Thwart Procrastination With the Dash Approach

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  patti schuldenfrei07/22/08 Report as spam
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  The Ass Factor

  There must be something about "procrastination" that relates well to the posterior. When I was freelance writing, a career that's like a smorgasbord for procrastinators, I had a little mental self-directive for getting myself to face that blank computer screen: "Patti," I'd say to myself, "just put your ass in the chair." It always worked. Fifteen minutes later I'd be typing away, thinking, "Oh, that's right. I LIKE doing this."

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  CC Holland07/22/08 Report as spam
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  LOL

  I love your suggestion! Unfortunately, I can plant my posterior in my chair all day long and still procrastinate as a writer. My fingers are the problem -- instead of creating words, I find them compulsively prowling the Internet for some form of distraction.

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  vwishart07/22/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Thwart Procrastination With the Dash Approach

  Brilliant. And here I thought it was just me!

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  CC Holland07/22/08 Report as spam
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  You ARE brilliant

  Coming up with it on your own and everything. Bravo!

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  gdille07/22/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Thwart Procrastination With the Dash Approach

  Great idea -- one I will definitely have to try!

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  CC Holland07/22/08 Report as spam
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  Glad you found this useful!

  Hope it works out well.

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  arunkumar.s07/22/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Thwart Procrastination With the Dash Approach

  Extermely good suggestion, i feel this is the greatest challenge a new comer or fresher faces in the job. One should know how to manage time and the rest will fall in place without doing much. However, let us not forget the quality of output need to be met.

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  CC Holland07/22/08 Report as spam
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  Quite true

  You're right -- doing something badly for 10 minutes is worse than not doing it at all. In a dash you should still strive for excellence.

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  David 4207/24/08 Report as spam
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  Great Idea

  Getting started is always the toughest part. thanks.

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  steven-t08/26/09 Report as spam
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  RE: Thwart Procrastination With the Dash Approach

  Some pretty good ideas - I will try them today. It is amazing
  how starting an overwhelming task is so difficult. Just doing
  the first step can help so much. Then do the second, then the
  third.... So on and so forth.