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MAIN IDEA
Highly successful people never procrastinate - they always find a way to get the most important things done, and to do them now. Overcoming the tendency to procrastinate unlocks the potential in everyone’s life and opens the door to a fuller, more satisfying and enjoyable life of achievement.
Procrastination can be a major business road block, but one which can be overcome with a realistic and systematic approach. The 12 steps to overcoming procrastination can be used to radically change your habits and behaviour for the better - allowing you to achieve more in less time than ever you thought possible.
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Main Idea
Procrastination can be a major stumbling block.
The average person accepts procrastination as a part of human nature and leaves it at that. Successful people and high achievers realize that procrastination prevents success, and develop viable and systematic techniques for overcoming procrastination.
Conquering procrastination is based on the concept that life is a process rather than a situation, and that every person has the innate ability to shape their own destiny and build their own future in a proactive rather than a reactive manner.
Supporting Ideas
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