#procrastination

Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than risk failure, they prefer to create conditions that make success impossible, a reflex that of course creates a vicious cycle. ↗

— James Surowiecki

#procrastination #self-confidence #success #dreams

The Queen, bless her heart, has cultivated procrastination to a degree which is really an art--when one is vexed, as I fear I often am, one should recall that the Bowes Lyons are the laziest family in the world. Against this reflection it becomes remarkable that she accomplishes so much. ↗

— Arthur Penn

#royal-family #art

Procrastination is opportunity's natural assassin. ↗

— Victor Kiam

#writing #nature

I Can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#crazy

You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. What mood is that? Last-minute panic. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#right

If you choose to not deal with an issue, then you give up your right of control over the issue and it will select the path of least resistance. ↗

— Susan Del Gatto

#problem-solving #procrastination #stress-management-maintenance #path

If you believe you can accomplish everything by "cramming" at the eleventh hour, by all means, don't lift a finger now. But you may think twice about beginning to build your ark once it has already started raining ↗

— Max Brooks

#procrastination #zombie #procrastination

I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#wild

Someday is not a day of the week. ↗

— Janet Dailey

#procrastination #humor

If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#procrastination