Empty Desk

Where is he? Shouldn't he be working?

This post is written as both a reminder to myself and to all of you. Procrastination is the biggest obstacle to success. Some people think it is lack of time that is the problem, but for most people that isn’t the case. Think about how much busier you are now than when you were in school. Yet, back then you probably felt like you had no time to do everything you wanted and needed to do. And you didn’t. Just like now. No matter how much or how little we have to do, we never have enough time to do everything we want. If we can avoid procrastinating though, we’ll usually have enough time to do the things that are the most important to us. Notice I didn’t say the most fun. I said the most  important.

Now I know those of you who are self proclaimed procrastinators are nodding your heads. But the rest of you are probably saying, “Hey, I don’t procrastinate! I’m really just so busy that I don’t have enough time.” (more…)