Comments on: Why Some Procrastinators Succeed and What We Can Learn From Them

By: Tej Kohli

Tej Kohli — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:23:20 +0000

For an impatient soul like me, it’s not possible to do thing’s at turtle’s pace! I want to get my projects up and running as soon as possible. wasting time is something that irritates me to my wit’s end. Can’t let go my peace of mind!

By: Etienne Garbugli

Etienne Garbugli — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:44:46 +0000

It really isn’t the number of hours you work on a project that makes the quality of the work. Working in short, uninterrupted bursts is often the way to go.

I’m always last minute on projects (procrastinator). More stress, more guilt but the results are about the same. You have to be honest with yourself and do what feels natural.

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By: Bob Jenkins

Bob Jenkins — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:47:04 +0000

Great article and I’m definitely in the procrastinator’s camp. One of my philosophies: I don’t work best underdeadline – I ONLY work underdeadline

As a kid, a dangerous lesson I learned in economics classes was about the new trend to Just In Time Manufacturing, and I could see how efficient doing things when they really need to be done can be successful. Of course, it doesn’t allow for “life” to happen, so you have to be careful how much you rely on it.

And by the way, great to connect with you today thanks to @masonworld on Follow Friday!

Bob Jenkins

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:48:46 +0000

Great ideas Pat. Everything said here goes along well with the time efficiency tips given by Tim Ferris in the 4HWW. Personally, I find I get things done effectively by working in two hour chunks on ONE project or task, followed by a 30 minute break in between, and then move on to the next important thing.

Love the consistent quality content bro! Cheers.

By: will

will — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:46:17 +0000

Pat,
Great article! Caffeine and all nighters definitely brings back memories.
***Off topic question** What are people’s thoughts on the .co domain? Should I be looking to get this domain extension too? I don’t want to “procrastinate” on this.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:45:47 +0000

I’m sure a lot of people would agree to provide the same amount of output at work for the same wage but in half the time, if they were given the rest of the time as vacation.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:19:47 +0000

Hey Pat,

Another well thought out and well written article. I’m not sure I agree with you that “There are two types of procrastinators in the world.” People who use their time effectively and maximize their efforts are commonly referred to as ‘disciplined’, the very antithesis of procrastination.

Thanks for posting.

By: Stan Young

Stan Young — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:48:06 +0000

Hey Pat.
You raise some really important points in this post. I tend to be guilty of wasting time,quite often I look as though I am busy but am not being very productive.
Sometimes its good to set tight dead lines as this forces us into focused action this can be applied to every aspect of our lives. Do you aply these principals to your online business? What has been your great achievement utilising these principals?

By: Joe Wilner

Joe Wilner — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:36:09 +0000

Pat,

Thanks for the post! This is true, there are many people who seem to be so efficient at what they do. I think this is really the key to success. Doing things as efficiently as possible each day in working toward our goals. We can work all we want but if it’s inefficient, not much progress is made. Thanks!