, Celestine Chua, Creative Commons License
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