Procrastination :
Today, I am standing in front of you is because of Procrastination.
One of our fellow Toast Master who was scheduled to do a Project Speech has probably thought why to give a speech today and has procrastinate it due to some reason and I got the opportunity.
Mark Twain said : Why put off today what you can put off again tomorrow.
Dear Toastmaster of the day, fellow TM and welcome guest … Good Evening.
The best part about Procrastination is that you are never bored because you always have number of tasks that you should be working on.
Pro....................cras......................ti.......................na...................tion. It is such a long word that we even want to put it off saying it. (But we don’t mind practicing it).
In a simple form … Procrastination means putting off till tomorrow what we can do today.
Everyone in this room knows about it but we still don’t want to act upon it because many of us including me are suffering from this habit of procrastination. The fact is 9 out of 10 individuals do procrastinate. This habit is a villain for our success. It is the unsuspecting sneak which upsets every plan which is connected to Time management. Look at my case … I joined TM with such an enthusiasm that I will finish off my CC in an years time …. 2 projects done immediately after joining and than one fine day I was influenced by the habit of Procrastination. In the bargain, Who is at loss? I missed out on so many opportunities like becoming TMOD / Evaluator in any of our meeting. The whole purpose of joining Toast Masters is at LOSS.
Now the interesting thing about procrastination is that we tend to put off those task which seems to be unappealing to us. If the task is boring or monotonous or involves too much of hard work it stands a good chance of getting postponed.
It is not because of lack of time that we do not do the task. On the contrary we do have plenty of time to do it but we tend to postpone it and justify ourselves with the lame excuse that we do not have time.
Take an example of exercising daily. How many of us do exercise daily. Probably few !!! But many of us conveniently procrastinate it as exercising needs lots of effort and discipline.
A friend of mine the other has started giving an example that he can't do exercise because he can't get up early in the morning. He has given me excuse which has made me laugh .... He said : " He has never seen Sun rising in the morning …. It is the other way round where Sun always sees him rising every morning . Where is the connection of Sunrise with exercises. If you can't exercise in the morning do it in the evening.
Bottom line is we don’t exercise not because we don’t have time but we are lazy and influenced by procrastination.
Procrastination also affects Financial Planning which is often perceived as something that involves “tomorrow”. A “tomorrow” mindset invites procrastination.
It is only because WE Procrastinate.
We don’t start saving soon enough
We don’t plan long enough.
However there are some problems that arise out of Procrastination that are detrimental to time management which is negative as a Results of Procrastination:
- A feeling that a job has been left undone is bad for our morale.
- Unfinished jobs leave a lot of clutter which affects our efficiency.
- Putting things off means jobs accumulate and needless panic set in.
- Procrastination may be synonymous to some people with laziness and lack of interest in the job.
- The job becomes more unpleasant the more you postpone it.
Friends ... there are some jobs that we put off for tomorrow, a tomorrow that never comes.
The chances are that you will be busier tomorrow than you are today. Most of those jobs that we procrastinate are the “the – sooner – done – the better kind”.
And the SIGH of relief from our Lungs that once the job is done and over … is worth it.
All it takes is some WILL power. Make up your mind to do the task and do it while your mind is still made up.
My dear friends so if you are also a victim of this dangerous habit and if this is affecting your overall health Physically or Financially the normal rational response is to take a corrective action NOW.
Because once the physical or financial loss is incurred we cannot do anything but pray for the minimal losses. The opportunity cost of losing health / money because of a lazy/late decision compounds against us forever.
Given these perspectives, no one for themselves or their future generations – can afford to have a the luxury of procrastinating. The time for planning and acting is NOW.
Procrastination is the Stealthy killer of Success.
Let us all decide to write 3 important things which we have been postponing / hesitating to do and make a conscious effort to complete it immediately.
Over to Toast Master Of Day ....
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