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"“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.” - Ben Franklin


Ben's second call to action is:            Don’t Procrastinate

The statement that makes me cringe is, "I'll get to that."  Most often we have no intention of doing what we are being asked to do OR delaying it until we absolutely have to do what is required.

I guess it is human  nature that we would take current pleasure, not doing it, instead of future reward which might not happen.  However, the costs are often enormous.

We are building a brand.  If our brand is that of a procrastinator then we will not benefit in the future from it. 

So why do we procrastinate?  In my mind the simple equation below says it all.
Probability to procrastrinate increases when the WHY< HOW

The sad part is that we often do not want to get to it right now because we don't have the time but in the future we will find all kinds of time when we end up doing and re-doing it because we were rushing.

Today's question is:
"When will you get to it?"