Habits Of Procrastinators #1..... Part 1

PROCRASTINATORS

Blaming others is far easier than admitting that it is your fault for where you currently find yourself. Well it is isn't it. That way you don't have to take any responsibility for the results of your own actions, now or into the future. Blaming others means you have the perfect set of excuses lined up ready to be used when you don't do anything, or make a half-hearted attempt at something. Not only do you lack motivation, you've forgotten that only you have the power of choice over YOU

Blame is another word for excuses
Strategies to Overcome the Procrastination Habit - Get rid of the blame list.

Do you know who is holding you back from achieving your dreams and goals?

Have you ever stopped to consider that the only reason you aren't doing what you said you wanted to, is because you don't really want to.

You aren't doing all that you can, or being all that you can be – because YOU don't want to.

You're happy where you are. Oh I don't mean that you are “happy” and you have a smile on your face. You are happy because blaming other people means you don't have to take any responsibility for your actions..

Unless you live in a dictatorship, you have total control over your thoughts and your actions. No-one but you can determine what you are going to think, say, eat and do.

Blame is another word for excuses.
Blaming something or someone else for our lack of progress is far easier than acknowledging that we've made a mistake or two, or not done as much as we could have or more importantly SHOULD have done. We don't want other people to know we've been lazy so we blame others, or our circumstances.

Near the end of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon lists what he named “57 Famous Alibis by Old Man IF.” And he writes that “People who do not succeed have one distinguishing trait in common. They know all the reasons for failure, and have what they believe to be air-tight alibis to explain away their own lack of achievement.

“Some of these alibis are clever, and a few of them are justifiable by the facts. But alibis cannot be used for money. The world wants to know only one thing—HAVE YOU ACHIEVED SUCCESS?”

Well to bring Napoleon Hill's book right up to date, here are a few of my favourites:

If I had more time
If I had more money
If the kids/spouse weren't so demanding
If I had some help around the house
If I didn't have so much homework/housework
If I didn't have such a demanding boss
If I didn't have to take junior to soccer practice I could do ….

If I had more money I'd be happy
If I had time to exercise I wouldn't be so fat
If conditions were different
If I could just live my life over again I would…
If I'd known about this last week (month, year)
If I'd taken the opportunity when I was first offered it

If only I were younger, thinner, smarter…
If only things were better at work…
If I could just get out of debt I could…
If I hadn't tried and failed before…
There are a million excuses we can use as to why we haven't gotten to where we thought we were going to be, or thought we should be, and by the time we get to the end of our lives we will have used them all, to justify why we haven't achieved “success”.