Choose Today to Procrastinate or Succeed
This post was guest blogged by David of http://moneyning.com.
Procrastination is the root cause of many problems. If we give ourselves the chance, we can probably find many excuses not to do a certain thing. Popular excuses include “I will do it later” or “I know it’s important but I don’t have the time right now”. Take John Chow’s call for guest post for instance. We all know it’s beneficial to submit a guest post on an ultra popular blog like JohnChow.com but most of us will put it off and end up missing the chance to be considered either because we never emailed one over or was too late.
Let’s think about this for a minute. Instead of writing a post that will generate a bit of buzz and increase our credibility, we end up not submitting by being lazy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no saint because I procrastinate also. I almost didn’t submit a post either, as excuses like “I would waste my efforts if John doesn’t get the email” or “what if it’s not good enough and it doesn’t get posted” were running across my brain before I started writing.
Luckily, I did write it because it got published. I will be enjoying the traffic while the rest of the procrastinators will be thinking about the “what ifs”.
Of course, this is just one small example but procrastination affects all of us in so many other ways. From contributing to our retirement accounts to starting to make money online, all we needed to do is get off our lazy buds and do something to have a profound effect in our lives.
All we need is that “can do” attitude that’s in all of us. The mindset that we can figure things out once we get into it. Don’t worry that we don’t know anything because no one else knew everything at the beginning either. Take comfort that the most successful people are not always the smartest people, but the ones that take action. So start now, go create that website and have fun. With passion and the “can do” attitude, knowledge will be learned and results will follow.
We all know what John would be missing if he waited and never started his blog. $30k a month and counting, that’s all.
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Completely correct. I submitted even though I second guessed myself a ton of times. Not sure if he’ll post it or not, but at least I submitted the damn thing.
Post it Chowzer!
Reply to this commentWTF are you sucking up to John Chow for in your comment? This post completely sucked. Not much of a surprise, though. On a site that makes money online by telling people how much money John makes online, it’s no surprise that he would publish an article that gets published as a guest post by telling people how to get published as a guest post.
Reply to this commentI freakin’ love you Mitchell.
Reply to this commentMake love to me!
You’re pretty gay Kellex, but if you want to keep this conversation going, maybe you can move to California. Do so quickly, before the citizens are able to pass an Amendment overruling their Supreme Court.
Reply to this commentEek!! Politics!!
Reply to this commentPerhaps this argument should just end here…. Sucking up gets you no where, but making love in a comment box puts it a little over the edge…
Reply to this commentAgreed. I guess we all know how to get a post on here now
Reply to this commentYeah I agree with you 100%. So many smart people I know waste their talents being lazy. I always try to get things done as soon as I think of them just to make sure I can’t put them off and forget.
Reply to this commentNice to see MoneyNing guest blogging. Keep up the good work!
Reply to this commentAgreed!
Given the chances, I wouldn’t miss that opportunity again
$30k a month is alotta money to lose if you wait too long
Cheers!
Reply to this commentLooks like you’re referring to the opportunity cost here
Reply to this commentEverybody wants to accomplish a goal but many of us failed in the middle because we don’t have the courage to go to the end and see the results.
Reply to this commentThere’s a message in the Bible that God says: “Do your part and I will help you”. Think about it
People tend not to have courage because they choose uncertainty (the possibility of failure or some perceived risk in starting a business or blog) over unhappiness (the 9-5 grind in their daily job). When analyzed this way, it’s easier not to procrastinate and, instead, go for your dreams.
Reply to this commentYou are right John !!
I handle about 10 projects a month. well , some time this “procrastination ” give me a lot of excuse to escape temporary from work.
At the end , I still have 10 non complete projects in hand. We know its a problem , but we just cannot change it. Maybe this is human.
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Every morning have to shout like this !!
Reply to this commentShame it was a guest post by MoneyNing
Reply to this commentNot much shame in that!
Reply to this commentI’m less efficient when I procrastinate - I don’t want to start on stuff because I don’t want to procrastinate - but then I don’t do the actual stuff - so I waste time surfing the web.
Reply to this commentYou’ll never know what will happen unless you try. And if at first you don’t succeed…Try and try again
You may get rejected more often than not, but you’ll never get accepted if you don’t try.
Reply to this comment~Terry
The better quality of a post you write, the bigger chance of success in getting it published.
Reply to this commentYep. When you submit a guest post, it has to be YOUR BEST WORK. Don’t hold anything back.
Reply to this comment100% agree with this point.
Reply to this commentwell said .. There is nothing to loose but a try
Reply to this commentI think procrastination is a silent killer that affects quite a few of us. Quite a few friends of mine go to waste because of this, which is good for me, because after observing them, it gives me a little kick in the arse to get going!
Reply to this commentI ignore those things
I always feel happy without any stress 
Reply to this commentMmmmm nothing like a kick up the butt to get me into gear
Pity I have lots of work this next two weeks.
Reply to this commentWell, even before I started the voice in my head already said “your post won’t be good enough to be published by John”
So, I did not submit…
Reply to this commentHow do you know, if you never try
Reply to this commentMoneyNing - let us know how much traffic and RSS readers you got!
Reply to this commentVery true and makes me want to send in a guest blog. I may just have to do that now. Whether or not I get accepted doesn’t really matter to me actually. If he doesn’t use it, I can use it for my blog later lol.
Reply to this commentyeah often time procrastinating is a bad thing.. the example you used about posting on john chow … I didn’t procrastinate. .. I just had better things to do lol.
Reply to this commentI believe that it was Steve Pavlina that said that we should ready fire aim rather than ready aim fire. Sometimes we aim too much and never fire. Just do it and see what happens. Don’t procrastinate and let fear stop you.
Reply to this commentAfter I read this article I made a promise that I’ll make it happen everything I have in mind. Yesterday for example I started to produce a series of videos to teach people how to develop a successful blog. This project is in Portuguese, so many of you aren’t gonna be able to enjoy it. sorry.
Reply to this commentIt is not always easy to stay motivated but sometimes you do things when you are under pressure so you don’t have the choice to procrastinate..
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