Posted on Sep 2, 2016
Can you be successful and still be a serial procrastinator ?
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We all have been known to put off what can be done now to later. Who here is a successful procrastinator and what are your coping tools to make you successful?
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Cpl Jeff N.
COL Lee Flemming We had a saying when I was in that "do" was half of "done". Action was always preferable to inaction. A marginal plan executed now is almost always better than a perfect plan executed much later, knowing there is no such thing as a perfect plan.
If you are not shooting your are reloading or moving. Sitting around, doing nothing (contemplating life's vicissitudes or checking the fuzz in your belly button) is never healthy or wise.
That doesn't mean you don't plan but for too many planning is a way of life. Executing takes risk and the possibility of failure or success. Since failure is construed to be negative many procrastinate and do not act.
If you are not shooting your are reloading or moving. Sitting around, doing nothing (contemplating life's vicissitudes or checking the fuzz in your belly button) is never healthy or wise.
That doesn't mean you don't plan but for too many planning is a way of life. Executing takes risk and the possibility of failure or success. Since failure is construed to be negative many procrastinate and do not act.
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I say yes. It all depends on what is being put off and the significance of the task. This is where prioritizing work and making an analysis of acceptable risks. These are the things that can make you successful.
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COL Lee Flemming
SFC Randy Purham this list says you may be right:
http://www.careeraddict.com/top-10-most-famous-procrastinators-in-the-world
http://www.careeraddict.com/top-10-most-famous-procrastinators-in-the-world
Top 10 Most Famous Procrastinators in the World
For most people, tomorrow is another day full of possibilities, potential, and new things to do. For some, however, tomorrow never seems to come round and with a promise to get things done the next day, tasks can quickly mount up. In the world, there
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MSgt (Join to see)
I agree. I do some of my best creative thinking while procrastinating on some other task.
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I am! I wouldn't call them coping tools, but since high school I have been successful perfoming under pressure. I think when a deadline approaches if forces me to focus and having a bit of pride in my work, I won't allow myself to underperform. I know its a terrible habit. However, I only procrastinate when the task permits.
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1LT William Clardy
SFC (Join to see), my academic habits were foretold during my freshman year in high school: my English teacher gave us an assignment to write a short essay on something we were very familiar with. I turned in a report titled "The Last-Minute Report", in which I all but said that I whipped it out in the period just before turning it in. My teacher rewarded my effort with an A+ -- and by announcing to the class that it was "the best of the reports turned in", after which she read it to the class (after asking, from the front of the class, if I minded). After that, I made it a practice to not boast about how little effort anything took.
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