Procrastination is evil.
It works in a Surrealist painting but sucks in real life.
The annoying bit is that just when you start to believe in the mantra of those who tell you to jump first - and in theory watch everyone else follow - Nelson Mandela tips up in Time magazine telling you to lead from behind.
The danger is that you end up in an exquisite universe of Mick Jones and The Clash:
Darling you gotta let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
If you say that you are mine
Ill be here til the end of time
So you got to let know
Should I stay or should I go?
Over at Doors of Perception, design writer John Thackara comes clean with a fetish for digital dashboards.
So I guess I should come clean and confess to a thing for flow charts.
Here's a brilliant one that's all about Procrastination:
And for those can be bothered to commit, here are nine tips on fighting procrastination that I've had stuck on the inside of my diary since the dawn of time from a back-issue of the London Financial Times:
- Select a balance of thinkers and doers for the project team
- Expect/demand regular and tangible updates of progress
- Provide sufficient budget for project to be feasible
- Agree a deadline for preliminary discussions to convert into positive action
- Satisfy the WIIFM (what's in it for me?) factor
- Encourage 'ownership' of project by a team or individual
- Prioritise desired outcomes
- Create a sense of urgency
- Allow the team the space to fail
Great, smashing, super....but I'm not quite sure where to start.
Procrastination flow chart courtesy of Ehdom 07.
