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When you arrive at the meeting, you are unlikely to have all
the answers. The purpose of the meeting is to flesh out the issues
and come to reasoned conclusions. However, when you are pre-
pared, you are likely to see the meeting as a challenge. You don’t
feel the usual stress and strain where you hope to go unnoticed in
the meeting.
Curbing Low-Frustration-Tolerance Procrastination
Low frustration tolerance is a strong aversion for tension that can
lead to discomfort dodging and procrastination. This sensitivity to
unpleasant sensations gets worse when it is magnified by self-talk,
such as, “The task is too tough, and I can’t stand doing it.” These
tension-amplifying thoughts are a slippery slope to procrastination
practices. Questions such as what makes the task too tough and
why you can’t stand what you don’t like can expose the false evalu-
ative dimension of this thinking.
Building high frustration tolerance is a significant life chal-
lenge. If you don’t fear or avoid tension, you are likely to feel that
you are in command of yourself and of the controllable events that
take place around you. Paradoxically, you are also less likely to
experience amplified tensions when you don’t fear them. With
high frustration tolerance, you are likely to take on more chal-
lenges and experience more accomplishment and satisfaction
from the actions that you undertake. Building and using counter-
procrastination skills helps decrease tension fears as you boost
your self-efficacy skills.
Tension avoidance through procrastination practically always
involves an evaluation. Exaggerated evaluations about discomfort
tend to lead to discomfort dodging. The evaluations that lead to
discomfort dodging tend to interact with self-doubts and increase
vulnerability to procrastination. If you reduce either your self-doubts
or your intolerance for tension, you’ve acted to reduce both condi-
tions along with weakening a co-occurring procrastination habit.
