This article is published with the permission of the author, Deon Du Plessis. He is the founder of The Self Improvement Gym, and author (in)action, a groundbreaking new action guide on eliminating procrastination. Visit http://www.SelfImprovement-Gym.com for more.
Who and what you are at this moment in time is nothing but the result of your consistent actions. The same is true for what you will become as a person. Being caught up in the destructive habit of procrastinating will only serve to immobilize you and deprive you of a future that might end up being only a dream. Overcoming procrastination has no magic "cure", but requires of you to truly develop yourself and grow in your capacity to take action. Procrastination truly is a strange behaviour, but is definitely there by design as it provides you with the necessary resistance to push against in order to build your inner strength and "emotional muscle."
Procrastination is a call to action. Avoiding the very tasks that will give you the results you are after. You have to step up and strengthen your resolve.
Not only will procrastination prevent you from reaping the rewards but your inaction will prevent you from even being exposed to opportunities. Out of all the negative effects of procrastination and indecision the failure to spot and act on opportunity is probably the saddest.
Breaking out of your comfort zones and stepping into the unknown, can be as scary as it is fulfilling. Although we all fear the unknown, very few of us actually take action despite our fears to break out of what feels comfortable in the moment.
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