Just Do It – Later: The Problem With Procrastination

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🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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I never procrastinate, but at least 1 out of 5 people admit they are chronic procrastinators. It’s primarily a problem with self management. It’s not a problem with time management or planning ... Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Listen to all my episodes of Dr. Laura's Deep Dive in your favorite podcast app.
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0:26.5	I never procrastinate.
0:29.4	Nope. Nope. Nope.
0:32.8	But at least one out of five people admits that they are chronic procrastinators.
0:42.7	And there are...
0:43.5	And procrastination is basically a problem of self-regulation.
0:50.9	It's not a problem of time management.
0:53.8	It's not a problem of planning management. Not a problem of planning.
0:58.6	Procrastinators have no inability to estimate time.
1:05.7	It has nothing to do.
1:07.3	Procrastinators are not born that way either.
1:10.3	No. They're learned sometimes
1:16.2	whatever's going on in the family kids have to be perfect so they don't want to
1:23.8	let their parents down so so they avoid something.
1:35.8	Some people have a different attitude, and that is they're rebellious.
1:38.4	It's sort of a screw you attitude.
1:42.7	So they'll, oh, of course I'll do that for you.
1:44.2	It's kind of a passive-aggressive thing,
1:45.7	but they procrastinate.
1:47.5	They really didn't want to do it in the first place.
1:48.5	They just wanted to look nice.
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