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How to end procrastination

1. Quotable quote

Jimmy Calano & Jeff Salzman, CareerTracking, Gower, Aldershot, 1988, p. 44.

"The key to overcoming procrastination is to just get started. In fact, within a few minutes of working on a project, you generally get your second wind. Runners, for instance, know that the first mile is always harder than the second. Getting past the barrier to your second wind is what overcoming procrastination is all about, because that's when you're warmed up, you've found your rhythm and you're working at peak efficiency."

2. Viewpoint

Michael Bernard in Procrastinate Later!

"Procrastination involves you deciding that it is in your best interest to do something and you delay doing it - even though you can see the disadvantages in the delay. Procrastination seems a crazy thing to do. Bizarre!’

3. It's a fact

Procrastination, from the Latin word for ‘tomorrow’, is the world’s #1 time-waster. ‘Banish it from your life if you want to become a better manager,’ advises time management guru John Adair. …