You have to get down to work. You have to sit down to study. But instead, you make another a cup of tea, chat with a friend, or shop online.
We all do it, because procrastination is one of life’s guilty little pleasures. But if procrastination becomes a habitual pattern, it can add a lot of stress to our lives.
So, do you procrastinate? According to the book Good Stress, Bad Stress, these could be the underlying reasons:
Cumulative procrastination – If you’ve let your work pile up, it becomes harder and harder to attack it.
Perfectionism – If you’re worried that you cannot handle certain tasks well, you tend to avoid them.
Conflict avoidance – If you fear that tacking a certain project will trigger disagreement with your boss or a colleague, you tend to avoid it.
Here are some procrastination-fighting techniques for medical billers and coders recommended by Barry Lenson, author of Good Stress, Bad Stress:
Tackle unpleasant tasks first thing in the morning. If you’ve been delaying a touchy conversation with your boss or a colleague, have it as soon as you arrive at work. Tackling dreaded tasks first gives you energy that can boost your productivity through the day.
Say, “I’ll work on it for just five minutes.” This tactic works especially well if you have let work pile up. When you make just a small commitment to start on a backlog of work, you break the logjam and get going.
Work with a partner. Take a batch of coding work, divide it up with a colleague, and get started. (And offer to share his or her work in the same way.) When you cooperate on a body of work, you stand a better chance of whittling a pile of work down to size. Cooperation is fun and energizing.
Have you found strategies for fighting procrastination? If so, why not take a moment and share them here with other readers of Medical Billing and Coding Blog?
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Posted by cherman | February 26, 2011, 6:05 amMany procrastinate through Fear of failure. A typical example of this mechanism is the guy who continues to postpone telephoning to make a date with the girl of his dreams. Our would-be lover is paralyzed by conflict: on one hand he would love to go out with the girl he likes. On the other hand, he is almost certain that she would say no. It is this fear of rejection that blocks him.
In some people the fear of failure is so entrenched as to immobilize the ability to take initiative. The unconscious reasoning of those who are unable to engage activity goes something more or less like this: “since I surely will not be able to do such a thing it does not even warrant trying.
Such a shame really. Do you have a strategy to break this?
Posted by mind power school dude | February 27, 2011, 12:14 amSorry, just remembered. One strategy I learned was to promise to reward myself on successful completion of an onerous task.
For example, if I had studied for three hours, I made a pre-conceived time to take a break, watch my favorite TV show or do another activity I really enjoyed. If I had been to the dentist, I promised myself a special prize, some pleasant shopping or doing something else I really appreciated.
I hope this helps some readers.
Posted by mind power school dude | February 27, 2011, 12:21 amI do procrastinate unfortunately
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