Hi, Folks!

Some moment in our life when we engage in a task and try to run a check and submit report it will definitely activates the next step to take.

It is said that, the end of a thing is the beginning of another but again inspection brought out corrections in your just concluded task.

Why all this preamble?

I read about Victor Hugo with his impossible deadline that happened far back 1830 and this I brought down to one concluded task of a group I discovered some hour ago, leaving me with a statement there is no new thing on this planet earth

From Victor Hugo story there was a task to published a book in which he agreed with his publisher within 11 - 12 months. This means he created a deadline for himself.

Stay Focused When You Have Deadline

Victor spent more time pursuing other projects and delayed his work that has a deadline (A book). The publisher followed him up and was really frustrated which resulted to change of deadline.

In your journey of life, who checkmate your process? Do you have a mentor? What's your guide?

Victor's publisher responded by setting a deadline less than six months for him, this awake Victor from his slumber. **Do you know that when you have a set deadline but not specific date, you may not take it serious and your mind may tells you (you can finish it anytime). ** Victor's book The Hunchback Of Nortre Dame was released two weeks early on January 1831 because his publisher pushed him with a new deadline and he also corrected his move and stayed focused.

There is what Psychologist called Akrasia Effect which is the baseline of my submission on this article.

There are distractions that can take you away from achieving a good plan project if you don't pay attention to details.

What is Akrasia Effect?

This is the state of you acting against your better judgment. The akrasia is a product of you doing one thing even though you know you should do something else. This is simply put in normal language as lack of self-control. When you set out to do a thing and you procrastinate, it is Akrasia Effect

Do you ask this question? Why do I make plans, set deadlines which I am very committed to the goal but along the way I fail to follow through on them?

This question keeps ringing in my heart and there is one thing that spell out akrasia effect and this is the behavioral economics term called time inconsistency. This is the tendency of the human brain to value immediate rewards more highly than future rewards. When you are committed to task with a deadline and it seems you receive a very low reward from it thereby makes you concentrate your time on another thing that has no deadline but due to the fact that its produce instant reward you neglect a deadline task (future plan).

Do you know that when you make a plans for yourself you are actually making plans for your future self? No matter how small the plans are, how you manage it determines how you manage the bigger one committed into your hand. The understanding about the future due to the fact that I have executed may project become clearer and this makes me say; when you know what you look for it is easy for your brain to see the value in taking actions with long-term benefits.💯

Now, Here this reality about taking a decision:

The choice for your future doesn't really come when making our decisions, what our brain calculate is our present self. This may not happen to all, but I have experienced this several times. Our present self really likes instant gratification and not long-time payout.

A man can be motivated for a change of life today and tomorrow forget about what resulted to that and fall back his old pattern of life. In sense, if a project or task has a delay gratification is a great predictor of success in life.

Brain values long-term benefits when they are in the future, but values immediate gratification when it comes to the present moment.

You may begin a task now and seems no result, keep at it and wait for future and you will see what becomes of this little drop in your life.

In conclusion, If you can learn to resist instant gratification in your life occasionally, I tell you it will help you bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

Thanks for reading.

Reference

• Wikipedia: Understanding About Akrasia

• Wikipedia: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame