8 Ways Successful People Beat Procrastination

Everyone procrastinates. Even the most successful people struggle with it every day. But successful people do something that most of us don’t, they bulldoze past it. They don’t make excuses or allow it to aethereal output. They come up with smart, actionable strategies to break past mental barriers and stay productive.

Procrastination is often confused with laziness, but they are very dierent. Procrastination is an active process; you choose to do something else instead of the task that you know you should be doing. In

contrast, laziness suggests apathy, inactivity andan unwillingness to act.

Procrastination usually involves ignoring an unpleasant, but likely more important task, in favour of one that is more enjoyable or easier.

But giving in to this impulse can have serious consequences. For example, even minor episodes of procrastination can make us feel guilty or ashamed. It can lead to reduced productivity and cause us to miss out on achieving our goals.

If we procrastinate over a long period of time, we can become demotivated and disillusioned with our work, which can lead to depression and even big losses in business, in extreme cases.

So, the following are the smart, actionable strategies to break past mental barriers and stay productive.