Overcome Procrastination Using Smith Advertising Advice

    MIAMI, FL, May 21, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The behavior pattern of procrastination can be triggered in many different ways, so people won't always procrastinate for the same reason, states Smith Advertising. Sometimes people procrastinate because they're overwhelmed with too much work, and procrastination provides an escape. Other times people can feel tired and lazy, and unable to get the creative juices flowing.

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From a business point of view it is important for workers to overcome procrastination to increase their personal productivity and in turn maximize the potential of the business.

Smith Advertising offers advice on how to overcome procrastination and resume focus:

1. Make a list of what tasks you are putting off right now.

2. Everyone invents all manner of other tasks that suddenly need to be done when they are putting something off. People recognize that this is happening if their diary is filling up with everything other than the thing they are putting off.

3. Is the delay because there is a cost or potential cost involved? This cost could be in terms of time or in terms of money. People might overestimate or underestimate how much this will be, or be delaying due to uncertainty around this. Budget and work out how much time or money will be needed. Then a decision can be made.

4. Is procrastination happening because taking the next step will mean you have to deal with confrontation, a difficult conversation or feeling uncomfortable? If so, find strategies to deal with these things.

5. Rather than thinking of the reasons why not, list the reasons why.

6. We rarely assess the cost of procrastinating (we're too busy coming up with reasons we shouldn't get on with something). The cost of putting something off might include new businesses getting there first or earnings could have been made if they got on with the task immediately. The longer they put something off, the more time they also waste on things like deliberating with themselves over whether to get on with it or not.

7. Give yourself an impossibly tight deadline. See how much you can get done in 20 minutes. Or decide to complete the whole project by the end of the day. When they have a tight deadline, they don't have time to protest and procrastinate - they just have to get on with it.

8. People often put off large tasks because they seem just too big to ever have time for. Break down tasks into smaller more manageable tasks.

9. There can be a huge sense of freedom and relief once we tackle what we have been putting off.

Smith Advertising is a revolutionary sales and direct marketing firm based in Miami, Florida. Using the latest direct marketing techniques and strategies, they help businesses to reconnect with their target demographic and generate record results. The firm offer young professionals a mentoring program to assist them with developing skills to start their own business. Smith Advertising hold regular meetings to keep their teams on task to avoid procrastination.

Smith Advertising is an outsourced sales and marketing firm based in Miami, Florida. The firm offers personalized direct marketing campaigns to their clients that accurately represent their brands to consumers via face-to-face interaction.

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