http://selfhelpportal4u.com A Place For All Your Personal Development Needs Thu, 17 May 2012 10:17:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://selfhelpportal4u.com/what%e2%80%99s-your-payoff/ http://selfhelpportal4u.com/what%e2%80%99s-your-payoff/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:52:18 +0000 admin http://selfhelpportal4u.com/?page_id=46    If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it. -Olin Miller You may be familiar with the concept that everything you do has a payoff, and procrastination is no different!  Though it may not seem likely that such a problematic habit could have a payoff, when [...]]]> http://selfhelpportal4u.com/what%e2%80%99s-your-payoff/feed/ 0 http://selfhelpportal4u.com/three-ways-to-get-moving/ http://selfhelpportal4u.com/three-ways-to-get-moving/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:51:46 +0000 admin http://selfhelpportal4u.com/?page_id=45      Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.-Alyce P. Cornyn-Selby Procrastination can be a sticky problem to overcome because you avoid taking action at all costs, which leaves you feeling even more frightened or intimidated – which causes you to procrastinate even more!  Eventually you find yourself caught in a vicious circle; wanting [...]]]> http://selfhelpportal4u.com/three-ways-to-get-moving/feed/ 0 http://selfhelpportal4u.com/three-reasons-why-you-procrastinate/ http://selfhelpportal4u.com/three-reasons-why-you-procrastinate/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:51:16 +0000 admin http://selfhelpportal4u.com/?page_id=44 Procrastination usually results in sorrowful regret. Today’s duties put off tomorrow give us a double burden to bear; the best way is to do them in their proper time.-Ida Scott Taylor Have you ever found yourself putting things off without knowing why?  Everyone does this to a certain degree, but it can be frustrating when [...]]]> http://selfhelpportal4u.com/three-reasons-why-you-procrastinate/feed/ 0 http://selfhelpportal4u.com/the-power-of-focus/ http://selfhelpportal4u.com/the-power-of-focus/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:50:44 +0000 admin http://selfhelpportal4u.com/?page_id=43 We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it? -The Buddha Scattered and confused thoughts are common contributors to procrastination because it’s difficult to stay on track when you don’t have a clear focus.  You end up either wasting time with untargeted actions [...]]]> http://selfhelpportal4u.com/the-power-of-focus/feed/ 2 http://selfhelpportal4u.com/the-no-excuses-approach/ http://selfhelpportal4u.com/the-no-excuses-approach/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:50:05 +0000 admin http://selfhelpportal4u.com/?page_id=42             Get tough, Get determined,Get angry and stomp out procrastination! -Wendy Mickle A strong habit of procrastination can leave a lot of destruction in its wake, so it can be helpful to be firm and unyielding with the techniques you use to conquer it.  When it comes right down to it, you can analyze the [...]]]> http://selfhelpportal4u.com/the-no-excuses-approach/feed/ 0 http://selfhelpportal4u.com/the-good-side-of-procrastination/ http://selfhelpportal4u.com/the-good-side-of-procrastination/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:48:46 +0000 admin http://selfhelpportal4u.com/?page_id=41 There are two sides to everything! Most of us are used to thinking of procrastination as a negative thing, but did you know that there are sometimes benefits to procrastination?  It’s true!  Procrastination can be used constructively if you do it in a conscious manner. Below are a few ideas for how to do so [...]]]> http://selfhelpportal4u.com/the-good-side-of-procrastination/feed/ 0 http://selfhelpportal4u.com/starting-is-the-hardest-part/ http://selfhelpportal4u.com/starting-is-the-hardest-part/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:48:17 +0000 admin http://selfhelpportal4u.com/?page_id=40     Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. -Dale Carnegie. Procrastination can quickly create a logjam of unfinished business in all areas of your life, including financial crises, relationship problems, chronic underachievement, physical illness and more. There are many ways to deal with procrastination, but one of the most [...]]]> http://selfhelpportal4u.com/starting-is-the-hardest-part/feed/ 1 http://selfhelpportal4u.com/awareness-is-power/ http://selfhelpportal4u.com/awareness-is-power/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:47:42 +0000 admin http://selfhelpportal4u.com/?page_id=39        Awareness is the key to everything you need and want in life! -Wendy Mickle Procrastination can often grow to monstrous proportions in your life, but sometimes it can be much more subtle too.  Perhaps you don’t have huge, messy snarls in all areas of your life due to procrastination, but is it possible that [...]]]> http://selfhelpportal4u.com/awareness-is-power/feed/ 2 http://selfhelpportal4u.com/avoidance-sneaks-in/ http://selfhelpportal4u.com/avoidance-sneaks-in/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:47:03 +0000 admin http://selfhelpportal4u.com/?page_id=38 Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. – Thomas Huxley Have you ever noticed how sneaky procrastination can be?  It’s incredibly easy to fool ourselves into thinking that we’re [...]]]> http://selfhelpportal4u.com/avoidance-sneaks-in/feed/ 0 http://selfhelpportal4u.com/a-little-goes-a-long-way/ http://selfhelpportal4u.com/a-little-goes-a-long-way/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:45:35 +0000 admin http://selfhelpportal4u.com/?page_id=37      You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. -Martin Luther King Jr. One damaging aspect of procrastination is the way it tends to snowball and build a chronic sense of stagnation and inertia in your life.  It usually starts innocently enough: you try to avoid doing one thing that [...]]]> http://selfhelpportal4u.com/a-little-goes-a-long-way/feed/ 0