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You start procrastinating when there' s a part of you that doesn't want to start doing the task you set yourself. With Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) you can get rid of that part of yourself.

People often say they need more motivation to achieve their goals, and this is true to an extent. However I would argue that if you want more motivation to do something, then you already want to do it, and that should be all the motivation you need. What you really need is to remove the psychological barriers to doing it.

When I was a student I would often delay starting on my homework. I would seem like too much effort, I wasn't sure if it would be done well, and there were always more interesting things to spend my time doing. I would put it off till the last minute, at which point I'd realise that I would suffer even more stress if I didn't complete the work.

When people say they want extra motivation, they think they need an extra negative impetus to spur them on.

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a way to remove the negative feelings around doing something in the first place. When I work with students now on procrastination, we find all their negative beliefs around doing their assignments, and tap those beliefs away.

So when you are thinking about starting a task, you might find a negative internal dialogue taking place. I would sit at my desk and hear a voice in my mind telling me I didn't know where to start, that I didn't understand the subject and that I'd never finish the work.

It's not nice to have those negative thoughts in your mind, so you'll distract yourself from the task in order to avoid those feelings. And the work isn't even the real source of those negative emotions, it's your mind and the associations it has created.

With Tapping, you can literally find those negative thoughts one-by-one, and release the negative feeling that you associate with them. That way you probably won't think them again, and if you do, they won't have the same emotional impact, so you'll dismiss them easily.

Don't put this off - try Emotional Freedom Technique right now with this easy steps:

1. You can try EFT right now by watching my video Killing Procrastination. It takes you through the basic steps. In order to have the most notable effects it's best to try it on something that you really want to avoid doing. Now you might not feel like you are jumping to get started straight away, but you should find it a bit easier to get started. If you haven't tried EFT before then the process might seem a bit odd, so you might find that having a look at the introductory video helps make more sense of it.

2. Check out my E-Book - For a fuller understanding of how your limiting beliefs stop you achieving your goals, take a look at my Emotional Freedom Technique e-book. It includes clear instructions on how to find the negative beliefs that stop you achieving any goal you like.

I'm still a little amazed how well this technique works. I always hated doing chores like tidying my room and washing up. But when I tapped all the negative emotions around those things I started to enjoy them!

I tried this technique on a friend when we tapped all the negative emotions and beliefs that were stopping him from doing his taxes. When we had finished and he couldn't think of any more I asked what we should work on next. But he said he'd rather just go and do his taxes.

You will have to be persistent, but the side-effects will be very interesting for you. Other areas of your life will benefit positively. In my personal case I found that using EFT on household chores stopped me procrastinating in other areas of my life.

With a bit of practice you will have the same awesome results with Emotional Freedom Technique as I have.

About the Author

For more information about Emotional Freedom Technique, visit Tapping.com where you can find articles, free videos, and Magnus's e-book. A good place to start is the video accompanying this article - Killing Procrastination with EFT.

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