Procrastination Is Good

Say what? Procrastination? Good?
Isn’t procrastination supposed to be THE big evil?

Didn’t all the gurus proclaimed that the key to success is speed of implementation?

So why procrastinate?

Here’s why…

If you remember, I used to talk about the Pareto’s rule.

And that is 80% of what you do will give you only 20% of your results.

While the other 20% will lead to 80% of your results.

So…procrastinating is good…if you do that to 80% of the stuff that gives you little results.

In another words, procrastinate on low value stuff.

Work fast, hard and smart on high value activities.

Make sense?

Love to hear your thoughts.

Jag Foo

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Aahh, procrastination, it’s a big part of who i am. I spend a lot of time doing it but it works for me. I find that it allows me to really work out how to tackle whatever it is that’s bothering me. As confusious once said : Man under car with tool in hand may not necessarily be fixing car!
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Interesting take. As long as you don’t procrastinate on the 20%. And what if the 20% takes 40 hours a week. Then procrastinating at all is troublesome.
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I like how the Pareto rule sounds like, but I can’t implement it in my life:( I can’t receive 80% of the profit from 20% of the time. What concerns procrastibation, it is the best way out from the situation which you are not able to influence on.

@Ian:

You sure Confucius said that? I don’t think the car
was invented during his time. =)

@Anna:

Dig deep. And you will find out which are
the most valuable 20%. Then focus on it.

Everyday, you want to ask yourself,
“What’s the most valuable use of my time
right now?

Good luck!
Jag

This theory is truly right, not only in business, but also in life.
You should know that sometimes the Pareto becomes 90-10 or 70-30, depends on specific situation

I don’t thing that delaying a task is good, but prioritizing your tasks is!

In my work, when everything has to be done done “now”, prioritizing is the key answer, even if this means delaying some of the less-important issues.

I’ve been successfully implementing the Pareto rule in my own life – it works! It really works and helpes me to manage my time and use it more productively. I’ve reorganized also my time which i decide to use for helping my relatives and friends – i refuse to help in the case if they are able to cope with the problem by themselves and if they ask me for help because they are lazy. I prefer to help if I see that somebody can’t cope with something by himself.

This is true…If we would procrastinate on the the things that didn’t really matter as much and worked hard on the things that mattered we would be successful in whatever we where doing. Sometimes procrastination creeps in…and before you know it we’re procrastinating on the things that are the most important. So,if the tables where turned and we did this we would see a turn around in what we are doing.

RM Williams

@Sally – great to see the impact of Pareto’s rule on your life!

@RM Williams: A turn around is definitely in order – if you focus mostly on the high value tasks!

Jag

Hey Jag, I liked this post, I only just heard about the 80/20 rule the other day and although it confused me a little, I think I get what it means now, I think! Sally :)
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Dear Jag,

This advice is well taken.

It sort of reminds me of Benjamin Franklin. He said “A stitch in time saves nine.”

By that Franklin meant that really looking at the situation (procrastinating instead of just hurrying), will allow someone to see the REAL problem and mend it before it becomes too big.

Thanks for restating BJ’s thought.

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The problem with your advice is that it is easier said than done. A procrastinator will usually procrastinate not just on small, un-important stuff but the important ones as well. Once a procrastinator always a procrastinator, so in the end it isn’t just a good thing after all.
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@Mirc:

A lot of good advice centers on placing priority on high value work. And let’s face it…high value work and having high value habits are difficult to put in place and carry out.

If it’s so easy…everyone will easily getting results. But it’s not. That’s why many people don’t do it.

That’s why only the most successful are where they are…because they are willing to make sacrifices. They are willing to pay the price.

Are you?

@Dr Ann,

Thanks for dropping by!

I love Benjamin Franklin. Thanks for his little quote. Very nice!

@Sally:

Great! Having a core understanding of the 80/20 is really the key to massive productivity.

- Jag

There are some cases is which procrastination can be even dangerous – a fire, for example. So, to my mind this statement about procrastination is ambiguous…

You really share a great information. Procrastination is very much helpful not only in business, but also in life. It really give us courage to tackle the problems.

Interesting take. As long as you don’t procrastinate on the 20%. And what if the 20% takes 40 hours a week. Then procrastinating at all is troublesome.

I think it is good in some way but not in all condition.
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it is definetly good, why work harder by doing things the long way why not work smarter and faster and get better results.

Aahh, procrastination, it’s a big part of who i am. I spend a lot of time doing it but it works for me. I find that it allows me to really work out how to

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I often work and finish my task based on my mood :) so, Procrastination for sometime is close to me.. :D ..but still, my task will finish on time !

Yeah I pretty much agree with you here. Its important to take decisive action on the things that matter most

Chris Perkins

Absolutely right. First of all we should do things that are most important. I often tried to do work that brought low results but costed a lot of efforts. Then I changed my style…

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Yeah, there is goodness in procrastination at some point. :) Good if it’ll help you but if not, it’ll remain evil. :)

Wait, how exactly does Pareto’s rule work? Why would 80% of what I have done only give me 20% of my results and the 20% give me the rest of it? I don’t understand.

Guys…

Not too sure if you are understanding me here.

I want you to think for a moment.

If you analyze your daily activities…you will realize that they are not created equal.

Different activities will give you different results.

For example, working on sales copy and optimizing it will bring you more sales. Surfing around aimlessly in Facebook and watching TV will not.

Most people procrastinate on high value work and spend a lot of time on low value stuff.

My message is to do the exact opposite.

Do more high value and little low value.

Do give it some though.

Best,
Jag

I think that each deal should be done in its time and procrastination is not good for me because i don’t like to delay my affairs on tomorrow.

