Tanja - what a great topic to cover and thanks so much for giving Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times a plug! I got quite a shock when I came to the end of the post. Thank you.
The three groups of procrastinators were helpful as a concept. I particularly liked your simple definition: Procrastination is the gap between intention and action. It reminded me of something I put into my book - the person who told me “you can’t intend your way into relationships”. To me - this is one of the greatest potential areas for failure in each of our lives because with distractions and also simply self- focus, we can procrastinate in prioritizing those closest to us - often because of the pressures of work.
Like you - I am a top procrastinator in accounts and bookkeeping. For 20 years I made a commitment to keep up to date with my accounting software and for 20 years I’ve failed. This puts me into a fourth category of procrastination- beyond help!! I suppose it tells us that the pain:gain ratio has to be high sometimes for action.
Tanja - what a great topic to cover and thanks so much for giving Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times a plug! I got quite a shock when I came to the end of the post. Thank you.
The three groups of procrastinators were helpful as a concept. I particularly liked your simple definition: Procrastination is the gap between intention and action. It reminded me of something I put into my book - the person who told me “you can’t intend your way into relationships”. To me - this is one of the greatest potential areas for failure in each of our lives because with distractions and also simply self- focus, we can procrastinate in prioritizing those closest to us - often because of the pressures of work.
Like you - I am a top procrastinator in accounts and bookkeeping. For 20 years I made a commitment to keep up to date with my accounting software and for 20 years I’ve failed. This puts me into a fourth category of procrastination- beyond help!! I suppose it tells us that the pain:gain ratio has to be high sometimes for action.
Dear Reuben, it is my pleasure to give your wonderful book a bit of the credit it deserves and I did not mean to shock you.
I am glad you enjoyed this post though and from one procrastinator to another, I wish you a happy weekend.