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Stress-Related Procrastination

The following seven-step process maps a way to control what
you do and advance while others engage in procrastination
activities:

1. Identify a clear purpose, a goal, and an organized ap-
proach to achieve that goal. You’ve set a leadership direc-
tion for yourself that can translate into conscientious,
productive actions.
2. An effective person who can pull together a voluntary
group for a common cause sets the tone by getting up
front, taking responsibility, and displaying intelligence
and capability.
3. Keep focused on your prime objective, act with a strategic
mind, make an effort to look for and act on opportunities
that will pass unobserved by most, and ask what’s missing
from the picture.
4. In fluidly changing circumstances, give structure and
definition to emerging processes. Keep on top of new
developments. Act to take advantage of changing informa-
tion. Coordinate your resources.
5. The collective intelligence of a group is a rich information
resource. Encourage communication. Listen. Judge
which people you can count on. However, reserve the final
decision for yourself when you have this discretion.
6. In activities where you are in charge, reserve the final deci-
sion as your prerogative. Rendering reasoned judgments
to gain ground is important.
7. Push distractions aside as quickly as possible. There isn’t
time for them. Timing, pacing, and maintaining momen-
tum are normally of greater importance.