There are ispirational satire posters (the kind you see framed in offices) that I like. One says:
"Procrastination - Hard Work Often Pays Off After Time, But Laziness Always Pays Off Now".
http://www.despair.com/proc24x30pri.html
Another one of my favorites is "Agony - Not All Pain is Gain".
In college, some of us would always wait until after the real go-getters have tackled a large homework set to see what problems and mistakes they ran into. I could make my own slogan:
"Pathfinders - The first to get run over"
I have to work at keeping my contrarian nature in check. It makes me think of the Mary Tyler Moore episode where she couldn't help laughing at the funeral of Chuckles the Clown after he was killed by an elephant when he was dressed up as a peanut.
For my own procrastination, I always try to stop work at an easy place to restart. I find it difficult to get going on new things, and once I'm going, I can be quite productive and don't want to stop. But when I do stop, I like to stop at very specific spots. I try to minimize interruptions. Sometimes I will work away from the phone and not be connected to the internet.
So, is KTM structured procrastination? I have to go derive some equations right now.
I find procrastination to be the most effective form of time management: do anything before the last minute, and you always take more time than necessary. Procrastinators can’t take more time than necessary.
Alas, my wife fails to appreciate this pearl of wisdom.
Incidentally, this is a real principle of economics – reflected in the discount rate for time (essentially the rate of interest) – and embodied in such ideas as “just in time” inventory management.
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There are ispirational satire posters (the kind you see framed in offices) that I like. One says:
ReplyDelete"Procrastination - Hard Work Often Pays Off After Time, But Laziness Always Pays Off Now".
http://www.despair.com/proc24x30pri.html
Another one of my favorites is "Agony - Not All Pain is Gain".
In college, some of us would always wait until after the real go-getters have tackled a large homework set to see what problems and mistakes they ran into. I could make my own slogan:
"Pathfinders - The first to get run over"
I have to work at keeping my contrarian nature in check. It makes me think of the Mary Tyler Moore episode where she couldn't help laughing at the funeral of Chuckles the Clown after he was killed by an elephant when he was dressed up as a peanut.
For my own procrastination, I always try to stop work at an easy place to restart. I find it difficult to get going on new things, and once I'm going, I can be quite productive and don't want to stop. But when I do stop, I like to stop at very specific spots. I try to minimize interruptions. Sometimes I will work away from the phone and not be connected to the internet.
So, is KTM structured procrastination? I have to go derive some equations right now.
Laziness Always Pays Off Now
ReplyDeleteThat's what Piers Steel says!
(He did a meta-analysis of 5 gazillion studies on procrastination.)
I find it difficult to get going on new things, and once I'm going, I can be quite productive and don't want to stop.
ReplyDeleteTHAT is the ETERNAL problem.
Starting & stopping.
Help! Help!
Sixteen yo's t-shirt today
ReplyDelete"Procrastinators unite.....tomorrow."
We love Despair.com. Every year I get a calender for the youngest because he thinks they're hysterical.
ReplyDeleteLisa, that t-shirt is hilarious. Did you get that from somewhere online?
SusanS
Never mind, I just googled it....
ReplyDeleteSusanS
It's 10:13, and I don't know any more about the basal ganglia than I did when I got up this morning.
ReplyDeleteWell...it's 4:13 & I know more about the basal ganglia than I did at 10.
ReplyDeleteI guess that's progress.
My dad gave me a great placard (I have it on the fridge) that goes as follows
ReplyDeletePROCRASTINATORS WILL RULE THE WORLD
.......... SOMEDAY .........
(the last word in a much smaller font)
I find procrastination to be the most effective form of time management: do anything before the last minute, and you always take more time than necessary. Procrastinators can’t take more time than necessary.
ReplyDeleteAlas, my wife fails to appreciate this pearl of wisdom.
Incidentally, this is a real principle of economics – reflected in the discount rate for time (essentially the rate of interest) – and embodied in such ideas as “just in time” inventory management.
Dave
"Pathfinders - The first to get run over"
ReplyDeleteOne of my Dad's nuggets of wisdom he passed down to us was:
"The pioneers take the arrows."