Heidi Grant Halvorson - Harvard Business Review: There’s that project you’ve left on the backburner – the one with the deadline that’s growing uncomfortably near. And there’s the client whose phone call you really should return – the one that does nothing but complain and eat up your valuable time. Wait, weren’t you going to try to go to the gym more often this year?
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This article reminds me a lot of the lecture Joe Pino gave us in Basic PTM. When I need to be motivate myself to do work I look at my schedule for the next week. I then realize how busy i am and feel motivated to do work. It is really easy to procrastinate and fall behind here. I see the people pulled all nighters and then fall asleep in class. I promised myself at the beginning of the year that I would never pull an all nighted, and so far I haven't.
This article brings up a lot of good points. But, it makes me wonder: what are people doing to get stuff they don't want to do done now that they desperately need this article. I feel like this author is just telling us what we need to hear. It's all well and good, but sometimes you just have to kick yourself in the butt to get things done. You don't need articles like this. Like Jason, I regularly keep a schedule and that keeps me on track. Also, checking things off my to-do list is the most satisfying feeling. It's that force that drives me to get lot of things done.
A growing realization that I've been having over the past 2 years or so is that it's ok to feel "uncomfortable." Either bored, or stressed, or just not wanting do something. This seems like a "duh" situation, but giving myself permission to not like a task or to find it menial and annoying has actually been really helpful to getting me to do the things that I don't want to do.
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