how to stop procrastinating – Tracey Taylor

It’s probably not that deep…

If you’re anything like me you are probably extremely harsh on yourself when you keep putting things off or you’re not making the progress you were hoping for. You think it means something about you – maybe you’re lazy, or not good enough, or you compare yourself to others and think that they can doContinue reading “It’s probably not that deep…”

Three myths about procrastination

You can’t define yourself as a ‘procrastinator’. Sometimes you might procrastinate, other times you might not. For every time you put off doing something you can find a hundred examples of when you took action straight away. There might be patterns to when you put off taking action and when you don’t which would beContinue reading “Three myths about procrastination”

When preparation IS procrastination

Preparation is great, right? Fail to prepare = prepare to fail and all that. But be careful that your preparation isn’t becoming a form of procrastination itself. What do I mean by that? Buying books, making plans, booking training courses, researching jobs etc all make us feel like we’re making positive moves forward. But unlessContinue reading “When preparation IS procrastination”

How to create confidence and positivity

We all want to head into the year with confidence, whether we set new years resolutions or not, we can’t help but have an idea that we’d really like this year to be a ‘good’ one. The best indicator of whether you will start this year with confidence is the stories you are telling yourself. These are likelyContinue reading “How to create confidence and positivity”

Take a break…your brain will thank you

If you are struggling to get things done, remain motivated and keep consistent it can feel completely counter-intuitive to stop and take a break. You want to keep going, break through the barrier, prove to yourself that you can and will succeed. But this is often the least constructive route you can take Yes, sometimesContinue reading “Take a break…your brain will thank you”

What Are You Fighting Against?

The psychologist Carl Jung famously gave us the idea that “what you resist not only persists, but will grow in size”. I have found this to be true so many times, both with myself, and my coaching clients that it is a principle I wholeheartedly follow. Therefore, when times get tough, if I find myselfContinue reading “What Are You Fighting Against?”