What should I do if I can't finish the task until the last minute every time?

One nail, one horseshoe, one horseshoe, one number of war horses, one war horse, one battle, one country are missing.

This is a famous western proverb. From a historical story, it is said that in 1485, King Richard of England and henry vii, Earl of Richmond, prepared to fight to the death for British sovereignty. Who would have thought that because of the delay of the groom and the blacksmith, Richard III's war horse lacked an nail, and because of this nail, Richard III was defeated and lost a country.

This story tells us that procrastination can sometimes be fatal.

In the workplace, many of us have procrastination and regard procrastination as a habit. Plans are always completed in a hurry the night before the deadline, and then the next day, with a panda eye that stays up late, go to work listlessly; Customers always put off their problems first, and then try to deal with them in a hurry when they are red-eyed.

We are always busy putting out the fire and rushing to the scene. It is conceivable that how can our work efficiency and enthusiasm be high? How can we do a good job?

Why do we have workplace procrastination?

First of all, we always give ourselves negative hints.

Labels are very popular now. Not only food has labels, but also articles have labels. Different people will have different labels. The appearance of labels, on the one hand, brings us convenience, allowing us to quickly understand people and things. But on the other hand, labels also make us form a fixed thinking mode.

Procrastination is a typical label. Because work is always finished before the deadline, I am a procrastinator; Because I am a procrastinator, I always finish my work before the deadline. Did everyone see it? Because we label ourselves as procrastination, all our actions will unconsciously conform to the labels we set for ourselves, which forms a closed cycle with no solution.

Secondly, we made a mistake about causality.

We always think that actions lead to results, and we delay, so the task is not completed. Actually, it's not like this. The fact is that our behavior is influenced by our psychological expectation of the result.

That doesn't sound easy to understand. For example, you will understand.

Why are we seldom late in the morning? Because we know that being late will be fined, and the fine hurts, so we won't be late. Our expectation of the result and the fine for being late for work affect our choices and actions. This road is too crowded. I don't want to crowd the bus with many people. I have to go out early. The weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow, so we must go out an hour early.

You see, the expectation of the result obviously affects our behavior.

Then why do you always delay submitting the report? Because 15 still has a few days, don't worry; Because I can finish it in three hours. Don't worry. We set the date of handing in the report as 15, which is our psychological expectation, so we won't act until that day. Therefore, if we change our psychological expectations a little, our behavior will be completely different.

So how can we get rid of the habit of procrastination in the workplace? You might as well try these three tricks!

First of all, tear off your own label and give yourself a positive psychological hint.

Tearing off the label is a painful process, because it is a process to change our inherent thinking. Speaking of procrastination, don't imply that you are a procrastinator, and don't always tell others that I am a procrastinator. Don't make excuses for what you didn't do.

We didn't finish a task, either because we didn't manage our time well or because we didn't pay attention to it. In short, don't get involved in procrastination. Find out the specific reasons for specific problems and then solve them.

Constantly give yourself positive hints: I am an efficient person and work quickly. What kind of person do you want to be and do things according to his behavior. Imagine what an efficient person will do, and you will do the same.

In addition to this method, we can also use miracle rhetorical questions. What is a miracle rhetorical question? In the workplace, there must be a moment when you finish your task ahead of schedule. Think about how you felt at that time. Are you relaxed and enjoying yourself?

Because the task was completed ahead of time, there would be no hurry to put out the fire. I did well because I had a lot of time to prepare. The boss praised you for the first time. Think more about the feeling of finishing the task ahead of time without delay. It's better to be specific, because the more specific and detailed, the better you feel. Use these positive feedbacks to give yourself positive hints and form a positive cycle.

The second is to manage our expectations of results and use them to influence our actions.

The leader asked us to hand in the annual summary on 15, so we advanced the date to 10. Because it is the end of the year, there are many things. If you put it off until the end, I don't know what will happen, so be prepared in advance.

With this expectation, we need to list the tasks of writing summary in the plan, and the deadline in the plan is 10. After writing on paper, it will also give us psychological hints. Only when it is listed in the plan will we be willing to do it. If it is not listed, we often forget the existence of this task.

Third: Do the hardest thing first.

Many times, we procrastinate because we think the task is too difficult, which requires too much energy and a lot of brain cells, so the brain will instinctively resist, and often we will do the simplest work first and put the most annoying work last, which is also the reason for our procrastination.

To solve this problem, we also have two methods: one is task decomposition, and the other is to do the most difficult things well first.

Task decomposition, as we all know, is to break down a difficult thing into several small tasks and do them every day. Then break down the more difficult and heavier tasks, and we won't feel that the tasks are heavy.

Doing difficult things first is a way to strengthen the role, which is called Prima's law in psychology. At work, we should finish the easy things first, which will strengthen our understanding of the difficult things. We think it's too difficult. The harder it is, the less we want to do it.

Doing difficult things well first and doing things that you don't want to finish first will improve work efficiency, enhance work ability and gain a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. We will find that this task is actually not that difficult. This kind of reinforcement will be stronger and stronger, which will make us more confident and expressive in our work!

Ok, this is what we are going to discuss today: how to solve workplace procrastination! 20 19, let's quit procrastination together and become professionals!