All right , what's up y'all ? We are back for another episode of the Peace and Prosperity Podcast , and today we're going to be diving into why you need to stop procrastinating and why procrastination is hindering you from being successful .
Now , this is one of those topics that we have to revisit every now and again , because y'all know well at least I know that procrastination is something that we can fall victim to , and I'm not going to talk to you and say that I have not been in that same category , or not even in that category now , right ?
So , those of y'all who've been rocking with the podcast for a couple of years now I don't even know the date , but there are times where I've procrastinated on recording or releasing an episode . So what I want to share with you are what are some of the reasons why we start to procrastinate and then like what do you do about it ?
Because it's not just enough to know , like oh yeah , you're right , jason , this is something I'm doing , let's get into also . You know how to avoid it .
So when we procrastinate or we we wait to do something , sometimes we think that we're giving ourselves more time , and there are times where you truly are , but more often , what you're doing is you're causing yourself more stress . I think about when I'm in .
You know when I'm in school right now , and there are times when we have an assignment due , and I know when the assignment is due . It's typically a couple of weeks out , a couple of months out , but I'll find myself waiting until the last minute to start the assignment . Now do I do this all the time ?
Absolutely not , because I've learned , particularly I learned in high school and undergrad . It was causing me too much stress . But even though now it'll sneak up on me but I'll think that I have more time , but really I don't . When I think that I have more time to do something , what ends up happening is I cause myself more stress .
So we have to stop thinking that , oh , I can do it tomorrow or I can put this off to later , because when later comes , the time is there , but now we're on a deadline . So I want you to one realize that when you put something off and you say I'll get to it later , you're causing yourself much , much more stress .
So that's the first thing we got to get get that out the way . Second thing that happens when you wait , you can easily end up missing your goals or missing the mark .
Let's say , for instance , you have a goal that you want to go to the gym , or you want to lose 20 pounds by X month or whatever date Okay , but then you wait to go to the gym , you wait to plan out your meals , you wait to start walking . So what happens is by you waiting and thinking that you have more time now , you missed that goal .
And then you start to feel like , dang , here we go again . No , no , it's not here we go again . It's that you waited until it was too late . So now you're trying to do a lot of catch-up work and when it comes to things like fitness , or even in your career or relationships , you cannot do the catch-up work . So there's no way around doing the actual work .
So you have to plan for it and ultimately , you have to execute . So I want you to stop , stop waiting to get started on whatever said goal is , because when that goal is missed , then you're going to feel depressed . You may be beating yourself up , so you may have some self-doubt . You may even feel like a failure because you missed that goal .
Another thing that happens when you wait is you end up missing out on opportunities . Think about something that you wanted and it was there , but you weren't ready . Or you said I'm going to get to that later . I know I'm going to get to it later , I'm going to get to it later , but when you do get to it , the opportunity is no longer there .
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Now back to the episode , Another thing that happens when we wait we end up hurting not only ourselves , but we have the . There's a possibility that you could hurt certain relationships in that process because you don't feel like you're ready . Maybe your confidence is not where you think it should be .
Let me paint the scenario for you you , in a relationship , you know this is your person , but your person wants you to be at a certain level , or maybe they want a certain level of ambition and drive . That that's that's attractive to them and you know you have it in you . But you , you're a little nervous , You're scared to actually be that person .
So now the relationship has a lot of ups and downs because there's been a lot of unmet expectations or disappointments . You've let them down because you didn't meet the the bar and you feel like dang , that's the person who got away , or this didn't work out for me because I wasn't .
You know , they weren't the one for me , and sometimes that's the case , but sometimes you just weren't putting yourself in position to have the thriving relationship . You didn't go out and be the person that you know you can be for that relationship to really thrive . Sometimes we get stretched .
We get stretched in certain situations but we are nervous , we're anxious , we're scared to fail and in our mind we end up talking ourselves out of the situation or the relationship before it really even gets started or as it's getting started . We'll do what we call self-sabotage .
