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EMOTION

energize your prosperity drives by keeping a positive focus.
Move yourself forward toward productive outcomes.
Operate to keep your perspective on long-term advantages.
tolerate—but don’t give in to unpleasant emotions that reflect
a false signal for delay.
integrate realistic thinking with self-regulated actions to
support your stated objectives.
Overcome diversionary urges through exercising your
PURRRRS choice.
nudge yourself in the direction of rider Y decisions that
promote productive results and aid in the development of
emotional muscle.

find added benefits from grabbing the reins and guiding the
horse? For example, positive affect increases as goal-directed
behavior increases, and vice versa.
• Think about whether or not you fear discomfort. Is the anticipa-
tion of discomfort enough for you to find a diversion alluring?
These discomfort fears are common but manageable. I will
show you how to overcome distress as it relates to procrasti-
nation in the next chapter.

Help Your Horse Get Past Procrastination-Related Distress

Discomfort-dodging patterns increase the risk that you’ll procras-
tinate again in similar circumstances. Changing the pattern in-
volves developing tolerance for tension. This is a conscious act.
When you allow yourself to experience tension, you productively
help yourself shift your attention from a procrastination retreat
to a forward momentum. If you are not anxious about perfor-
mance-connected tensions, and you are willing to allow yourself