Online: Stop procrastinating

Beat procrastination once and for all

Do you put off that awkward telephone call until the next day? Perhaps you don't feel your presentation is good enough, so you delay it. You might be dreading something and find it too nerve-racking. Maybe your perfectionism causes you to put something off because you don't think you can do it. Procrastination is very common and can have several underlying causes. Another problem is that it might also make you feel guilty. This is why you're going to tackle your procrastination in this learning journey.

Theme: Personal effectiveness
Duration: 2 hours
Spread out over 2-6 weeks
Learn to follow through when it matters

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For whom?
What and how

That one phone call you dread making or the scary letter from the taxman that goes unopened. Want to know more about the origin of your tendency to put things off? And what you can do about it? If so, this course is just what you need. What emotions do you want to handle better? What situations do you want to approach differently? Are these the situations when you postpone things? And because of this ever lose yourself in private and work situations?

You want to begin this course because you, just like everyone else, sometimes have to cope with stressful situations. Situations when your feelings get the upper hand. Situations when you do not behave as you'd like, when you get angry, irritated, or just miserable. You can take control of your emotions. We all experience emotions, whether we're used to showing them or not. RET (Rational Effectiveness Training) is a very effective method that can help and teach you how you can follow through.

What will I learn?
In this course, you'll discover that procrastination is unhelpful and illogical. If the problem would automatically disappear, it would be a good idea just to wait a while. But in the end, you still have to deal with it, and putting it off only makes you feel guilty. You'll learn how procrastination works and how to cope with it more effectively. So that it's less of a problem for you. You'll learn how to view situations systematically by gaining insight into your thoughts and their impact. The main goal of the RET method is change yourself by changing your thoughts. External influences can cause stress but you are the most decisive factor with regard to your stress. Everyone suffers from stress sometimes, whatever place in the world they call home. The basic principle is: it's not the situations themselves, but the way you think about them, that determines how you feel and how you behave. You'll find out exactly how it works in this online course.

What will I do?
In this course, you're going to learn to stop procrastinating. Real change, naturally, requires practice. In a way that suits you and that you feel comfortable with. By trial and error. The more you challenge yourself and practice, the better the result. In this learning journey, you'll learn to guard against the pitfalls. You're going to practice with the RET method in 'real life' so that you'll be able to cope better in stressful situations. You'll be introduced to the basic principles, learn all about the basic emotions, and how they come into play in RET. We will also discuss the related basic terms that play a major role in practice.

After this learning journey, you'll know:

why you delay certain things
how you can avoid doing so from now on
how RET can help you to follow through

A sneak preview

Check out the sneak preview below. Explore a few chapters and you'll see that our journeys are engaging and activating: online learning can definitely be fun and exciting!

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You now have an impression of the learning journey. Would you like to continue learning? Do you want to give yourself a boost? Then let's get started.

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Meet the master

Our online courses are written by our "masters." Each one of them is an expert in their field, and they all have many years of experience. Among them you'll find trainers, psychologists, coaches, authors, etc.

Marcel van Bronswijk is the master behind this learning journey. After training as a RET Supervisor at the Albert Ellis Institute in New York he is a proven expert in the field of Rational Effectiveness Training.

Marcel van Bronswijk

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