The Procrastination Fix : 36 Strategies Proven to Cure Laziness and Improve Productivity : Daily Training for Mental Toughness And Self Discipline by Greene Jacob

Author:Greene, Jacob [Greene, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hook Line Publishing
Published: 2018-12-06T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 4 :

WHEN IS PROCRASTINATION GOOD?

This question may sound quite odd to a large number of people. First, because it assumes that at some point, procrastination is good; and secondly, because it suggests that since procrastination can be good, it shouldn’t be totally disregarded. Most of those in this category have, at one point or the other, found procrastination to be a helpful tool but may not be able to attribute those incidents to procrastination. For most, procrastination is a means to an end. However, the end determines whether or not procrastination is good or bad. While some people would naturally avoid procrastination generally and seek ways to truncate it in their life, there are people who seek ways of harnessing procrastination to accomplish certain goals effectively.

Life comprises of ups and downs, and in life, there are no absolutes: the peculiarities of what we encounter daily determine the best approach hence there is no one solution fits all. There is a generally negative perception about procrastination which is unwholesome as most of the evaluation of procrastination as a concept is lopsided. Procrastination has a lot of benefits that many often overlook due to their personal bias or perhaps an oversight. For instance, procrastination stimulates creativity in a person. This is obvious because you process information faster when you are quite comfortable. You tend to really get the best out of yourself when you are "put under the spotlight," i.e., when the deadline is rapidly approaching; an individual who has a strict approach against procrastination will likely not really get to see himself in the full extent of his creative capabilities. If you are conversant with sports for example, you would realize that the urgency and intensity of the losing team gets higher as the match draws to a conclusion and need I say that there have been many instances of the losing team turning over the outcome of the match after being in a losing position earlier in the same game!

There are indeed times when procrastination is good. In fact, there are certain times when you necessarily need to procrastinate on some activities in order to be taken seriously. Imagine turning in your final year research project in college 4 weeks after commencement, no matter how brilliant your findings are and no matter how authentic they are, be rest assured that even if your supervisor would accept it, he would do so with a lot of skepticism perhaps thinking you might have simply gone to plagiarize someone else's work; even if you had produced exact findings 4 months later, he would have been more convenient with the submission coming in after 4 months than it coming after 4 weeks. Procrastination is certainly not as bad as people make it seem. Procrastination forms a huge part of leadership. Imagine a leader who makes a decision at every possible second without ruminating over the possible consequences of his decision! Certainly, a lot of hush decisions would be taken which the individual will later come to regret later on in life.

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