This oft-heard bit of advice kept swimming through my thoughts as I stared at piece of paper in front of me, wondering what on earth to do with it. Not that this was first time I'd touched this particular piece of paper. Not second, nor third. In fact, I'd tossed this sucker back into my in-bin several times during last two months.

The time had come to do something with it.

But what? I'd already asked my boss for clarification on assignment--twice. And who knew how many minutes I'd spent, on and off, studying it, mulling over it, and feeling guilty about not doing anything with it. It had become my nemesis, this piece of paper. How could I make it disappear, once and for all? Why did I keep procrastinating on this one task?

That's when it hit me. Maybe I had at last asked myself right question. Instead of "what do I do with this?", perhaps real question was "why am I *not* doing this?"

Intrigued by this new insight, I looked at piece of paper again. Within seconds, answer came to me. I kept putting this task off because I simply didn't have enough information to complete it. And asking my boss for assistance hadn't helped because she wasn't a subject matter expert on this topic, either. But I did know someone who was, and I knew that person would be more than happy to help me.

I was finally on my way to making that piece of paper go away. Moreover, I'd learned a very important lesson on how to deal with procrastination in process.

During my research on this topic, I discovered an article by Dr. Kent T. Yamauchi at Virginia Tech, in which he listed three main causes for procrastination: inadequacy, discomfort and perfectionism. On top of this, tendency to procrastinate something often increases exponentially with our desire to complete it; therefore, more important goal is to our feeling of success and well-being, more reasons we find to put off doing it.

"Once I figure this out I will....."

"I can't do Y until I do X and I do X RIGHT"

Push, push, push.

As a society, it seems popular and highly favored to become a "go getter". Some one who "knows where she is going and makes a way to get there."

Ladder climbers have been known to trounce several or quite a few on way above and beyond.

The easy way?

Never! Part of badge of honor is striving, struggle, sweat and tears.

There has GOT TO BE a better way.

The good news there IS and it is SOOOOO much simpler!

Instead of pushing so hard and becoming so frustrated, simply tap into most efficient methods of using your personal gifts to achieve desired results.

You might be asking, "Well, how is that possible without pushing?"

Here is often overlooked secret.

There are three simple steps:

1. Instead of saying "I HAVE TO solve this problem or ONCE I figure this out or I MUST do X before Y, ask yourself something else. The have to's and once I's and I must's are fruit of not having enough. They are outcome of believing world is a place of poverty, powerlessness and scarcity. One moment walking along shore and you will remember this is a world of incredible abundance. So ASK yourself, "How can I solve this?" or "How can I do this now?" or "In what way can I do Y before X is in place?" Simply, quietly and reflectively ask yourself those replacement questions whenever one of scarcity based statements begins playing in your mind's audio system.

2. Do not become overly concerned about an immediate answer. Simply ask, and if you have not had a "Eureka" moment, continue to quietly and peacefully re-ask question WITHOUT pushing. One of best times to ask yourself your question is before going to sleep at night. In fact, this is a practice you may want to try each night before going to sleep.