"I'll get to that"- who me?
Most of us have struggled with procrastination at one time or another. So can procrastination be good?
I read a HBS article today and one line in it stood out:
"NASA scientists and engineers found that performance increases as deadlines shorten, but when the deadlines became too short, performance declined."
In other words it is OK to procrastinate up to a point. Once that point is crossed then stress sets in and the quality of your work will be greatly affected. Maybe a point in which you have to get 100% of the work done in 80% of the time is the optimal procrastination point?
I would guess that probably most people would guesstimate a point in time when 20% of the time is left to do 80% of the work. In other words you have started, got 20% of the work done, and are quickly running out of time.
Today's question is:
"How do you tell the optimal procrastination point to begin work?"
Most of us have struggled with procrastination at one time or another. So can procrastination be good?
I read a HBS article today and one line in it stood out:
"NASA scientists and engineers found that performance increases as deadlines shorten, but when the deadlines became too short, performance declined."
In other words it is OK to procrastinate up to a point. Once that point is crossed then stress sets in and the quality of your work will be greatly affected. Maybe a point in which you have to get 100% of the work done in 80% of the time is the optimal procrastination point?
I would guess that probably most people would guesstimate a point in time when 20% of the time is left to do 80% of the work. In other words you have started, got 20% of the work done, and are quickly running out of time.
Today's question is:
"How do you tell the optimal procrastination point to begin work?"
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