DISTRACTION PROCRASTINATION

This hypnosis Procrastination Script is aimed at the type of procrastination where the client says 'I get distracted easily' , 'I can't do boring stuff', 'I can't focus on anything', 'I'm busy all day and get nothing done'. This is the type of procrastination where the person gets to work but then cruises the Internet, checks the news, goes for coffee every thirty minutes, or reads emails instead of getting on with what they really need to do. They are constantly seeking stimulation. They can do the important stuff eventually, it's not difficult, but would rather do something else, anything else.

The design of the script targets each of the main belief areas - Capability, Identity, Behaviour, Rules, Others and Worldview - in order to defeat the psychological factors that are maintaining the procrastination behaviour.

 

Coloured text does not imply emphasis: it indicates what work the words are doing, or helps to structure the script. The colours show the hypnotherapy targets being used.

 

 

INDUCTION SECTION

	Lead the client into trance....
	Use your normal induction and confirm level of trance, then start the therapy section.... [See BASIC INDUCTION SCRIPTS]

 

DIRECT SUGGESTION SCRIPT

Target	Dialogue	L	Vector
CAPABILITY	YOU CAN CHANGE
	IT IS TIME TO CHANGE
Memory	And allow your mind to roam over a typical day......  how little is done that actually matters... time wasted on unnecessary things ... hours frittered away...
	And now ask yourself... is there any real reason why I can't change that.....
Memory	You know you can change... you have changed in many ways before....	D
Capability	and this means you can change your habits... easily and quickly.... you know you can do this... with a bit of help.... and this is exactly the help you need.... so start to change now...	>
	METAPHOR: SWISH AWAY OLD HABITS
Capability	Think about how you might represent your problem... imagine it as a picture or a movie.... imagine that representation as if it was on a whiteboard.... or chalked on a wall.... And imagine yourself wiping the whiteboard clean.... or washing away the chalk...
behaviour	because you can do that thing.... you can imagine just wiping out that problem...
Rule	You can get control... all you have to do is stop doing some things and start doing other things... the things that really matter... it's that simple.....
Behaviour	And because of that you are more determined... more convinced now... more certain that you can change your work patterns	D

CAPABILITY	YOU CHOOSE to succeed
	YOU CAN CHOOSE HOW YOU SPEND YOUR TIME
	and that can remind  you  ....that every day... every hour...  you are free to choose.		PHS
RULE	You can choose what interests you. You get to choose what you pay attention to. You are free to choose what you want to do with your time. And here is a thought.... You are free to choose to be interested, challenged, excited, rewarded... by the things that will make you a success....		Reframe
	And that is a wonderful freedom. The power to choose.	D	Reframe
	And the power to choose means that you have control. You get to choose what you focus on..... and that means you get to choose how much you earn.	>	Reframe
	You see, when you deliberately challenge yourself, to actively take charge ....  you can dare to ask yourself the question....What if?		Reframe
Identity	What if I decided I am in control from now on?
Capability	Take a moment now to think about it.... You know you WANT to change You know you NEED to change. You know WHY you NEED to change. ...and that means..... You know HOW to change. You can make a PLAN And you can ACT on that plan and that means You can SUCCEED. NOW. TODAY.	D >	A>B>C

 

 

