Proverbs are not always right in everything they tell us. In fact, for many proverbs, we can find otherwise. But some of them reflect reality very well. Who has never heard this story of “don’t go tomorrow whatever you want can do today. “Thus, we will not leave for tomorrow the knowledge of the 5 types of procrastination.
Depending on the perspective, you may find different classifications about procrastination that differ from each other. We will stick to the classification made by psychologist Neil Fiore, author of books like “Wake up your mighty self?”(No Portuguese edition, free translation) and founder of Fiore Productivity.
- Knowing the types of dilation that exist is important because not all types have the same consequences.
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- Contrary to what may seem.
- Such poorly seen dilation can be very positive when.
- In the waiting time between purpose and action.
- An incubation arises from the idea.
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In this case, according to Neil Fiore, the person is perfectionist for fear of being judged or shamed, they are such painstaking people with every sentence who spend a lot of time on the details, so many of his projects are quickly completed. So, instead of avoiding mistakes, these people end up doing too much, creating even more fear of the judgment of others, that is, they end up doing exactly what they wanted to avoid, ashamed of something wrong.
“You may be late, but time can’t. -Benjamin Franklin-
This is one of the types of procrastination that occurs in environments with difficult compliance profiles, so the person, for fear of being classified as incompetent, assumes an overwork that reaffirms his responsibility, so this attribute is linked to his image. However, this attitude can lead to a learned vulnerability, a feeling related to depressive states.
This profile constantly postpones its tasks or obligations because it faces one that is unpleasant or boring, a trend that is closely related to the lack of motivation in jobs that become repetitive or in which the worker does not receive feedback on the quality of his work.
This is another profile of the procrastinator. In this case, the individual has so many things to do, and so many tasks in mind, that he doesn’t know where to start; Finally, it is common for this to end with a mental block that even prevents you from starting work.
In this case of resignion, being overwhelmed by the number of tasks can be a personal decision or the result of a decision of a person in a higher position, such as a boss; in any case, this excess is very negative, as it represents an obstacle to any progress.
Is it possible to postpone and be happy? According to Neil Fiore yes, in this case the profile is identified with people who consider that they work well only when they are under pressure, so they postpone their tasks as much as possible and move away to do what they need or intend to do. do it in time.
Interestingly, people with this profile, whenever they perform well, tend to repeat this attitude, that is, postpone their tasks until they are between the cross and the sword, and then take advantage of the adrenaline rush of anxiety as they are. in this situation and start working. Of course, they often succeed, but others don’t.
This type of behavior, as we have already seen, can have harmful consequences, in many cases the person ends up experiencing constant spikes in stress that endanger his emotional balance and end up accidentally and indirectly damaging the environment around him. Fiore, this can lead to an imbalance that will affect all facets of life in addition to professional life.
Therefore, professionals recommend judicied time management to perform certain tasks, so that anxiety does not end up dominating, in this sense some of the recommendations would be:
“Do I never postpone by tomorrow what I can do the next day?Oscar Wilde-
Now that you know the types of procrastination that exist, you can avoid them, if you have identified with any of them we hope that Fiore’s professional recommendations will help you overcome this situation, on the other hand, we cannot finish this article without insisting on a finding that we have already made before. Not all postponements are bad or compromise productivity.
Often, the people around us may feel like we’re putting things off when in fact what we’re doing is analyzing other options or trying to broaden our perspective.