Does it surprise you that we’re getting poorer, fatter and unhappier? According to a 10 year study – it’s true – and the culprit in this downshift in people’s well-being - is procrastination. Do you drag your feet?
When we visualize progress as a distant possibility only – we preset the brain to put off possibilities and defer positive results. The opposite of moving forward, is to postpone and drag your feet. Does it happen where you work? 
That’s why retreats at MITA, tend to start with a two-footed question, such as ... What’s the high vision of your department in the coming term, and how will you reboot your brain to help energize its peak performance?
Ongoing improvement requires us to chase down a vision high enough to motivate personal and group responses that energize our brains for results.
Here are smart skills that fight procrastination and reboot the brain for ongoing progress:
1. Do one step today of the project you have put off in past, because what we do shapes and motivates the brain for what will be done the following day.
2. Prioritize your day so that the first step of your postponed work is highest on your list – and gets your creative attention when your brain is at peak-performance.
3. Set aside a working calendar for tasks you tend to defer, and pace out doable steps weekly for the parts – with rewards built in for each few that you complete.
4. Complete the work in a pleasant, new setting, so that you do not slip into common computer or technology interruptions that distracted you originally from completing the task.
The key is to diminish distractions and increase motivation for progress – because that’s how the brain rewires for meaningful results. This study predicted that
Any plans to step past the growing number of procrastinators out there - and to carry out plans this week for ongoing progress where you work?
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