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title: The problem with staring. (How to beat procrastination.)
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 Jun 13, 2025

# The problem with staring. (How to beat procrastination.)

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 Your mom was right when she told you it's not polite to stare.

It's also not productive.

We all need a little  (anti) procrastination help sometimes.

Here is a list of things you shouldn't stare at while at work:

- Your phone.
- Your fax.
- Your email.
- Slackers.
- Facebook.
- Bills
- Stock tickers.

You also shouldn't stare at:

- Your jogging shoes.
- TV.
- Porn.
- Roaches.
- Spilled milk.
- Babies with full diapers.
- Bird crap on the center of your windshield.
- The national debt.

All of the above require action in the form of either proactively doing them or actively avoiding them. (And we know that [Motion Beats Meditation](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/three-classes-of-mankind-motion-beats-meditation/).)

We all get bad news from time to time.

Of course ehe ultimate bad news is death.

Yet even in death, God brings out something good (and most things short of death are typically not as bad as we feared).

So do more than [just decide to make a change for the better (like these 3 frogs)](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/3-frogs-new-year-resolutions-and-a-gift/).

Put on your jogging shoes, go break a sweat, then get to work doing what needs to be done and what you think needs to be done.

The path will become clear once you embark upon it.

Or just **[contact me](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/meetings/wes15)** and we'll set a time to speak.

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