You know that difficult decision that you’ve been putting off?
You know what I’m talking about?
Well, spoiler alert, but you’ve already made a decision about it.
You’ve decided that the problem can keep going on until you’re comfortable enough to deal with it?
That’s the decision.
Does that hurt?
I hope it does.
Because it’s something I see a lot of times in my executive coaching work. And to be honest, I’m really good at spotting it, because I used to do it all the time myself.
Here’s what’s interesting.
The people who are the best at getting things done are often also the best at avoiding the things they don’t want to do.
And there’s a really ingenious way that they do it.
Productive people don’t procrastinate by watching Netflix.
They procrastinate by doing more work.
You are probably like this.
You answer emails. Schedule meetings. You spend time solving problems nobody ever asked you to solve.
And at the end of the day, you accomplished a hell of a lot of work.
You just didn’t do the one thing that actually matters the most.
And here’s the really sneakily annoying part of it all. Your productivity becomes your excuse.
Because who’s gonna accuse someone of procrastinating when they’re getting so much done? Right?
If you actually do this, or you work with somebody who does, I got good news for you. There’s a way to fix it.
Do you wanna know how?
Good, ‘cause I’m about to tell you.
