The Art Of Procrastination

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Eleven thirty-one. It’s eleven ­thirty-one, and You’ve got nothing. Two weeks’ preparation time, and it all comes down to this. One hour remaining. 30 minutes. 30 fleeting minutes counting down to judgment day. You had two weeks, two weeks and you nearly didn’t make it. Procrastination wins again. Everybody has things on that dreaded to do list that seem like the must get done. Things that you probably don’t want to be doing and it leaves you with one choice. Either do it or Procrastinate it. I think it’s safe to say procrastination ranks toward the bottom of just about everyone’s list of good personal or professional traits. Yet, everybody does it on occasion, and the truth is that once in a while, procrastination may actually be the best course of action. To be a successful procrastinator takes more than just being a lazy bum. Those who are truly skilled in the art of procrastination produce quality work and live meaningful lives. The key idea is that procrastinating does not mean doing absolutely nothing. Procrastinators seldom do absolutely nothing; they do useful things, like gardening or sharpening pencils or making a diagram instead of chores or doing homework. If all the procrastinator had left to do was to sharpen some pencils, no force on earth could get him do it. However, the procrastinator can be motivated to do difficult, timely and important tasks, as long as these tasks are a way of not doing something more important. One needs to be able to become very good at succeeding at last minute tasks under great stress to achieve the art of procrastination. Procrastination yields many benefits- more free time than the hardworking people, performing very well under stress and time constraints. The trick is to identify what tasks to sacrifice and what to actually do. Lets be real, Last minute keeps things exciting. While there are risks

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