You are creating your states of procrastination and motivation!

Have you ever experienced the state of procrastination? We all have one moment or another! Procrastination is the number one success killer.

It is the most common state that prevents people from acting. Knowing that there is an important task at hand, he keeps putting it off.

Have you ever had to start working on a project but kept doing everything else that would delay the start? You cleaned your desk, had a drink of water, checked your emails, walked around, and finally said, ‘I think I’ll do it tomorrow!’

Was there any other time when you felt totally motivated to start a project? A moment where you just sat down and did it right away?

I think we are aware that this situation rarely happens, it never happens at times when we need to do something.

We create our States of Motivation and Procrastination

We have to understand that we create completely different states using our physiology and internal representation. When we understand this, we will be able to switch, interrupt, and change state when we need to.

When you procrastinated, you used your physiology in a particular way. Your breathing was probably slow and shallow. Your muscles were sagging, your eyes were looking down, and your facial muscles were probably flabby.

What about your internal re-introduction? You were probably looking at photos of yourself going through a difficult time, overwhelmed and frustrated. You were probably saying to yourself in the most tired and boring tone ever, “Should I do this now? Can I do it later?”

How do we create Motivation?

A question that we have to ask ourselves, when we are in a motivated state, taking action and fulfilling our tasks, how do we create that?

Our physiology was probably different. We were sitting differently, breathing differently, and moving differently. We were probably re-presenting the task very differently in our minds.

We saw ourselves getting results, having fun, and doing things effortlessly. We were probably saying, “do it now!” “Let’s do it!” in a higher, more excited tone of voice.

Remember, our states are hardly managed consciously. We do not consciously change our physiology or control our internal representations with the intention of controlling our states.

Instead, our minds can run on autopilot, causing us to lose control of our own states, resulting in mediocre results that we don’t like.

Now that we are aware that the states of motivation and procrastination are entirely created by us, the responsibility lies with us to learn and take charge of our physiology and internal representation, driving ourselves to achieve the greatest results we desire.