Here is an intriguing view of procrastination.
http://calnewport.com/blog/2011/07/10/the-procrastinating-caveman-what-human-evolution-teaches-us-about-why-we-put-off-work-and-how-to-stop/
It is pure speculation which is fun, and informed by rationality which is comforting. The take home message is that procrastination is a message from your evolutionary history that your brain thinks your plan is rubbish. Its an interesting idea, which I love but which I am not sure I accept. It is however susceptible to experiment. All you'd have to do is see how quickly you get to work when you have a well worked out plan compared to when you have psyched yourself with lots of positive affirmations and morale boosting self talk but have neglected to actually think through what it is you are actually going to do.
I have too many experiments on the go to investigate this one right now, but I will come back to it later.
No comments:
Post a Comment