TIP 39

PROCRASTINATE WITH PURPOSE

       “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever letting tomorrow’s work slop backwards into today’s and doing painfully and nervously today what I could do quickly and easily tomorrow.

J. A. SPENDER, THE COMMENTS OF BAGSHOT

Procrastination has an undeservedly bad reputation. Many people consider procrastination one of their weaknesses, and they beat themselves up and feel terrible about how much they procrastinate. Perhaps they have it all wrong. What if procrastination was not the bad guy, but the good guy? What if your procrastination simply showed you the way to living your dreams and reaching your true goals? We don’t usually hear ...

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