I Procrastinate Too… This Is How I Avoid It

What It Covers

Amy Porterfield shares her personal strategies for overcoming procrastination and staying productive, including identifying peak performance hours, using Tiger Time blocking, delegating tasks outside her zone of genius, and maintaining accountability systems.

Key Questions Answered

• •Peak Performance Timing: Schedule hardest tasks during your best hours—Porterfield does video work and important tasks between 10AM-noon when energy peaks, saving lighter review tasks for afternoon when focus naturally declines.
• •Tiger Time Blocking: Reserve calendar blocks weeks in advance for focused project work, treating them as unmovable meetings. Limit sessions to 30 minutes-2 hours maximum, ensuring Asana tasks match calendar entries so to-do lists remain achievable.
• •Anxiety Management Through Action: Tasks circling in your head create mental clutter and delay. Make nagging items your first morning priority to clear headspace. Ask executive assistants or team members to hold you accountable on delayed commitments.
• •Zone of Genius Evaluation: Apply delegation, automation, or elimination to tasks outside your strengths. If most days feel like drudgery rather than energizing work, restructure responsibilities immediately—building businesses on your terms requires loving most daily work.