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This is good advice but I think it’s more difficult to implement in practice. For one thing, there’s the matter of actually determining which activities are the high-value ones. This may not always be clear because often the low value activities are setup, or are required, in order to get to the high value activities. For example, if you get your sales from writing about current events, your high value activity is writing the content. But in order to have something to write about, you first have to browse around and look for news. Or, if you have a full time job, your income is constant throughout the working hours of your day no matter what activities you’re actually working on during those hours.

I truly believe in that 80/20 rule by the economist Vilfredo Pareto. Although this was at first business and most precisely a economic rule it now used in many activities of life.

If you do procrastinate from time to time it’s ok… as long as you understand that things don’t get done easily

I agree to Anna.Thanks for info…

Delaying task is sometimes give fruitful results, but making this as a habit can some time leads to destruction.

I think prcrastination is mostly bad and only in very very special cases good. Infact i never made good experinces with it ^^
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GREAT! Article. Very well put. I think I have had my 80/20 backwards!

“Work fast, hard and smart on high value activities.”

This justifies a lot of things for me!

I always get stuck on boring tasks… But give me a real challenge and the brain starts ticking!

I just thought I was lazy?

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great post i agree with you, you must take decisive action towards the things that matter

I used to think that pareto rule is fair only in the sphere of politics – 20% of your effort bring 80% of the result. But now I will check the action of this rule in my daily life.

Sometimes procrastination can give us time to find better solutions too. I think I procrastinate when something just isn’t resolved in my mind.
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Procrastination on low value stuff is necessary as you said. But always the hard and intelligent efforts are needed to get 80% results out of 20% work done. This is difficult but not at all impossible.

Work slowly but continuously gives you 100% results one day,so keep the balance in the flow of work is an attractive thing.this will reward you one day.soom
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Pareto’s rule is pretty interesting, assuming that you know which of the things that you do in a week bring you value. Sometimes you can’t know what things will bring you value and what things won’t. for instance how do you know which customers out of 100 are going to generate the top 20% of your sales? Even if you can identify them after 1 month of business it doesn’t necessarily hold true that they will be the same 20% that generate most of your sales value in subsequent months. Sometimes the 80/20 thing works though.

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Work fast, hard and smart on high value activities become tough some times,we can not do it regularity,so at the end we have lost.

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I’ve the the procrastination part down fine – The focusing bit eludes me sometimes though!

I’m pretty new to IM, etc., so don’t really have enough projects to have a 80/20 split.

There’s another benefit to procrastination. That is, even if you are putting something off it is still in the back of your mind. So you are mulling over it subconsciously.

This contemplation can be very helpful, so that when you do actually get around to doing this task, you’ll perform it more quickly and effectively.
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Unfortantly there are a lot of procrastinators including me, but I am working on that. It better to get the job done instead of thinking about it all the time.
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This is a pretty interesting thing.
Think its worth to try!

I have no ideal. But I know procrastination is not a good habit.

All the gurus do seem to proclaim this yes..
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I dont agree with his .i think procastination is bad. can keep still keep off the preparation for my exams and fail just becuase of procastination.think about it.
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still have to verify this .

Procrastination on low value stuff is necessary as you said. But always the hard and intelligent efforts are needed to get 80% results out of 20% work done.

Thanks for those article,they are very interesting. Best regards Jag

well this is a very interesting post!
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I see where you’re coming from but there are negative sides to procrastination e.g. putting things off leads to low motivation, boredom, etc. Getting things done today, even the 80% that will bring little results, will surely leave you feeling satisfied and ready to face the important work!
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I too agree with you as the key to success is the speed of implementation So we should work in timely.

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I agree completely, don’t sweat the small stuff sums it up for me.

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Recently I was really stressed and paid the doctor a visit. What she said can be summarized as: “we are not machines, we’re humans”. Basically you should focus on the 20% that matters, and leave the 80% for the future. Also don’t consider delaying the 80% as procrastination, otherwise you’ll become insane. Believe me I was on the border of insanity a couple of months ago, I wanted everything done “right now”. Slowly, I’m understanding that we’re humans, that we should take care of what’s important, and that taking some time off work is important too.

Procrastination is been said to the counterproductive deferment of actions or tasks.Procrastination may resultinot many things they are been as follows like stress, a sense of guilt and crisis, severe loss of personal productivity, as well as social disapproval for not meeting responsibilities.

Procrastination can be good just too let your mind roam off and do something else. But procrastination in a business could end you, most business today are looking for hard workers and people whom can keep concentrated.
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Work fast, hard and smart on high value activities. yes…agreed

Procrastination is really good thing if some one applies it on your life. It helps you to take decision in your life which can be beneficial for you.

Sometimes I do procrastinate! it depends on my mood, but i am always delivering my tasks on deadline. So procrastination can be transformed in prioritization.

Slow and steady wins the race so we must do our duties on time

yeah…have taken a note of your piece of advice.I am a fast worker and i always put more time and effort on high value activities.According to me procrastination should be carefully done or else it can prove to be dangerous too.Thanks for the post.

Work fast, hard and smart on high value activities.
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This makes sense. There are many things happened before the actual scenario occurs. So, sometimes procrastination is good.
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Im not to sure I can agree. I live every day with procrastination. I try but I can never get things done until last minute. Frustrating and I wish it was different!

excellent post,but i have some confuse after reading your this post, could you please describe a little bit more?

Thanks for this post. First time I heard about Procrastination. I will try it. Good blog.
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Thanks for sharing ..
about Pareto’s rule ,I can’t understand it fully..
Work fast, hard and smart on high value activities,It is so good

why you say that it is good about Procrastination