Y'all know you may have been there before and you know , like man , if I would have only executed , stepped up to the plate in this area I hear this a lot from my fellas we look back and there's the whole shoulda , coulda , woulda . So let's not let that be the case .
Moving forward , the last thing I want to say that happens when we wait on things , kind of circling back to the beginning I said it causes us more stress . It also puts more stress on our health , like more physical and mental stress .
So by you not achieving , or you not let me not even say achieving by you not taking action and you procrastinating on putting certain things in place , making certain moves and you're trying to hold it all together . And on the outside it may seem like you know what . I can do this , but on the inside you're having headaches like right tension headaches .
You got these aches and pains . Your body's breaking down . You just feel like muscle tightness . All of these things are happening . Maybe you have poor sleep .
So , by you procrastinating , on the outside you look good , but on the inside you feel terrible , and that is one of the detriments to you waiting on the quote , unquote , right time , not taking the action .
So y'all , we got to do a better job of actually executing again , because what's happening is we're having more stress , we're missing out on opportunities , we're missing out on personal goals , so we're not reaching the goals that we want , Our relationships are not thriving and , ultimately , we're not in the best health when we do that .
So you like OK , Jason , you ran down all the reasons why I need to execute . So you're like OK , Jason , you ran down all the reasons why I need to execute . How do I do it ? I'm going to give you three things to think about and three strategies that you can implement . One you have to avoid perfectionism .
Even as I'm talking to you now , there are certain things that probably could be better . But when we get into the perfectionistic mode or perfectionism , however you want to put it we usually get bogged down . We start to become really particular about certain things . Oh wait , this is not right . Oh , my hair is not right . Oh , my outfit is not right .
Oh , my makeup is not right . Oh , my size is not right , my confidence is not right . All these things happen , and then we don't take any type of action . So now we become stagnant and then another day goes by and another day goes by .
So y'all know we got to avoid perfectionism , because done what is it Done is better than perfect and progress Like , just give yourself credit for the progress that you're making . That's the first thing I want you to do . Second thing break that thing down into smaller goals . Essentially , I want you to clarify what the goal is .
So , for instance , if you want to , you know , land that next job . But you're thinking , oh , I don't have the degree . Okay , what skill do you have to get you closer to that job ? What's ? What are you leaving off of your resume ? What are connections that you know ? Who can you have to get you closer to that job ? What are you leaving off of your resume .
What are connections that you know ? Who can you talk to ? Who can you get mentorship from ? Let's break it down into smaller steps , because you can't get that degree overnight . But what you can do is look through your contact list and talk to somebody who can connect you with somebody who is already in that spot , or you can connect you .
They can connect you with somebody who is already in that spot , or you can connect you . They can connect you with academic advisor or somebody who can help you get closer to the goal . But , like , break that thing down into smaller steps . And then , lastly , you have to identify who is your support system .
Who is your support system that you can rely on so that you don't procrastinate , Like who can hold you accountable ? Because one thing I'll say now I know I talk a lot about having you know , having a personal trainer Shout out to Pierre .
He definitely keeps me accountable and gets me right , but it helps me not procrastinate on certain things that are important to me because I know somebody is going to be checking in with me . So , yeah , the three things again you can do avoid perfectionism . Done is better than perfect .
Break that task down into smaller goals and have an accountability partner or , better yet , a stronger support system . And if you're lacking in any of those areas , now you know this is where you start , so that you can enhance your situation and stop procrastinating .
All right , y'all listen , I know I this is where you start , so that you can enhance your situation and stop procrastinating . All right , y'all Listen , I know I know you may be thinking all right , Jason , you talking to me on this one , OK , cool , but now what you going to do about it ? All right , Peace .
Thank you all for listening to another episode of the Peace and Prosperity podcast . Episode of the Peace and Prosperity Podcast . Again , if you are feeling like , hey , I'm experiencing high functioning anxiety , don't beat yourself up about it . It is okay .
We all experience anxiety from time to time and I gave you a couple of things that you can do on your own , but don't hesitate to reach out to a professional to better manage what you're going through . Ok , and lastly , make sure , if you have not like , share , subscribe to the podcast and send this out to a friend .
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