Start Now: a Procrastination Primer

I thought this article on procrastination on Scientific American online covered important points for workers, so I am including the topic in my blog today!

SciAm says, "A penchant for postponement carries a financial penalty, endangers health, harms relationships and ends careers. And yet perpetual foot-draggers sometimes benefit emotionally from their tactics, which support the human inclination to avoid the disagreeable. Research into the reasons people put off projects has led to strategies for helping all of us get and stay on task.

"Almost everyone occasionally procrastinates, but a worrisome 15 to 20 percent of adults routinely put off activities that would be better accomplished right away.

"A penchant for postponement carries a financial penalty, endangers health, harms relationships and ends careers. And yet perpetual foot-draggers sometimes benefit emotionally from their tactics, which support the human inclination to avoid the disagreeable.

"Research into the reasons people put off projects has led to strategies for helping all of us get and stay on task. Almost everyone occasionally procrastinates, but a worrisome 15 to 20 percent of adults routinely put off activities that would be better accomplished right away."