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Discussion on: How do you limit or avoid procrastination?

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Vuild • Edited

No offence taken, I appreciate opinions & advice. It's a bit tongue in cheek, yes but with serious points.

1 there because if you need to 'deal with procrastination' then you probably already sat at the screen/did a bunch of nonsense & couldn't get any work done. By definition. So "walk away" & get sunlight/fresh air because you may as well do something good (rather than go to a movie let's say).

2 is because most people use something. I didn't want to add drugs/stress/mental health/panic/bullying/fear/alcohol/caffeine/pharma etc which is what most high level people in tech (& most industries do).

3 Disturbances usually don't help. Plan to not be disturbed.

4 Usually people need to get into what is considered a 'higher state' to go at their fastest in certain disciplines. It's often referred to as 'flow' by the maslow-ted-motivator types.

On the second half: "Work now, hard & fast."

I did all of those & lots more at the highest levels.. With proof (I didn't want to post more as it already looks silly/unbelievable...I don't generally talk online, this is a one off for early 2019).

Mostly due to being really productive.

EDIT: Not empire, working on it.