What Are The Real Reasons Why You Procrastinate
Monday, January 28th, 2008The first in a series of myth-busting pieces… In contrast to most advice columns, I think procrastination has less to do with fear, and more to do with hope.
When you procrastinate on doing the ‘big rocks’ in your life (finding your next career step, starting a business, writing your book, etc.) you do so to preserve hope: As long as you don’t ‘put yourself out there’, then in your mind you can continue to live in the possibility that someday you will live up to your ideal of yourself and earn the respect of people important to you.