Five Things About Procrastination

July 10, 2007 by Rich | 0 Comments
In Employees, Operations, Productivity


Psychology Today:

There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. Procrastinators sabotage themselves. They put obstacles in their own path. They actually choose paths that hurt their performance.

1. Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators. For them procrastination is a lifestyle, albeit a maladaptive one.

2. It’s not trivial, although as a culture we don’t take it seriously as a problem.

3. Procrastination is not a problem of time management or of planning.

4. Procrastinators are made not born.

5. Procrastination predicts higher levels of consumption of alcohol among those people who drink.

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