365 Days With Self-Discipline: 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success



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365 Days With Self-Discipline 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success by Martin Meadows (z-lib.org).epub

Day 70: On Parkinson’s La w

It  is  a  commonplace  observation  that  work  expands  so  as  to  fill  the

time available for its completion.

—Cyril Northcote Parkinson

 

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Limiting the time available to complete a given task is one of the most

powerful  secrets  of  productive  people  and  a  powerful  way  to  overcome

procrastination.

If  you  lack  the  self-control  needed  to  work  in  a  focused  way,  give

yourself  a  challenging  deadline  to  enforce  concentration.  Suddenly,  what

normally takes two hours to accomplish (or rather, two hours of intermittent

work  and  distractions)  will  only  take  thirty  minutes  (or  less)  of  100%

focused work at your highest potential.

At  the  moment  I’m  writing  these  words,  I  have  a  goal  to  write  four

entries in 50 minutes. Because of my self-imposed time pressure, I’m 100%

focused  on  the  task  at  hand.  I  can’t  distract  or  second-guess  myself,  two

things that interrupt the creative process and slow down my writing pace.

Since  I  have  given  myself  little  time  to  get  the  task  done,

procrastination  is  a  non-issue  —  I  can’t  afford  to  dilly-dally  because  I’ll

miss my deadline. To further motivate myself to work quickly, I established

a reward for performing the task on time: reading the new autobiography of

Richard Branson, one of my business idols.

This simple trick can become one of your most powerful allies toward

increasing your productivity. If you’ve been putting off a certain unpleasant

task, get to it now, but instead of giving yourself plenty of time to finish it,

do it in 25% of your usual timeframe.

The  new,  greatly  shortened  period  of  work  should  reduce  your

resistance  to  getting  started,  and  the  challenge  of  doing  it  more  quickly

should bring out some excitement that will additionally fuel your resolve to

get it done.




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