How to Beat Procrastination

Procrastination has been classified as the enemy of productivity. 
Unfortunately, as much as many historical figures such as Eleanor 
Roosevelt, Benjamin Franklin, Pablo Picasso, and Leonard Da Vinci have 
talked about procrastination, many people are still having a hard time 
overcoming it. Procrastination has downplayed the results of several 
people and affected their productivity badly. Do not wait until 
procrastination brings you to your knees before you look for help. 
Read the tips below and learn how you can beat procrastination.

1. Start Anyhow

People suffering from procrastination always give the excuse of 
looking for the perfect time to start working on a project. There may 
never be an ideal time for your project; start anyway or anyhow, and 
everything will fall in place as you progress.
Getting started is the most challenging aspect of beating 
procrastination. Having realized what your tasks involve, begin 
without waiting, you would find more inspiration and resources to 
accomplish it.

2. Set Deadlines

Another way to beat procrastination is by setting self-imposed 
deadlines when each project must be completed. Set notifications on 
your phone's reminder and stick a reminder to your desk to always 
remind you to get started with the project. The deceit that 
procrastination feeds every victim with is that there is more time 
left; there is no need to rush. Set a deadline and work toward it.

3. Get Rid of Distractions

The advancement in technology should be a blessing and not a curse. 
These days, many people have a hard time concentrating on activities 
around them. They are always fiddling with their smartphones browsing, 
chatting, or watching video clips online. This habit, unfortunately, 
is imported to the workplace, and that keeps them away from working 
effectively and efficiently. When you have a project to work on, put 
away your smartphones, turn off your internet connectivity except it 
is required for your work, and declutter your desk of all unrelated 
books, magazines, etc. Do not invite friends over to your place 
whenever you have a project on hand, except if they are helpful.

4. Incentivize Yourself

If you want to beat procrastination without hurting yourself, use 
incentives. Everybody loves a gift; indeed, you would want to be 
rewarded for your efforts.
List all the tasks you need to do and give yourself a gift like some 
candies or some minutes on social media. This is a kind of motivation 
with subtle effects that encourage you to get your tasks done, at 
least for the sake of the reward.


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Be S.M.A.R.T with your Goals

Having decided to focus your attention and efforts on a dream, you now have to set goals to achieve the dreams. However, your goals must be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-sensitive (SMART).

a. Specific
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The Importance of Prayer for Our Government Leaders

The recent election has caused many people to become overcome with frustration and hopelessness and despair. The nation is divided. Racial tension is at an all-time high and many of us are left wondering, "Where is God in all of this?

The substantial majority of people do not care for Donald Trump's presidency. This assertion is to understatement something like a pond is to an Ocean.

Yet believers are not given the option of letting their disagreement with their political leaders prevent them from praying for those leaders. The apostle Peter wrote that believers are to "submit yourselves to every human authority for the Lord's sake, whether it be to the king, as supreme, or to governors, as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and to praise those who do right... Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king" (1 Peter 2:13-14, 17).

Likewise, Paul wrote to Timothy, "Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone, for kings and for all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty, for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior" (1 Timothy 2:1-3).

Who was ruler when Paul and Peter penned these words? The most dishonorable governmental leader in history - - Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known only as Nero.

What kind of leader was Nero? He murdered his mother and both of his wives, to begin with. However, his grotesque cruelty far transcended his immediate family. According to the Roman historian Tacitus, after a bad fire had consumed equally half of Rome and his status was in free-fall, Nero decided to blame the fire on Christians. Tacitus chronicles that the initial Roman followers of Jesus "were covered with the skins of wild animals and then torn apart by dogs, some were crucified, some were burned at torches to light as night."

Mercifully, none of America's governmental leaders-local, state or federal-can claim such notoriety. This doesn't, however, lessen the wrong that they have done or continue to allow. Yet we are called to pray for those in power; God's Word says it, and Christians must do it.

How, then, should we pray for those in authority, whether they be leaders we esteem or with whose political decisions we agree with, or leaders whose character and official strategies we cannot endorse?

Here are five ways:

1. Pray for their health and safety.

2. Pray that they would follow the Lord's ways and atone if they don't.
3. Pray that they would execute fairness.

4. Pray that they would govern with wisdom for the "welfare of the city" not for personal gain or for the advantage of a favored few.

5. That God would accomplish His purposes through them regardless of their willingness to be used by Him.

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Topic: How to Set Goals to Achieve Success

Goal setting is crucial to achieving success. Success is the total of 
all actions taken appropriately in line with the defined purpose of a 
cause. If you desire to be successful, you must have goals that are set.
Looking for the right ways to set goals to achieve success? Do not 
stress out. Read this article to the end to learn goal setting tips to 
achieve success.

1. Evaluate and Decide

The first step in setting goals to achieve success is to evaluate your 
present situation and the circumstances surrounding you. Write down 
everything you wish for and the level of ability you possess to 
accomplish each of them.
This process is to enable you to be objective about your goals and 
decide where to work toward.

2. Believe in Yourself

Having evaluated yourself and your dreams, you should realize that you 
can achieve a lot. However, you need a strong belief to move to the 
next stage. Believe in yourself that you can make your dream come true 
and that you can transform that situation around you into a favorable 
one for your success.

3. Choose a Dream to Pursue

If you ever want your goals to lead to success, they must all relate 
to a single, unified purpose. Choose a dream, among several that you 
have, that you are ready to run with and give your best. This will 
allow creating a set of goals that are surefire and foolproof to 
achieve success.

4. Be S.M.A.R.T with your Goals

Having decided to focus your attention and efforts on a dream, you now 
have to set goals to achieve the dreams. However, your goals must be 
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-sensitive (SMART).
a. Specific Your goals must be clear and in no ambiguous such that you know what 
results each goal must produce.

b. Measurable

There must be a result to prove the performance of the action 
specified by a goal. Thus feature and 'specific' go hand-in-hand.

c. Attainable

Do not set your goals so high that you cannot attain them. Know your 
capacity and do not be overly reckless when setting your goals.

d. Realistic

Set goals that can translate into reality. Realistic refers to "of 
something that has a high tendency of becoming real."

e. Time-Sensitive

All the goals you want to set to achieve success have a time-frame 
within which they must be attained. Having broken down your big goal 
into smaller goals, set a deadline for each of them to be performed.

5. Be Accountable

Find one or two people you can tell your plan who can hold you 
accountable. A goal has no power if nobody is holding you accountable 
to it. Knowing that someone is monitoring your progress and would 
require certain information from you will encourage you to work harder 
on your goal.

Follow all the tips above to set goals to achieve success. Going from 
nothing to becoming successful will be possible when you implement 
S.M.A.R.T.





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