Pychyl has been studying and researching procrastination for over 20 years and is the leading authority on procrastination. Timothy Pychyl Associate Professor of Psychology at Carleton University and the author of Solving the Procrastination Puzzle. Does procrastination cause us to lose time? Yes, but at its core, it is not a time management issue. What you will learn quickly from our guest is that procrastination is not a time management issue. Then the same techniques for overcoming procrastination can work or work even better.This week on Overcoming Distractions the Podcast, we tackle one of the most misunderstood topics in the world of getting things accomplished. Hypnosis can actually make you more receptive to these successful techniques, by making you less sensitive to the task itself, by reducing the amount of pain, fear, or discomfort the tasks represent. Where does hypnosis come in? When talking to yourself still doesn't work its magic, as it often will, a competent hypnotherapist can help. Then you can get about the business of breaking those tasks into "bite-sized bits" and beating procrastination cold. In these cases, you need to be more stern with yourself, and consciously project how much worse it will be (disease, financial ruin, even death!) if you don't face up to your fear and do what needs to be done. It can stem from fear, like the "worst case scenarios" you dream about (in nightmares!) when it comes to doing a tax return or taking a medical exam. Sometimes the source of the avoidance is more serious than just avoiding tedium or expending energy. So even if you never look forward to paying bills, you no longer put it off until they threaten to turn off the electricity or throw you out of your home. Which, reversing the "stuck in reverse" trend, will make the next 'session' even easier. You'll find that you actually perceive the task as less painful and you'll do more. And be serious about it, use a kitchen timer to make sure you take a break, and then resume the task for another short, set time period. Yes, you may have to force yourself to do it, but only for a brief period time say, fifteen or twenty minutes and then take a break. The best way to deal with this kind of procrastination is to chip away at it. Much of the time, the avoidance is a perception that the task, whether it's opening the mail, doing the dishes, or paying the bills, will simply take too much time and energy. So how do we overcome this built-in behavior? Use self-hypnosis to alter your perception of the pain or fear. The longer we avoid the task at hand, the stronger the avoidance becomes. We are simply avoiding some perceived pain or fear, and unfortunately, the very act of avoiding itself increases our discomfort. And since the tedious and unpleasant tasks listed above offer no pleasure and, in some cases, at least a little discomfort, we procrastinate. We seek pleasure (or pleasurable experiences) and we avoid pain (or discomfort, both physical and psychological). It's what we usually refer to as "human nature". Freud was the first to recognize that we all operate, with no conscious effort under the dictates of the "Pain/Please" principle. To truly understand why we all procrastinate, we need to revisit our old friend Sigmund Freud. And every time you do it, you ask yourself, "Why do I put myself through this? I know better!" But still you know you'll do it again and again! Pain and Pleasure Putting off that medical exam, not paying that important bill, not returning a phone call or changing your oil or filing your taxes, until it becomes embarrassing, then costly, and then damaging to your life. How Hypnosis Can Improve Your Life Procrastination - Putting it off and paying the price
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