WORLDVIEW	YOU VALUE YOUR TIME
	YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO WASTE
Rule	You know, the most successful man in the world has exactly the same number of hours as you... You actually always have enough time to do everything... you just have to use your time right.	>	Truism
Rule	Some people think that because they are their own boss they can do things whenever they want to. That it doesn't matter if they spent time now reading the news or surfing the Internet. But the truth is that there are only eight productive hours in the day. And the most productive of that eight are the first three.
Rule	Waste those and you waste the rest of the day.	D
	YOU MEASURE THE OPPORTUNITY COST
Worldview	Time is not free... time is precious... there is reason why it is called 'spending' time....		Reframing
Rule	Each morning you get eight precious hours... these are for earning... each moment you waste of your earning hours is gone forever.... you have other hours... but the earning hours are special...		Reframing
Rule	There is an opportunity cost... work out how much you earn per hour.... earning hours spent not earning is time wasted ...
	and ask yourself... can you afford to watch that money drain away?... would you pay someone else to do that activity?	M	Reframing
Identity	Just imagine now... imagine if you could stand in your office and watch yourself wasting that time... seeing money rolling away... like a thief silently stealing from your business.... Imagine if you were at in a shop and the assistant was wasting time like that... What would you feel ? feel how that makes you feel... about somebody wasting time... what does that make you feel now....angry? cheated? determined? Feel that feeling now... multiply it and tell yourself... now... It's over. Not me. It's over.	M	Visualisation
Behaviour	And If you ever find yourself wasting time you will connect to that feeling... every minute it will build and buile... to an irresistible compulsion to get up and leave whatever you are doing... you will just stop it instantly... walk away... and you will find yourself reviewing your to-do list... and choosing an earning task and starting on that task .... and you will be filled with determination... and gratitude that you are back on schedule again.... going towards your goals.	D	PHS
Behaviour	And every day... every hour... you count up... what you are achieving... and you get that sense of satisfaction....	D
Behaviour	Getting the most out of every hour makes you feel good....	D
Behaviour	You look forward to each useful hour because you feel good about it....	D

BEHAVIOUR	YOU DO YOUR WORST TASK FIRST
Memory	People put off doing things for many reasons.... because they think they are dull, or uninteresting, that they might be difficult, or there is something else about that job is unattractive to them....	D	Truism
Rule	The key to reaching high levels of performance and productivity is for you to develop the lifelong habit of doing something on your major task first thing each morning.
	EAT THE FROG
	And I am reminded of how during the war there was a soldier trapped in a swamp and surrounded on all sides. He had to stay in the swamp for weeks and keep very quiet and make no smoke so that they would not know he was there. The only thing to eat in the swamp was frogs. He had no choice but to eat raw frogs to survive. He put it off as long as possible but eventually hunger overcame him.  He had to catch and eat a live frog. And he had to do this every day. Well after a lot of scares and near-disasters he did get out of it.		Metaphor
Rule	And the thing he learned from this was.... that if you've got to eat a frog, then do it first thing in the morning. Everything else that day just has to be better.		Metaphor
Rule	Make this your rule.... repeat this to yourself now.... every morning... the first thing I do at work... is to find the most unpleasant... most boring... more undesirable thing I can that needs to be done... and I choose to do that first.
Behaviour	Every morning I do the worst task first.
Behaviour	Every morning I do the worst task first.

IDENTITY	DEFINE YOUR GOALS
	WRITE DOWN YOUR GOALS
	Before you can determine what your particular task is, and get on with achieving it, you have to determine exactly what it is you want to accomplish.
	If you don't know what you want, how will you know when you get it?
	If you don't know where you are going, how will you know when you have arrived?
	What you want in each area of your life will determine your priorities. The number one reason why some people get more done in their lives, why they have abundance and leisure, is because they are absolutely clear about their goals and objectives and everything they do is done to achieve those goals and objectives.
	The more you know what you want, the easier it is to get started on your tasks and the faster you will enjoy the pleasures of completion.
	People with written goals accomplish five and ten times more.
	You think about your goals and review them daily. Each morning after you have completed your most important task, you are fired up with energy and are able to achieve even more.

IDENTITY	YOU ARE A PLANNER
	YOU PLAN EACH DAY
Identity	Every day you do the same cycle First thing you write down your tasks for the day.	D	Reframing
Rule	You identify the high value items	D
Rule	You identify your frog.	D
Rule	You decide your breaks and rewards	D
Rule	You eat the frog.	D
Behaviour	Then you focus single mindedly on each high value task, finish it, enjoy your reward, and then go at the next task.	D
	YOU ARE A FINISHER
Rule	Ninety percent of success in life and work is determined by this cycle.	D
	This cycle becomes your habit... until it is automatic	D
Identity	Because completing a task gives you a positive feeling.	D
Identity	Every time you complete a task you know you are a winner.	D
Identity	Whenever you complete a task, no matter how small... you feel a surge of energy.... enthusiasm... you feel good... empowered.... The bigger the task the happier you feel.	D
Identity	Completing a task makes you feel strong.	D
Identity	You can become addicted to completion, to success.	D
Identity	You love starting and completing important jobs.	D
Identity	You feel compelled to complete things.	D
Identity	You are a guy who finishes things.

