Episode Details

In this episode, Barbara and Wendy discuss: 

• Causes and effects of procrastination
• Why it’s not your fault when you are procrastinating 
• How laughing therapy works and the power in knowing silliness counteracts dread 

Key Takeaways: 

•  You can’t just will yourself out of or through something 
•  You temporarily lose your ability to access how smart you are when procrastinating 
•  The human system defaults to think something is dangerous 

“Every time you have put something off, it means your bottom two brains have decided there is something dangerous about it.” — Wendy Hart  

  Transcription

• 019 Wendy Hart-Procrastination is Not Your Fault – How to Overcome ItBarbara Hales:             Welcome to our episode today for Marketing Tips with Doctors. We have a great guest today, Wendy Hart. Her specialty is procrastination. Not that she does, but talking about how we all procrastinate and what to do about it. Now, I know this speaks for you all, and it definitely speaks for me. I think doctors are more susceptible to procrastination, because they’re always putting off their personal life for their occupational career interests.

  Wendy Hart is an international speaker and performance coach, and the creator of the procrastination cure, a complete system that compels you to follow through, and if you have a business, make more money. Her promise for her clients is to increase your follow-through by three times or more in three months or less without ever relying on willpower. Wendy has over 25 years experience in human behavior, sales and psychology, and using neuroscience and sneaky brain hacks, has developed a unique system that has people and procrastination fast and for good, as well as dissolved are unconscious blocks to success.

  In other words, she helps you end self-sabotage. I like that, sneaky brain hacks. Wendy has coached thousands of clients on six continents, and has helped them to reduce anxiety and overwhelm, increase their sales and performance, and increase their business activity by as much as 300% to 1,000% in as little as 90 days. Wendy has trained at the prestigious Coaches Training Institute. She is a practitioner of thought pattern management and internal family systems model of psychotherapy, as well as many other models. A member of the International Coaches Federation and the International Association of Coaches. Wendy is also a former board member of the National Speakers Association, the Northern California chapter. So wow, this is so impressive, Wendy. How did this happen for you? How did you come to work on procrastination?

  Wendy Hart:               Thanks for asking. Well, it was a long and arduous trail. It was born out of necessity. I was raised in a family that was so dysfunctional, with a couple of brilliant but mentally ill parents, that we belonged on the Jerry Springer show. It was too colorful and violent, sadly, for words, and so I was the most stuck individual you ever met. I had anxiety and panic and dread and procrastination and resistance. However, I was fortunate enough to be