Comments on: Prognosticating Procrastination

By: Stephen Wood

Stephen Wood — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:35:39 +0000

sorry i got cut off. Anyway all I am saying is that procrastination isn’t to blame for failure, there are other reasons that are not factored for individuals’ shortcomings.

By: Stephen Wood

Stephen Wood — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:33:40 +0000

Procrastination is key to success. I haven’t met very many successful individuals who do not routinely procrastinate in getting their work done. Procrastianation is a tool, we use it for a variety of reasons; just like Pete said the reasons are different for many, however, if one is failing to produce quality work on deadline, procrastination is not to blame. For example, I could be working on an English paper 2 weeks before its due date. Most likely the motivation for doing so is to reduce the stress that may be created if I started it a day or two prior. However, without the stress, the work I could care less about, because there are more important things to be doing other than a project that really does not need to be conerning until a much later time. Some may say this “I thrive under pressure” is an excuse for being lazy, or avoiding acute stress, or whatever else those psychologists like to think.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:34:46 +0000

Procrastination is the thoughts and feelings behind not taking action towards an outcome in the shortest time possible.

So whenther the big P is useful and appropriate depends on:

1. What those “thoughts and feelings” are.

2. What is the higher purpose of not taking “actions towards”?

3. What is the ecological timeframe?

4. When does it become a must?

By: Alvin

Alvin — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:15:11 +0000

Oh no, Pete, I had no idea procrastination extended so far…I thought thinking some of the stuff you mentioned was just something else, but it seems like I got a bad case of the Ps. I even procrastinated writing this comment!

Gee.

How would you define as procrastination (beyond what you already have)?