Quotes About Procrastination

Use Parkinson's Law on a Macro and Micro Level. Use Parkinson's Law to accomplish more in less time. Shorten schedules and deadlines to necessitate focused action instead of deliberation and procrastination.

Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions. The options are almost limitless for creating "busyness": You could call a few hundred unqualified sales leads, reorganize your Outlook contacts, walk across the office to request documents you don't really need, or fuss with your BlackBerry for a few hours when you should be prioritizing.

Conditions are never perfect. "Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.

Valora el coste de no actuar,

If you haven't already accomplished at least one important task in the day, don't spend the last business hour returning a DVD to avoid a $5 late charge. Get the important task done and pay the $5 fine.

Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions. The options are almost limitless for creating "busyness":

I've given it to, maybe ten of them have actually opened the book and done the exercises. Of those ten, seven have had books, movies, TV shows,

Put a Post-it on your computer screen or set an Outlook reminder to alert you at least three times daily with the question: Are you inventing things to do to avoid the important?

Dedica de dos a tres horas a concentrarte en UNA de esas tareas hoy. Deja de lado el resto de lo urgente, pero menos importante. Mañana seguirá ahí. PARA QUE QUEDE

What are the top-three activities that I use to fill time to feel as though I've been productive? These are usually used to postpone more important actions (often uncomfortable because there is a chance of failure or rejection). Be honest with yourself, as we all do this on occasion. What are your crutch activities?

Estar ocupado es una forma de vagancia: pereza para pensar y acción indiscriminada. Estar ocupado sirve casi siempre para disfrazar el aplazamiento de unas pocas tareas muy importantes pero incómodas.

too much brooding, not enough doing.

I'm a bit of a coward, and lazy, oddly enough.

I have offices all over the place and I avoid work everywhere. I don't like to write - I like to be finished.

For many years I wanted to do a film, but I never had the courage to clear my desk and say, 'OK I'll take a year off and do a film.'

I don't get up, get dressed, go out, and think, 'Okay, I gotta find eight jokes.'

One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.

Lord Henry had not yet come in. He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

Punctuality is but the thief of time

Punctuality is the thief of time.

I remember your saying once that there is a fatality about good resolutions—that they are always made too late. Mine certainly were.

Lord Henry had not come in yet. He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

Man's inability to get out of bed in the morning is a curious thing. One may reason with oneself clearly and forcibly without the slightest effect. One knows that delay means inconvenience. Perhaps it may spoil one's whole day. And one also knows that a single resolute heave will do the trick. But logic is of no use. One simply lies there.