All this talk about procrastination

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Well, check out this wild article from Steve Pavlina. If you haven't heard of him, he's a super-successful blogger from the personal development arena and he's been posting free articles for years.

I haven't read too much of his stuff yet, but what I have read is good.

How to Fall in Love with Procrastination

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  • Profile picture of the author maddiet
    Thank you for this article. I'll read it as soon as posible and let you know what I think.
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  • Profile picture of the author 6sxfigs
    Thanks i read that article, now im procrastinating here at my lovely government job...Actually i am signed up on Steve's blog like his crazy work its definetly not a box.

    Best regards Brian
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  • Profile picture of the author DukkyMan
    For starters - I seriously doubt that most procrastinators spend their procrastination time doing some other form of work, like Mr. Pavilna did. I'd say most people who procrastinate occupy themselves with as little work as possible, reading a book, watching TV, playing a game, etc.

    Second - If anyone in a serious working environment took his advice on looking at your deadlines as someone else's deadlines, they would get fired by the end of the week. Those deadlines are YOUR deadlines, that's what your boss pays you for. If your boss could do everything, than there would be no need for he/she to hire you in the first place.

    I procrastinate by doing work, procrastinate, doing work, procrastinate, it helps me to relax and to relieve stress which is important thing to do when working. Procrastinating also taught me that I work well under pressure with a looming deadline, instead of having a lot of time to work on something. I have ADD and my mind wanders, so being in a situation where I absolutely have to finish something helps me focus and do better work.

    Obviously I'm not saying procrastination is an all around good thing, but it did help teach me some things about myself, which helps me to work and stay stress free at the same time.
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    • Originally Posted by DukkyMan View Post

      For starters - I seriously doubt that most procrastinators spend their procrastination time doing some other form of work, like Mr. Pavilna did. I'd say most people who procrastinate occupy themselves with as little work as possible, reading a book, watching TV, playing a game, etc.

      Second - If anyone in a serious working environment took his advice on looking at your deadlines as someone else's deadlines, they would get fired by the end of the week. Those deadlines are YOUR deadlines, that's what your boss pays you for. If your boss could do everything, than there would be no need for he/she to hire you in the first place.

      I procrastinate by doing work, procrastinate, doing work, procrastinate, it helps me to relax and to relieve stress which is important thing to do when working. Procrastinating also taught me that I work well under pressure with a looming deadline, instead of having a lot of time to work on something. I have ADD and my mind wanders, so being in a situation where I absolutely have to finish something helps me focus and do better work.

      Obviously I'm not saying procrastination is an all around good thing, but it did help teach me some things about myself, which helps me to work and stay stress free at the same time.
      Thats an interesting take, and some of that I thought about too.

      Procrastinating on some things may be good, but for a lot of people, playing video games is probably not some latent passion. At least for me I know thats true. Steve had a very interesting spin, and it really got me thinking. So, I thought it was good overall.

      But, kind of like you said we shouldn't deceive ourselves into thinking that procrastination is all good now. There's a lot to think about though for this article!
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  • Profile picture of the author tk226
    Thanks for the provision of the nice article.
    Bill gates procrastinated attending classes but at the same time found his passion. Often, what we procrastinate and what we do instead at that same simultaneous time is our real interest provided we're not relaxing at that time.
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  • Profile picture of the author DukkyMan
    I don't know, I don't think I would procrastinate unless I just wanted to relax and do as little work as possible. There are lots of interests I have in my life not related to work, but I work on them when I have the time to, not when I have a work deadline. But I suppose I could be in the minority here.
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  • Profile picture of the author DukkyMan
    Agreed, I'm sure there was more good stuff he mentioned, I didn't finish it because it was so long and I just didn't have the time, hopefully I can later. It was certainly interesting though.
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