{"id":961,"date":"2012-10-16T09:09:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T13:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/?p=961"},"modified":"2012-10-15T09:39:58","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T13:39:58","slug":"procrastination-is-not-a-nation-for-a-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/2012\/10\/16\/procrastination-is-not-a-nation-for-a-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Procrastination is not a Nation for a Vacation!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Procrastination is a lot like playing <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Words with Friends\u00ae<\/span><\/em>, you spend time, have some fun but when you are done; the dishes are still in the sink to wash!<\/p>\n<p>Well, entrepreneurs are famous for finding ways to start the next adventure before making sure the last one is complete.\u00a0 And often it doesn\u2019t mean you, the entrepreneur need to do the work, it just needs to find a way to get done.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t like the work, delegate it to an employee or outsource it.\u00a0 If it is yours to do, here are some simple tips to help you get the work. \u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Identify some rewards<\/strong> you will get when a project is completed \u2013 the bigger the project completed the bigger and better the reward.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Break big projects into smaller steps<\/strong>, this is a simple process that lean manufacturing does to keep quality high.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get an accountability<\/strong> buddy or support group or <a title=\"Mastermind groups\" href=\"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/board-room-mastermind-groups\/\">mastermind group<\/a> and connect regularly (at least monthly).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clean up the clutter in your workspace<\/strong> \u2013 clutter serves as reminders of other projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Know that you will not kick the procrastination habit quickly, but each step will get you closer to your goal and don\u2019t forget \u2013 DELEGATING and OUTSOURCING are great tricks!\u00a0 Using a Virtual Assistant or a Bookkeeper often means you get more done at the higher level of work &#8211; even in a very small firm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Do share with us what has worked for you on taming the procrastination giant!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Procrastination is a lot like playing Words with Friends\u00ae, you spend time, have some fun but when you are done; the dishes are still in the sink to wash! Well, entrepreneurs are famous for finding ways to start the next adventure before making sure the last one is complete.\u00a0 And often it doesn\u2019t mean you, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-culture","category-business-improvement","category-personal-improvement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}