"Sanders, can you see how this normal behavior of giving yourself a 'false start' pleasure (using a series of very common emotional-logical-operator triggers) is leading to MORE UNHAPPINESS, MORE PURSUIT OF FALSE START PLEASURES, and therefore... utter disaster?!"
...He instantly grasped what I was saying, and that evening we defined a new PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR and LOCKED IN TWO NEW HABITS. Within one month he had EFFORTLESSLY LOST 'STUBBORN' WEIGHT to the tune of dropping several pant-sizes, increasing strength, and that's just the beginning (wait till you see what else happened!)
Keep in mind, Sanders did not rely on willpower (he was previously using willpower and had ZERO SUCCESS in sustaining a new habit).
Like you, Sanders is an intelligent and rational person -- who found himself 'doing the opposite of what he knew he "should" do, justifying the LOSSES with baffling reasonable excuses.
Next, we focused on the sores on Sanders' legs. They had been there for years and were progressively getting worst... not to mention... the dry-heaving and vomitting "spells" that seemingly came out of nowhere.
Within a few days of NEW BEHAVIOR, applying the principles of CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, his vomitting spells disappeared. His legs are now almost cleared up, just a few weeks later. The claims of ERROR (a belief that God is somehow beaten by a material condition) are being destroyed RAPIDLY by his new BEHAVIOR.
Sanders KNEW WHAT TO DO ALL ALONG, BUT HE COULDN'T GET HIS BRAIN TO TAKE ACTION because he was being "robbed" by false-start pleasures.
Within one session, Sanders finally closed a series of joint-venture deals he had been "working on" (meaning: getting nowhere) for months. Once he got his brain to GO ON THE HUNT FOR THE REAL PLEASURE-REWARD of productivity... "it just happened, automatically."
This is the MIRACLE POWER behind the force we call procrastination. It is not what you think it is: procrastination is your "check-engine" light going off... alerting you that you are BEING TRIGGERED INTO A MALFUNCTIONING BEHAVIOR where your dopamine "fix" is being substituted by a deceitfully engineered booby-trap.
Perhaps you don't have an issue with MOTIVATION or a "procrastination" issue... rather, you have a STRONG ADDICTION to all the wrong dopamine fixes.
What I'm proposing to you is, YOU CAN be, do, and have whatever you desire... once you PROGRAM YOUR BRAIN TO HUNT and KILL THE SWITCHES that lead you into a "false-start ghetto." Once you perform this RE-WIRE of your automatic-brain's reptilian pursuit of "rewards" -- it's GAME ON FOR HIGH-ACHIEVEMENT.
Here's how it happened for me, years ago... this same MIRACLE is readily available for anyone who wants to change their life, FAST!