How can you best take swirling action?

Procrastination brings cancellation, my mother used to say, urging me to start immediately. But there were always reasons and excuses for not doing many things. Not anymore. Because this is how you do it:

7 certified action techniques:

1. Avoid having to. Try to avoid all statements where you commit yourself to something. That is about things that you say out loud, but also that you say inwardly. Both equally bad. This expression poses a conflict to our brains: on the one hand, they have to release energy to complete the task, on the other hand also to cope with a possible failure. This goes back to our primal instinct where the body prepares for the attack, but at the same time also flees. That is inconsistent and paralyzing. It is more appropriate that you present your task as a choice, an option, and formulate your assignment as: I want, I can.
   
   
2. Look at the beginning. As essential as it is to hold out an end goal when completing a task, it is often helpful to focus on the first step once the course has been set. If you focus on the beginning and follow the case step by step, you will be absorbed by the process and not by the goal and how far you are from it. In holiday terms: enjoy the journey, later the destination. 
   
   
3. Fight perfection. The desire for perfection appears to be the most frequently given excuse for not doing something. Most books are not written because prospective authors assume that the book will not be perfect after all. Many stick to their old, boring and low-paid jobs because they believe that the perfect job does not exist. Countless masterful books are being written by people who realize that the perfect book does not exist. Many exciting career steps are taken by people who know that the perfect job does not exist.
   
   
4. Discover relaxation. Under time pressure from the deadline, distraction and relaxation are often scrapped, while this can provide the necessary stimulus and inspiration to complete the assignment. Living under stress means staying upright under pressure. This is only possible if time is set aside for enjoyment and entertainment. Not only for the sheer pleasure of it, but especially for the increased result afterwards. Block free time in your calendar. Half an hour walk. Ten minute break. 
   
   
5. Amputate fear. The uncertainty and fear you feel for an important assignment is natural and human. That unclear feeling arises mainly because you focus on the end point, which often seems distant and unclear. If you divide the task into smaller pieces whose intermediate points are easy to see, the fear and paralysis will eventually decrease.
   
   
6. Reverse planning. When scheduling a task that takes a long time, it is often helpful to reverse the schedule. You start at the end point, the moment the assignment must be completed, and you go back in your calendar to a moment when the task must be 50% ready. This way you work back to the moment when you have to start. You include enough rest and injury time and you have the ideal schedule to follow step by step.
   
   
7. Work worst case. An often insurmountable barrier to action is an overpowering fear of failure. An efficient method to combat this is a fully elaborated worst case scenario. As soon as your mind realizes that that scenario is also viable, the paralyzing fear disappears from your body. Suppose the ultimate result of job failure is losing your job. The thought of that can be quite frightening. Work out for yourself what you could do if that happens. Perhaps something that you have wanted for a long time and that would fulfil you even more than doing what you are doing now: getting a new education, living abroad, taking care of your family full time.