Procrastination

I am here to admit that procrastination is my biggest nemesis. It was especially the case after my exams, but before lockdown was lifted here in the UK. I found that the more time I have, the worse I become at time management and I unfortunately tend to procrastinate.

Procrastination is probably not an issue for most of the amazing attorneys I was lucky enough to get to know via LinkedIn (like Bastian Best and Neil Kardos who are up with the sun every day), but if you do experience it sometimes, let me share some very interesting information I've recently read.

Nic Voge (Senior Associate Director of Princeton University) gives a very interesting answer to the question “Why Do We Procrastinate?”. If we are afraid of performing poorly, we are protecting our self-worth by employing certain self-protective strategies, such as procrastination. By procrastinating, we can rationalize that the reason of our failure was lack of time and being busy with other things, and not the fact that we are not talented, smart or worthy. Thus, the reason we often procrastinate is the fear of failure. (He gave a TED talk in this topic, check it out if you're interested.)

This is why in the exam halls, right before a test, everyone will say "I barely studied" or "only a few hours", because if they don't pass, they have already built an excuse and don't have to feel ashamed.

My free procrastination tip for today: close LinkedIn now. 😃