Putting Off Procrastination?
Guest Author: Patricia Clason
"Procrastinators are people with a wait problem -- they're always putting off until tomorrow what they could/should be doing today." I'm sure that you don't procrastinate, do you? Someone once referred to procrastination as "the nature of the animal," as if it were a genetic trait in all of us. I'm not so sure. . . I've found it has more do to with upbringing, emotions and enthusiasm than our genes.
Many people approach procrastination like a cold, looking for the Vicks 44 or Contact as a quick fix. The most important question about procrastination is not how to fix it, but instead why do we do it? All of the fix it answers provide, at best, temporary solutions to the immediate symptoms. Seldom do they cure the cause so it isn't a recurring disease.
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