Glossary of Procrastination Is the Assassination of All Destination: Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself and Take Action

The vocabulary Procrastination Is the Assassination of All Destination: Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself and Take Action uses, each term defined once in the book’s own words. Every term here is defined in the book.

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Nine terms, in the order the book defines them.

What does the book mean by the graveyard?

In this book, the graveyard is where ideas that were never acted on end up, which is why it holds more unrealised wealth than every bank vault on the planet combined.

The graveyard: A graveyard holds more unrealised wealth than every bank vault on the planet combined. Every headstone marks a person who had at least one idea they never acted on. Defined in Chapter 1, The Richest Place on Earth Is a Graveyard

What does the book mean by too busy?

When you say you are too busy, you are describing your priorities and hoping nobody notices, because busy is a priority statement dressed up as a time statement.

Too busy: Busy is a priority statement dressed up as a time statement. Defined in Chapter 2, Too Busy Is a Lie

What does the book mean by the self pity loop?

The self pity loop is a four-stage cycle that always ends up back where it started: the person does not act, nothing changes, the lack of change is blamed on something external, and that external thing becomes the reason not to act next time.

The self pity loop: The self pity loop runs in four stages and it always ends up back where it started. First, the person does not act on the idea. Second, nothing changes, because nothing was done. Third, the lack of change is blamed on something external. Fourth, the external thing becomes the reason not to act next time either. Defined in Chapter 3, The Self Pity Loop

What does the book mean by getting ready to get ready?

Getting ready to get ready is the stage before the stage before starting: preparation that looks like work from the outside and has no natural end, because there is always one more thing to learn.

Getting ready to get ready: James Dooley calls this getting ready to get ready. It is the stage before the stage before starting, and it has no natural end because there is always one more thing to learn. Defined in Chapter 4, Getting Ready to Get Ready

What does the book mean by next year?

Next year is a deferral, and in this book’s account deferrals compound in exactly the same way that investments do, except in the wrong direction.

Next year: But next year is not a date, it is a deferral, and deferrals compound in exactly the same way that investments do, except in the wrong direction. Defined in Chapter 5, What Next Year Actually Costs

What does the book mean by launch ugly?

To launch ugly is to put the smallest real version of the thing in front of real people, with a real way for them to say yes.

Launch ugly: Launching ugly means putting the smallest real version of the thing in front of real people, with a real way for them to say yes. Defined in Chapter 7, Launch Ugly

What does the book mean by the excuse vocabulary?

The excuse vocabulary is the stock language people use for not starting: the same dozen excuses, handed down and used by millions of people in exactly the same words, to make doing nothing sound reasonable.

The excuse vocabulary: Every excuse for not starting has been used before, by millions of people, in exactly the same words. That is the first thing to understand about your excuse. It is not special, it is not a considered assessment of your circumstances, and it is not yours. It is stock language, handed down, and it does the same job for everyone who uses it, which is to make doing nothing sound reasonable. Defined in Chapter 8, Kill the Excuse Vocabulary

What does the book mean by a next action?

A next action is a single thing you will physically do, small enough to be done in an hour, dated within the next seven days.

Next action: An excuse is replaced by a next action with a date on it, and nothing else will do. Not a goal, not an intention, not a plan. A single thing you will physically do, small enough to be done in an hour, dated within the next seven days. Defined in Chapter 8, Kill the Excuse Vocabulary

What does the book mean by saving yourself?

Saving yourself means accepting that the only variable that changes anything is you doing the thing.

Saving yourself: Defined in Chapter 9, Nobody Is Coming to Save You