Procrastination, or delaying an action until another time, is a habit suffered for a variety of reasons. These reasons could include the fear of failure, the fear of success, fear of rejection, perfectionism, poor knowledge or organisational skills, and very often procrastination could be due to low self esteem.
The following suggestions will assist in overcoming these reasons to procrastinate and help bust the procrastination cycle once and for all.
Fear of Failure or Success
Firstly you must understand and recognise what is causing your resistance. What is it that you are afraid of? Is it the actual task at hand, perhaps what is necessary to fulfil the particular task, or is it the result to be achieved from performing the task? Maybe it is the fear of possible failure? On a deeper level, is it the fear that you will succeed? Because added pressure is being placed upon you to succeed, the tendency to actually sabotage a project may occur. You may be afraid that the pressure from peers to exceed their expectations is simply too much.
Fear of Rejection
This fear of rejection is another common reason for procrastination. Frequently, this may originate from low-self esteem, or from a habitual uncertainty within your own mind. A past experience relative to the task at hand may create the fear of rejection to resurface. Be sure to affirm confidence in your own abilities and do not place too much emphasis on the thoughts of others. This is crucial in overcoming rejection.
Develop Organisational Skills by Creating Smaller Lists
Step by step lists are a convenient and successful method to develop organisational skills. Work your way up to completing the ultimate task by creating small lists. Break the journey into steps, and begin with three to five steps at a time instead of one big list of the full twenty steps. By completing the three or five steps, your sense of accomplishment and achievement will be felt, and this will spur you on to tackle the next group of steps. Pressure on total completion is reduced as you progress through each interval. Ensure you work at your own pace and do not allow anyone or anything to overpower you.
Improve Self Esteem and Motivation
Low self-esteem is a major factor preventing the completion of the simplest task. Why? Maybe it is because you do not feel you are worthy of the challenge, or perhaps you feel you are not good enough to complete it. The first place to begin is to check your motivation. Firstly, start with an easy task, then gradually work your way up to full completion. Not only will this build your confidence, but you will also begin to feel more positive about what you can actually accomplish, and you will be less likely to avoid or delay attacking the next task at hand. You will become more empowered to succeed.
Lighten the Load and Avoid Perfectionism
Perhaps you are thinking that if I can't do it perfectly right now, I'll wait until tomorrow when I can do it better. You must modify your thinking to allow you to at least begin the task, and do it to the best of your ability right now.
Use the following analogy to help you. Do you make a list when food shopping? Each time a product is placed in the shopping cart, you cross it off the list. Why not follow the same procedure with other tasks in your life? This will lighten the load and eventually the burden will disappear. The secret is not to cram or overload your mind with tasks that neither you nor others can handle. Take it one step at a time, and you will succeed.
In order to overcome procrastination, it is crucial to enable yourself with empowering thoughts rather than wallowing in restrictive thoughts. It is these restrictive thoughts that generate low self esteem, anxiety, fear and concern. Instead, restructure your thinking to focus on direct action rather than avoidance.
Avoid distractions, set aside time to act on the task at hand, break the task into smaller pieces or lists, reward yourself each step of the way, give yourself reminders and you will succeed every time.
Someday is not a day of the week. ~Author Unknown
Real Estate Investors will come across many "rules" in their businesses. Many of these "rules" are not laws or regulations, though we are definitely faced with many of those as well. But the rules I am speaking to are more "rules of thumb" meaning a broad application of an easily learned or easily applied procedure. What follows are Five Easy to Follow Rules to Successful Real Estate Investing...
Five Easy Rules to Successful Real Estate Investing:
1. Do Your Job
2. Listen
3. Be Honest
4. It is the Deal Not the Outcome
5. Do Not Let Fear Rule Your Life
Being a Real Estate Investor takes a lot of effort. You have to find lots and lots of Motivated Sellers. You have to go look at lots of houses. And you have to make a lot of offers.
Most importantly you have to give your best effort all of the time or you will cheat yourself and anyone else involved.
It takes a good bit of effort just to come up with leads. It takes even more effort to go out and look at properties, make offers and then sell the property.
Point two involves listening and paying attention. It is important to listen to what the seller is saying, and not think about how much money you stand to make. If it is not a win-win transaction the deal will not work.
You have to ask questions to make sure you are on the same page with the other party. There have been many deals that fell through at the last minute because of a miscommunication. This is a big waste of time and money.
Point three is being truthful. You should never mislead anyone when trying to make a deal. A deal based on dishonesty will always come back to haunt you. Your reputation has to be worth more than a few extra dollars.
Real Estate Investors who are dishonest will eventually be out of business. It is that simple. No one will do business with a dishonest person, no matter what type of business it is.
That is the ethics message being pounded home again. I am happy to see that more and more people (and Real Estate Investment Association meetings) are taking the opportunity to discuss ethics in the Real Estate Investment business.
Point four is that every deal does not have to happen. If it does not work for all parties involved then it is not a good deal. Sometimes you just have to walk away if it is not right, regardless of the possible outcome.
If you are attached to the possible outcome you may overlook some very important factors. You may be thinking about the $30,000 you are going to make, but if you overlook something you could end up losing money.
Sometimes it is best, though not always easy, to pass on the marginal deals. Often times a great deal is just around the corner. Sometimes it is difficult, especially in the beginning, to not to get caught up in the excitement and begin looking forward to making all of that money. It is normally best to stick to your numbers and remove your emotion.
The fifth rule is to continually conquer your fears. All Real Estate Investors have fears that pop up at different times. The things that we fear are those things we are least familiar with. Do not let fear rule your life. Every successful person has had to overcome any number of fears.
Often times you can overcome your fear by taking action. Are you afraid to make calls because you might be rejected? Then make 50 additional calls until you are comfortable. Are you afraid to make an offer, because you think it will be flatly rejected? Then make 100 offers until the fear is gone.
As you can see the above five easy rules to successful Real Estate Investing can be easily applied whether you are an expert Real Estate Investor or just starting out.
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