It's About Time We Took A Look At Procrastination.

Without further deliberation, dawdling or delay....here are some Thoughts and Observations about Procrastination.

“Procrastination is the kidnapper of souls and the recruiting-officer of hell.” Edward Irving - Scottish clergyman

“Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than risk failure, they prefer to create conditions that make success impossible, a reflex that of course creates a vicious cycle.”?? James Surowiecki – U.S financial journalist.

“Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow.”? Denis Waitley – U.S. author, motivational speaker.

“If you believe you can accomplish everything by "cramming" at the eleventh hour, by all means, don't lift a finger now. But you may think twice about beginning to build your ark once it has already started raining”??? Max Brooks – U.S. author, actor, senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, New York.

“As soon as (Teddy Roosevelt) received an assignment for a paper or project, he would set to work, never leaving anything to the last minute. Prepared so far ahead "freed his mind" from worry and facilitated fresh, lucid thought.”? Doris Kearns Goodwin – U.S. biographer, historian, political commentator.

“In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”?? Theodore Roosevelt – U.S. politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, writer who served as the 26th U.S. president from 1901 to 1909.

“When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that in itself is a choice.” William James – U.S. philosopher, historian, psychologist - ?first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States.

“The breeding ground of fear is procrastination and inaction. We overcome them not by preparation, but by taking action.”? Debasish Mridha – U.S. physician, philosopher, poet, author.

“So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don’t sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.”? Lee Iacocca – U.S automobile executive - developed Ford Mustang and Ford Pinto cars in the 1960s, revived the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s.

“Doubt increases with inaction. Clarity reveals itself in momentum. Growth comes from progress. For all these reasons, BEGIN.”? Brendon Burchard – U.S. author, business/leadership coach.

“Get started. Do something. Sign up for an aerobics class or go for a ride on your bicycle. Movement is the best remedy for procrastinating.”??? Anthony Herrera – U.S. actor, director.

“When there is a hill to climb, don’t think that waiting will make it smaller.”? Source unknown

“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.”? George Claude Lorimer – U.S. religious leader.

“The quest for perfection lead down the dangerous path of procrastination.”? Dr Salma Farook – Seychelloise-born, Malaysian doctor, author, poet - mental health and positive-thinking advocate.

“Thinking too much leads to paralysis by analysis. It's important to think things through, but many use thinking as a means of avoiding action.”?? Robert Herjavec - Croatian-Canadian businessman, investor.

“The most dangerous way we sabotage ourselves is by waiting for the perfect moment to begin. Nothing works perfectly the first time, or the first fifty times. Everything has a learning curve. The beginning is just that - a beginning. Surrender your desire to do it flawlessly on the first try. It's not possible. Learn to learn. Learn to fail. Learn to learn from failing. And begin today. Begin now. Stop waiting.”?? Vironika Tugaleva (aka Vironika Wilde) - Ukrainian author, poet, feminist.

“Striving for perfection can get in the way during the early stages of the creative process.”? David Kelley – U.S. television writer, producer, former attorney.

“There is sometimes only a very fine line between deliberation and procrastination.”?? Paul A. Walker – U.S. social psychologist.

“The man who waits to know everything is the man who never does anything.” Craig D. Lounsbrough – U.S. Life Coach/Counselor.

“It’s the job that’s never started that takes longest to finish.”? J. R. R. Tolkien – U.K author, poet, philologist, academic.

“Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day’s success.” Israelmore Ayivor - Ghanaian inspirational author, blogger.

“If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem… break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time.”?? Robert Collier – U.S. author, motivational speaker.

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”?? Mark Twain – U.S. author.

“A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.”? Greg S. Reid – U.S. author, entrepreneur.

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”? Martin Luther King Jr. – U.S. minister, activist.

“A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.” Mark Twain – U.S. author.

“Someone may have all the technical knowledge, scientific intellect and business know-how but when he/she decides to choose laziness, excuses, procrastination, complaining and other bad attitudes, his/her relevance is meaningless.”?? Israelmore Ayivor - Ghanaian inspirational author, blogger.

“Face it....sometimes procrastination is depression in disguise. Know the difference" Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier – U.S. podcast host, author.

“Sometimes you have to give a little push, one way or the other, to get past the depression, low self-esteem, unhealthy relationships, procrastination, or whatever is holding you back from living your best life.”?? Mary Morrison – U.S. author.

“Procrastination is the best friend of depression.”? Debasish Mridha – U.S. physician, philosopher, poet, author.

“Overcoming procrastination is not, I repeat, not about cramming additional work into your day … overcoming procrastination is about simplifying your life to make space for the activities that matter most.”? Richie Norton -U.S.?entrepreneur, author, podcaster.

“Clutter is the physical manifestation of unmade decisions fueled by procrastination” Christina Scalise – U.S. author.

“The scary thing is, the more I slack off, the more it piles up and the more it piles up, the more I slack off.”? Amelia Mysko – Australian author.

“The entertainment industry often portrays success as an overnight feat, but what isn’t always depicted is the accumulation of mistakes needed to get to that place.” Quincy Jones – U.S. record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, film/television producer.

“Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day’s success.” Israelmore Ayivor - Ghanaian inspirational author, blogger.

“Someday is not a day of the week.”?? Janet Dailey – U.S. author

“Someday' isn't a real day like Monday or Tuesday; it's just another word for 'never.”? Robert Herjavec - Croatian-Canadian businessman, investor.

“Yesterday is a cancelled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is the only cash you have, so spend it wisely.”???? Kim Lyons – U.S. athlete, personal trainer, nutritionist, author.

“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good."? Jerry West – U.S. basketball player and NBA executive.

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone." Pablo Picasso – Spanish artist, painter, sculptor.

“Never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.”? Charles Dickens – U.K. author. From the novel “David Copperfield”.

“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.”? Sydney Harris, U.S. journalist.

“Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill.”?? Christopher Parker – U.K. actor.