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Managing procrastination: Cover of The Gap Between Wanting and Doing: I Want to Start a Business but I Never Actually Start by Diego Segura
I Want to Start a Business but I Never Actually Start.

Managing procrastination: The Gap Between Wanting and Doing.

I Want to Start a Business but I Never Actually Start.

Are you looking for help with “managing procrastination”? Then this page is a good place to start. The Gap Between Wanting and Doing: I Want to Start a Business but I Never Actually Start is one of the titles of I Want to Start a Business but I Never Actually Start, a book by Diego Segura. First, read a short passage from it. After that, try the exercise below, and finally choose where to read or listen.

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Managing procrastination: a passage from the book.

Here is what the other eighty-three percent is made of, as far as anybody can tell: your circumstances, your obligations, the people standing around you, the money in your account, what happened the last time you tried something, the size of the first step, and whether one single person outside your house is expecting anything from you by Friday. Some of those you cannot change this year. Several of them you could change this week. None of them are your level of desire, and not one of them will respond to you wanting it harder.

From chapter 1: The gap between wanting and doing

You might not be able to name anybody who heard you say it years ago. Then ask whoever heard it most recently, and write down the gap between the year you started saying it and the year they first heard it. That gap is its own finding, and it's usually a wide one.

From chapter 1: The gap between wanting and doing

That is how the book looks at “managing procrastination”: one idea at a time, with a step you can take right away. Of course, this is only one idea from the book. So, if this passage speaks to you, the full chapter goes further, and it ends with an exercise you can do the same evening.

Start in five minutes.

Write the smallest step that would move your business forward, then give it five minutes. The timer only removes the excuse; the starting is yours.

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What else is inside I Want to Start a Business but I Never Actually Start.

In short, the book has 11 chapters, and each one ends with a practical exercise. Therefore, you can read it in order, or you can go straight to the part about “managing procrastination”.

  1. The gap between wanting and doing
  2. The three-month window
  3. What counts as started
  4. The number that keeps moving
  5. Preparation and its stop condition
  6. The course that never ends
  7. The licence you do not need
  8. Why later always wins
  9. Nobody chooses the day they start
  10. The unfinished task
  11. Fourteen days

Managing procrastination: where to read it.

Finally, you can get The Gap Between Wanting and Doing: I Want to Start a Business but I Never Actually Start in the stores below. Because every title of this book shares the same text, you can simply pick the one you like best. Also, the book is available in 19 languages.

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Other titles of this book.

In addition, each title below highlights a different idea from the same book.

See all 43 titles. Go to the book page.