Procrastination To Promptitude: Finish What You Want To!

Understand, Implement, Succeed. A Cognitive Behaviour Therapy based approach for turning procrastination to productivity

What you'll learn

Understand what is procrastination, it is not being lazy!

Learn why procrastination is such a difficult habit to break

Learn techniques to overcome your procrastination and change it to promptitude

Learn how to put all you learn into a comprehensive program and prevent relapse

Requirements

The only tools needed are your presence, a notepad, a pen or a pencil and perhaps some cards.

No prior knowledge of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is needed.

Description

Have you ever…Started a project but never completed?You procrastinated, learn how to overcome in this course.Thought I can't do it, I will be judged!?Overcome fear of failure. Learn it in 30 days with this courseWondered why do you procrastinate?This course has you covered!Get started, do and finish! Understand procrastination, learn to change it to promptitude. Filled with practical techniques for every occasion and type of procrastinationEffects of being a procrastinatorThe main effect of being a procrastinator is that it can lead to low self esteem.If we can't complete the tasks we start, if we can't accomplish our goals it can make us feel tense, stressed, anxious or resentful. The obvious effect of procrastination is in missed opportunities and lack of progress in work BUT It can also lead to unhealthy and uncomfortable relationships. People close to us feel we don't care enough for themProcrastinators are likely to suffer from social phobia, anxiety and also have higher incidence of depression and substance abuse.Overcoming procrastination is a skill which can be easily learned online. Procrastination is different from being lazy. Lazy is what you have probably been labelled as for as long as you can remember. The word procrastination is derived from the Latin word “pro” which means forward, and “crastinus” which means “of tomorrow”.To understand the components of procrastination, this definition is useful: “Making a decision for no valid reason to delay, to complete a task or a goal you have committed to, and instead, doing something of lesser importance, despite there being negative consequences to not following through on the original task or goal.”The key elements of procrastination are:“No valid reason” to postpone.“Do something of lesser importance” to get rid of the discomfort stemming from procrastination.Negative consequences of procrastination.Becoming aware of these components and how they feed into a procrastination cycle will help you break the chain.

Overview

Section 1: Welcome to the course!

Lecture 1 A message from the instructor

Lecture 2 Outline and objectives of the course

Lecture 3 Before you begin…

Lecture 4 Download the worksheets

Section 2: Understanding Procrastination

Lecture 5 Defining Procrastination

Lecture 6 Assessing your procrastination

Lecture 7 Roots of your procrastination

Lecture 8 Reasons for procrastination - part 1

Lecture 9 Reasons for procrastination - part 2

Lecture 10 Unhelpful rules and assumptions

Lecture 11 Consequences of procrastination

Section 3: Starting to change

Lecture 12 Procrastination cycle

Lecture 13 What change involves…

Lecture 14 Five phases of change

Section 4: Implementing Change

Lecture 15 Introduction to change

Lecture 16 Dismissing procrastination excuses - Part 1

Lecture 17 Dismissing procrastination excuses - Part 2

Lecture 18 Prioritise - What do I need to do? 1

Lecture 19 Chunking - What do I need to do? 2

Lecture 20 Tell time - What do I need to do 3

Lecture 21 Eat that frog - How can I do it 1

Lecture 22 Just 10 minutes - How can I do it 2

Lecture 23 Temptation Bundling - How can I do it 3

Lecture 24 Apply Parkinson's Law - How can I do it 4

Lecture 25 Prime time and Prime place - How can I do it 5

Lecture 26 Focus with Pomodoro - How can I do it 6

Lecture 27 Schedule or Unschedule - How can I do it 7

Lecture 28 Some more techniques

Lecture 29 Summary

Section 5: Sustaining Change

Lecture 30 Adjusting unhelpful rules and assumptions - part 1

Lecture 31 Adjusting unhelpful rules and assumptions - part 2

Lecture 32 Tolerating discomfort

Lecture 33 Progressive Muscle Relaxation resources

Lecture 34 Slow Breathing resources

Lecture 35 Exercise your body

Lecture 36 Learn to say "No"

Lecture 37 Summary

Section 6: Putting it all together

Lecture 38 Putting it all together

Lecture 39 Slide deck for CBT coaches to use in their workshops

Lecture 40 Bonus: The last word

Anyone wanting to change their procrastination to promptitude and get ahead in life.,CBT Practitioners who want to start including a comprehensive anti procrastination program for their clients