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    </div><p id="aa47">Good hitters in baseball have batting averages of about 300 — give or take. The last player to have a 400 average was Ted Williams — and that was in 1941!! Before 1941, there were more high averages, but 79 years is a long stretch without anyone doing it again!</p><p id="504a">Think about this: a player with a 300 batting average only gets a hit 3 out of 10 times at bat — or looking at it the other way:</p><h2 id="b03a">they miss getting a hit 7 out of 10 times!</h2><figure id="3312"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*ket5fFBzRtJrP7A4Y1QIfA.gif"><figcaption>graphic by Presenter Media</figcaption></figure><p id="2f65">Batting perfection does not exist in baseball. No one bats 1000, and I remind myself of that frequently. If the best-paid players are not batting 1000, or even 400, why on earth should I expect myself to bat 1000 before I go ahead and finish my thing? [But I do expect that.]</p><p id="6aaa">Because of my training [Ph.D. in Psychology], I know that the best way to beat procrastination is to just do or start something and take it one step at a time. It’s the same way we can relieve stress — just do something. But because of that same training, I am also aware that it is very difficult for people to just “do the doing.”</p><h2 id="56e3">I am better at helping others “do the doing” than I am

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at “doing my own doing.”</h2><figure id="2310"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*aGgcmVXw8fe_zefX"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@gabriellehenderson?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Gabrielle Henderson</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p id="075d">I am sitting here laughing as I write that — but for me, it’s serious as well as funny. I have to learn how to do my own doing and get out of my own way.</p><p id="487e">And to just finish what I start!</p><h2 id="ffe2">After all, I am one who often says: that’s why God invented editing and 2nd editions.</h2><figure id="d213"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*qbQgTtjPCEvkdFJUNJ1Khg.gif"><figcaption>graphic by Presenter Media</figcaption></figure><p id="6a9f">I've had a lot of practice at procrastinating — but even I can change — we all can.</p><p id="81a8">For the rest of the year, I am going to FINISH AND PUBLISH more articles for Medium and my blogs — and FINISH, RECORD, AND PUBLISH those half done courses that sit on my computer!</p><p id="1832">I will stop thinking about batting 1000 and get them done!</p><h2 id="871b">My goal for this “season” is to have a batting average of at least 350!</h2><p id="450f">And next year, I’d like to write an article called:</p><blockquote id="37de"><p>I used to be a procrastinator — until I accepted blemishes — and learned to do the doing!!</p></blockquote></article></body>

Business | Perfection | Done

I Procrastinate!

And I Do It So Well

You might be asking: why is there a baseball graphic at the top of an article about procrastination? [I’ll get to that.]

In my head, when I start any project, I think about its future — i.e. publishing and marketing that project/product — because that’s necessary to get it “out there” to get sales — or reads.

My head goes:

maybe it’s not good enough to put out there yet

maybe people won’t like it

maybe it needs to be worked on a bit more

maybe it needs……..

And so back to baseball

I am a lifelong baseball fan — a used-to-be Yankee fan — who grew up with a diehard Bronx Yankee fan father. [I also love other sports — admittedly though, years in Boston turned me into a Red Sox fan.]

I Just Watched My 54th Super Bowl!

Yes — I’m a major football fan!

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Good hitters in baseball have batting averages of about 300 — give or take. The last player to have a 400 average was Ted Williams — and that was in 1941!! Before 1941, there were more high averages, but 79 years is a long stretch without anyone doing it again!

Think about this: a player with a 300 batting average only gets a hit 3 out of 10 times at bat — or looking at it the other way:

they miss getting a hit 7 out of 10 times!

Batting perfection does not exist in baseball. No one bats 1000, and I remind myself of that frequently. If the best-paid players are not batting 1000, or even 400, why on earth should I expect myself to bat 1000 before I go ahead and finish my thing? [But I do expect that.]

Because of my training [Ph.D. in Psychology], I know that the best way to beat procrastination is to just do or start something and take it one step at a time. It’s the same way we can relieve stress — just do something. But because of that same training, I am also aware that it is very difficult for people to just “do the doing.”

I am better at helping others “do the doing” than I am at “doing my own doing.”

Photo by Gabrielle Henderson on Unsplash

I am sitting here laughing as I write that — but for me, it’s serious as well as funny. I have to learn how to do my own doing and get out of my own way.

And to just finish what I start!

After all, I am one who often says: that’s why God invented editing and 2nd editions.

I've had a lot of practice at procrastinating — but even I can change — we all can.

For the rest of the year, I am going to FINISH AND PUBLISH more articles for Medium and my blogs — and FINISH, RECORD, AND PUBLISH those half done courses that sit on my computer!

I will stop thinking about batting 1000 and get them done!

My goal for this “season” is to have a batting average of at least 350!

And next year, I’d like to write an article called:

I used to be a procrastinator — until I accepted blemishes — and learned to do the doing!!