As a professional or business owner, you are likely familiar with the dance of procrastination. You hang back, you dither, zombie scroll or, check your inbox four hundred times.
And then, as soon as pressure peaks, almost to the point of feeling it in the chest, you get it done, and often brilliantly.
It appears to be a victory on the surface. People may even say, ‘You are amazing when you are under pressure’.
But the truth is: it is tiring on the inside. You don’t feel amazing. It is as though you are playing a game of Russian roulette with your time, and your energy and your confidence.
WHY YOU PROCRASTINATE
The fact is: procrastination is not about laziness. It’s about fear. The fear of failure, not being good enough, and the fear of being revealed. ‘Not now’ is your brilliant mind’s way of defending you. ‘Let’s delay. Let’s make coffee first.’
And just when the deadline comes, this same mind switches to survival mode. The fear is subdued by pressure. Suddenly, you focus. Suddenly, you produce. Not because you love pressure, it is just that pressure drowning out the voice of doubt.
THE COST OF PRESSURE DRIVEN SUCCESS
The thing is that such a lifestyle wears you out. It trains you to think that it takes panic to act.
Eventually, such a belief takes a toll on your health, happiness, and your leadership. You begin to feel that you are always lagging behind, always playing catch-up, always running on adrenaline.
Yes, you do, but at the price of calm, clarity and control.
WHAT YOU WANT INSTEAD
Suppose this: you wake up, stable and clear. Get down to projects early, without the knot in your stomach. You can work both under pressure and at ease
Think of having the confidence to say: ‘I do not need carnage to thrive. I can create from calm. I can do it because I can and I want to, not because I must.’
That’s the real breakthrough.
HOW TO BREAK THE PATTERN
This is what I tell my clients: procrastination is a learned behaviour, and what you learn, you can unlearn. With the right tools, you can rewire and teach your mind to act with clarity and confidence rather than when under pressure.
Once you rewire your mind to trust yourself, you no longer need deadlines as a whip to act. You are no longer motivated by pressure but only view it as noise you no longer desire.
The truth is you don’t need panic to perform. You were born to perform, to rule, to achieve, with calm, clarity and confidence.
Ready to rewire your mind to proactively perform from calm and not chaos? Send me a message or book a free discovery call.
Love, Geraldine
