Problem of Procrastination

Procrastination is a great disaster to mankind. Some experts would want to disagree on this and have you believe that Procrastination is beneficial. I will sound this note – Procrastination is only beneficial if it helps you avert some unforeseen trouble. I have dealt extensively with this aspect on "Reasons for Procrastination". The problem of Procrastination cannot be measured. It is the foundational bedrock upon which other failure accelerators are laid.

When Procrastination sets in, it can completely destroy ones outlook towards life. If you make a plan, and do not take action definitely because of Procrastination, odd are that you'll blame it on some kind of abstract things that has happened in your life, the environment of circumstances. After a while, you let go, another plan sets in and you do the same – you do not act on it, friend, your life is dwindling, it is drifting! At a point, you tend to look at the world as unfair. Your attitude and perceptions towards life drastically portrays negativity.

Imagine a world without light – how it would be like if Thomas Edison had procrastinated on discovering a light bulb; if Henry Ford or Eiji Toyota had procrastinated on developing a motor vehicle; how communication would have fared if Graham Bell had procrastinated on giving the world the telephone set. The list can never be exhausted. Imagine a world void of these few things I have just mentioned. In fact, this medium of data transference (the Internet) would have been completely impossible! So you wouldn't have actually been able to read this piece of information if someone somewhere had procrastinated in something. Now it is human nature to think that other alternatives would surface. Think of the numerous persons that conceived the idea of discovering and producing such things (I do understand that an idea is not peculiar to one man on the planet at the same time. There are pockets of sparsely distributed ideas to different persons in different location at the same time) and were not able to.

Procrastination is the driving force, the destructive catalyst that empowers such unproductive returns. The cost and effect of procrastination can be extremely grave in all spheres of life – the personal, spiritual, psychological, professional etc Now pause for a minute to think of the lost relationship as a result of he few contacts you refused to act upon immediately. The latter you push off keeping contacts both in business and personally, the easier it is to loose important customers and people. Think of the disputes you never got settled because of the constant delay – "I will call him and get over with it tomorrow". And a new today keeps bringing in a new tomorrow till it becomes too late.

The effect of procrastination can cost you too much in business – the lost opportunities to cash in on , think of the cost of not being proactive, of not being the market leader – nobody ever wants to be associated with the second best – even you! Lost opportunities definitely will cost you money. Now, you wouldn't tell me you do not know how it feels not to have money on you or at least in the bank. You are as good as dead friend. You'll definitely be angry all the time. It gets a lot easier to be infuriated once you don't have money. This all compound to instigate dispute in the family. Your spouse or children suddenly become the cause of your trouble. Your mental health starts to deteriorate as stress sets in, so is low self-esteem and confidence guilt and feelings of inadequacy.

This is just a tip of the iceberg on what problem Procrastination can cause you.

That's it on problem of Procrastination, for more on a complete idiot guide to overcoming procrastination, see www.procrastinationstop.blogspot.com .