Procrastination Killer

Procrastination Killer takes one thing you've been avoiding and works on it directly. Name it. Say why it matters. Look squarely at the cost of continuing to avoid it. Picture it finished, and then break it into its next actions, with ratings on impact, effort, importance, and urgency. The model underneath is Temporal Motivation Theory, published by Piers Steel and Cornelius König in 2006. It sets out why we put things off, and it is the most complete account there is. Motivation goes up with how much you expect to succeed and how much you value the outcome. It goes down with how impulsive you are and how far away the deadline is, which tells you the four places to intervene. Raise expectancy by making the first step small enough that you will definitely manage to do it. Raise value by connecting it to a goal you care about. Reduce impulsiveness by removing whatever's distracting you, and reduce delay by setting a nearer deadline than the real one further away. That is why this tool asks the questions that it asks. Procrastination is not laziness, and telling yourself that it is has never once helped anybody. It is usually anxiety about the task, or a first step that is just too big. Make the first action pathetically small, and then actually do it today.