9. Building Skills to Overcome Procrastination
Eliminating procrastination involves building skills such as setting clear goals, regulating the challenge-skills balance, enhancing response inhibition, and interpreting signals of ambivalence.
By consistently practicing these techniques, we can develop the ability to engage in the flow cycle and effectively manage procrastination.
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Approach-avoidance conflict in the brain causes procrastination, where the desire to do a task conflicts with the fear or anxiety associated with it. Clear and specific goals can help overcome procrastination by activating the motivation and planning centres in the brain. Tweaking the challenge-skill balance, regulating time, and defining the scope of a task can also help overcome procrastination.
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