Supercharge Your Productivity - Mastering the Habits and Mindset for Success
Productive State of Mind
You may constantly be finding yourself filled with life altering ideas, but you can't seem to get into your ‘zone,’ and execute your plan of action without procrastinating. Find out time consuming ways of how to increase your productivity and be in your flow.
You’re not alone when it comes satisfying your instant gratification monkey. In other words compromising your time and decreasing your productivity levels to fulfill your urge to do meaningless tasks that may feel more satisfying. Yes, we all do this. You don’t have to feel badly about this, but if you do it often, it’s time for you to recognize this limiting behaviour of yours and better tap into why you’re really holding off on doing important tasks.
Self Limiting Behaviours
Limited focus on task completion comes down to procrastination which is the practice of intentionally delaying something that should be done. For a long time researchers thought procrastination had to do with time management skills, but Tim Pychyl, an associate professor of psychology at Carleton University shares that research across a wide range of studies has found that procrastination is associated with emotional regulation. Chronic procrastinators typically feel emotions such as guilt and shame about their behaviour.* Common characteristics that procrastinators exhibit are:
Low conscientiousness- laid back, impulsive, relaxed about time-keeping and less goal orientated.
Perfectionist tendencies - Perfectionism stems from fear of disapproval and even from being frequently praised for accomplishments, whereby one may feel pressure to keep achieving high standards of work. Social researcher, Brene Brown says, “Perfection is not about healthy achievement and growth." She explains that perfectionism is used by many people as a shield to protect against the pain of blame, judgment, or shame.
Larger amygdala volume - fMRI images have shown that chronic procrastinators are susceptible to fight or flight due to high emotions during learning.
