Procrastination Quotes - Page 17

• Did I become court composer through masterful procrastination? Hardly!

  Rachel Hartman

  Court, Composer

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• I have a terrible problem with procrastination. A friend told me, "Well, you should go to therapy." And I thought about it, but then I said, "Wait a minute. Why should I pay a stranger to listen to me talk when I can get strangers to pay to listen to me talk?" And that's when I got the idea of touring.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Ideas, Waiting, Pay

  "Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now". Comedy, Documentary, June 25, 2003.

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• Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

  Peter Drucker

  Productive Life, Government, Productive Work

  Peter Drucker (2013). “Managing for the Future”, p.156, Routledge

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• Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!

  Tom Peters

  Thinking, Worst Enemy, Tasks

  Tom Peters (1999). “The Project50 (Reinventing Work): Fifty Ways to Transform Every "Task" into a Project That Matters!”, p.89, Knopf

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• Few understand that procrastination is our natural defense, letting things take care of themselves and exercise their antifragility.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Exercise, Defense, Care

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder”, p.122, Random House

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• Pay now, play later; play now, pay later.

  John C. Maxwell

  Play, Pay

  John C. Maxwell (1997). “Leadership 101: Inspirational Quotes & Insights for Leaders”

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• Procrastination is a lazy man's apology.

  Chinua Achebe

  Apology, Men, Lazy Man

  Chinua Achebe (2012). “Girls at War”, p.42, Anchor

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• Procrastination is assassination on the amazing future God has for you.

  Perry Noble

  Assassination

  FaceBook post by Perry Noble from Sep 30, 2012

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• One of the problems that exacerbates procrastination is the feeling that you have lots of different things to do and no clear sense of which matter more, when they should be done, etc.

  James Surowiecki

  Feelings, Different, Done

  "Ask the Author Live: James Surowiecki on Procrastination". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. October 1, 2010.

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• Addictive behavior is kind of the inverse of procrastination: procrastination is about not being able to do what you want to do, addiction about not being able to not do what you don't want to do (drink, use drugs, etc.)

  James Surowiecki

  Addiction, Drug, Use

  "Ask the Author Live: James Surowiecki on Procrastination". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. October 1, 2010.

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• Fear stops a lot of people. Fear of failure, of the unknown, of risk.
  And it masks itself as procrastination.

  Lisa Anderson

  People, Risk, Fear Of Failure

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• Procrastination most often arises from a sense that there is too much to do, and hence no single aspect of the to-do worth doing. . . . Underneath this rather antic form of action-as-inaction is the much more unsettling question whether anything is worth doing at all.

  Mark Kingwell

  Too Much, Action, Form

  "Later" by James Surowiecki, www.newyorker.com. October 11, 2010.

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• I used to think that when I set out that doing the research was enough! But then the gaps would emerge that could only be filled by the imagination. And imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you.

  Hilary Mantel

  Thinking, Imagination, Delay

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• There are lots of people who believe there may be at least some genetic component to procrastination, and even if there isn't, it seems to be the case that procrastination habits are often set relatively early in life (that's certainly the case with me). But I also think that there's lots of evidence that external tools can help quite a bit in getting people to stop procrastinating.

  James Surowiecki

  Believe, Thinking, People

  Source: www.newyorker.com

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• Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching infomercials.

  Paul Rudnick

  Reading, Writing, Cereal

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• I manage my time by prioritizing tasks, working smarter not harder, and by avoiding procrastination.

  Jeet Banerjee

  Tasks, Prioritize, Avoiding

  Source: theimarketingcafe.com

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• My mother always told me I wouldn't amount to anything because I procrastinate. I said, "Just wait."

  Judy Tenuta

  Success, Mom, Daughter

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• After all, tomorrow is another day.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Birthday, Movie, Hope

  Gone with theWind pt. 5, ch. 63 (1936) See Proverbs 302

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• The problem with tomorrow is that I have never seen a tomorrow. Tomorrow does not exist. Tomorrow only exist in the mind of dreamers and losers.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Dreamer, Mind, Doe

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• There is no future in waiting for tomorrow.

  Wes Fesler

  Waiting, Tomorrow

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• The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good day.

  Robert De Niro

  Crush, Good Day, Writing

  "Girls and OCD" by Tara Fass and Lisa Jonsson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2014.

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• Hope is critical to both faith and charity. When disobedience, disappointment, and procrastination erode faith, hope is there to uphold our faith. When frustration and impatience challenge charity, hope braces our resolve and urges us to care for our fellowmen even without expectation of reward. The brighter our hope, the greater our faith. The stronger our hope, the purer our charity.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Disappointment, Frustration, Expectations

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• In my office...I have a little sign and it says, 'Do it!' I suppose if I have learned anything in life, it is that we are to keep moving, keep trying-as long as we breathe! If we do, we will be surprised at how much more can still be done.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Moving, Long, Office

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• One can never change the future by waiting 'till tomorrow.

  Wes Fesler

  Waiting, Tomorrow, Never Change

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• Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.

  Edward Young

  Men, Years, Reform

  'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 1' l. 417

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