	CHANGE THE PART THAT PREVARICATES
Identity	There is a part of you that wanted to put off things... a familiar part... You may not know that part but it is there... and it is ready to change.... now.... at a deep level you know it is time to change.... to let go.... that part had a good reason to put things off... to delay starting... but things have changed now....
Capability	Tell that part that it is now time to change... thank that part for what it was trying to do... but it is time to change now... every part of you is valuable.... so you can convert that part to do something else.... that part of you that used to want to avoid starting things is now being converted to a useful purpose...
Identity	And that part of you will be glad... and it is changing now because you asked it to... and you can be surprised at how effective it can be.... and how you are different now...		ambiguity

 

 

OTHERS	OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS
	You can have a competition with yourself, to see how fast you can complete your tasks each day... because each task takes you nearer y0ur goal.
	And you remember the Ugly Duckling... how it changed and grew into a swan...		Metaphor
Identity	and you can be proud....you take a quiet confident pride in your own achievement.... And now... bring to mind all the people who will be proud of you... the people who will be surprised... and delighted... and impressed.... because you are achieving so much ...		Visualisation
Capability	By focusing you will have more time... to do what you want... when you want... think of what you will be able to do... now that you finish on time... finish early .... you can have the rest of the day to do what you want....

 

 

IDENTITY	YOU GET EMOTIONAL ABOUT TIME
	TIME WASTING DISGUSTS YOU
Behaviour	Every time the idea of a distraction crosses your mind you feel a sensation of disgust... at the waste... the cost		Sensory
Memory	The idea of wasting time at work repels you. When you think of you or other people wasting the day.... the most disgusting pictures come to mind... you feel repelled by wasted opportunity... by unfinished tasks.... by untidiness.... laziness....
Memory	Every time you think of deviating from your current task you get a horrible taste in your mouth until you repeat to yourself... over and over... I deserve to get to my goal... this task is another step on the way to my goal.... I can feel the reward of my goal...		PHS
Identity	And you take a deep breath and feel that calm that comes from knowing you are doing the right thing.... for yourself... for your business... for your family.... ... and deep inside y0u know it's what you want ... you are working towards becoming what you always wanted....
Identity	And you can say to yourself now.... over and over... with every breath.... I'm a do it now kind of guy... I get satisfaction from seeing each step completed I enjoy finishing things. I know what I want. I know how to get it. I focus on what I want Every hour I measure what I have done that hour. Every day I think about how close I am getting to my goal	D

RULE	YOU ENJOY YOUR REWARDS
	FUTURE REHEARSAL		Visualisation
Memory	And see yourself.... next week, next month... when you are working efficiently and effectively...
	NOTICE what is working... how you plan your day... selecting the most unpleasant task to do first... break the task into little steps... easy steps.... and setting yourself a goal... a competition... how quickly can you get it done... can you beat your own time... can you learn from it to do it better next time... your mind is fully engaged in the task.... and all the time you  CHANGE what is not working... you focus on outcomes... and with each completed stage, each outcome.... notice how happy you are..... see yourself... ending an important task... see yourself now... CELEBRATING every success.... large and small.... see how completing a stage makes you feel good.
	Think about the highly productive, efficient, effective person you want to be. Think about the rewards that come to you when you are able to complete important tasks easy and quickly through your habit of starting important things first thing in the day. Take a moment now and think back to how you felt when you completed some important task in the past. Allow yourself to feel the pleasure you get from a job well done. Multiply that pleasure now and enjoy that feeling as you think about how you tackle your important tasks as the first thing you do every day.		Visualisation
	And every moment that passes you feel that satisfaction growing... and that confidence and pride... see that man... and what success looks like.

 

 

REORIENTATION SECTION

	Back to the present....
	And when you open your eyes you realise you are seeing things differently, that things have changed... that you have changed... you are organised and focused and deeply confident.
	I wonder what part you will enjoy the most?
	[STANDARD REORIENTATION ]