Why People Procrastinate? 7 Common Procrastination Excuses (and how to beat them)

Want to overcome procrastination? Procrastination is driven from sub-conscious excuses; see seven popular procrastination excuses and how to overcome them.

The following is a sample from my book 23 Anti-Procrastination Habits: How to Stop Being Lazy and Get Results in Your Life. It includes many of the common “Procrastination Excuses” that many people use, as well as explaining why people procrastinate. If you’re struggling with procrastination, then I encourage you to learn the simple habits … Read more

Mental Models: 6 Steps to Overcome Procrastination-Causing Thoughts

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Have you ever had a really important project you want or need to do and for some reason you just can’t find the discipline to dig in and get started? What about when you do start a project. Do you ever get stuck in the middle of a project and can’t continue but you have no … Read more

Struggling With Your Habits? Three Questions You Need To Ask Yourself.

Today we have a guest post brought to you by Derek Doepker the author of the book 50 Fitness Tips You Wish You Knew and founder of Excuse Proof Fitness. What he talks about in this article centers on the idea of failure. We often struggle with a habit change but don’t know why it’s happening.  … Read more

The Ultimate Guide to Building Willpower [Part 2]

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Welcome back to our discussion on willpower. In the first part of this series we talked about how even successful people (like Oprah Winfrey) often succumb to temptation.  Plus we went over three experiments that showed “why” you can’t rely on willpower alone to stick to a new habit.  And we finished off with a simple … Read more

The Ultimate Guide to Building Willpower [Part 1]

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Willpower is a concept that’s often misunderstood. It’s easy to give credit to willpower when you successfully build a new habit, but it’s also equally easy to chalk up a failure due to a lack of willpower. So what is willpower? How does it affect your ability to stick to a new routine?  Is it … Read more