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Why Procrastinators Procrastinate — Wait but Why
Procrastinators often follow exactly the wrong tack. They try to minimize their commitments, assuming that if they have only a few things to do, they will quit procrastinating and get them done. But this goes contrary to the basic nature of the procrastinator and destroys his most important source of motivation. The few tasks on his list will be by
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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.
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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.
from Structured Procrastination by John Perry
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