Success September: Procrastination Masked as Timing
It’s often an excuse people will use, that they are looking for the right time to launch their product or service or whatever it is they are planning.
Maybe they think the world isn’t ready for their great idea.
Usually, though, it’s that they don’t think their great idea is ready for the world.
Maybe they don’t have the right stuff to pull it off.
Or enough money.
Or time.
Or what have you.
But, rather than do something about it, rather than make time or save money, they put it off.
It’s not the right time, they say.
Meanwhile, someone else may come up the same idea and start implementing it.
And, again the excuse will be that the timing isn’t right. Now that there’s a competitor, they have to bide their time until the time is just right to sneak up on the competition or whatever.
Or, it’s time to give up on that idea and start thinking of a new one, where the cycle will repeat itself.
The time will never be right, because it’s not really the right time that they are looking for.
It’s a reason to not do it.
It’s a reason to procrastinate.
And, maybe it’s because, at some level, they are content with their life as it is now, and don’t want to risk it. Maybe it’s not success that they fear, but that things may end up being worse than they are now.
Look, it’s okay to have a plan. It’s okay to want pieces to fall in place to implement that plan. Sometimes, executing a plan too early can backfire. Just watch a football game to see how timing is important.
But, make sure that your plan of attack isn’t really a plan to procrastinate. It can be a fine line sometimes, so be careful.
I am the Queen of Procrastination, but I own it. I do not make excuses. Perhaps it’s because I have a spiffy title and everything. My procrastination is based on sheer laziness. And it’s interesting, because a lot of people who know me quite well refuse to believe I am lazy. “You’re putting it off because you’re afraid of failure,” they say. No, I’m not. I’m just lazy.
Amen JD! You own that Laziness! Embrace it!
I seriously need to stop procrastinating. Its getting out of hand these days. At least I have a semi-ligitimate excuse. I have been sick for the whole month!