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		<title>By: SVB</title>
		<link>http://thesmarterwallet.com/2009/stop-procrastination-overcoming-procrastination-cost-of-delay/#comment-1663</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isaac,

What you describe is something I wouldn&#039;t call procrastination, but rather lack of focus maybe?    There is a software engineering term for that as well (I&#039;m a former software engineer) called &quot;thrashing&quot;.  It means you can&#039;t help but shift your attention on various activities or projects so it&#039;s harder to get any one thing done.

If you are able to juggle activities well, it can be called &quot;multi-tasking&quot; but only if you&#039;re able to do it well.  If you find yourself becoming ineffective and unable to complete a given task because of your tendencies, then you&#039;ll need to apply more discipline to find focus and try to set goals for your projects.  

It&#039;s okay to have many simultaneous projects going on at the same time, just as long as you have set goals that you are able to complete (maybe have goals for A, B or C that you have to fulfill within a given timeframe).

No worries though if you have these tendencies; I think most of us face this same dilemma.  I find myself &quot;thrashing&quot; frequently, trying to get many things done at once.  But I try to stay as structured as possible in order to avoid becoming inefficient.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isaac,</p>
<p>What you describe is something I wouldn&#8217;t call procrastination, but rather lack of focus maybe?    There is a software engineering term for that as well (I&#8217;m a former software engineer) called &#8220;thrashing&#8221;.  It means you can&#8217;t help but shift your attention on various activities or projects so it&#8217;s harder to get any one thing done.</p>
<p>If you are able to juggle activities well, it can be called &#8220;multi-tasking&#8221; but only if you&#8217;re able to do it well.  If you find yourself becoming ineffective and unable to complete a given task because of your tendencies, then you&#8217;ll need to apply more discipline to find focus and try to set goals for your projects.  </p>
<p>It&#8217;s okay to have many simultaneous projects going on at the same time, just as long as you have set goals that you are able to complete (maybe have goals for A, B or C that you have to fulfill within a given timeframe).</p>
<p>No worries though if you have these tendencies; I think most of us face this same dilemma.  I find myself &#8220;thrashing&#8221; frequently, trying to get many things done at once.  But I try to stay as structured as possible in order to avoid becoming inefficient.</p>
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		<title>By: Isaac Yassar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Isaac Yassar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting idea, putting real cost for procrastination. I wonder if I&#039;m a procrastinator since my nature is to shift tasks like: &quot;I&#039;ll do A tomorrow and today I&#039;ll do B&quot; sometimes I&#039;ll change it again &quot;I&#039;ll do C today, and I&#039;ll do B tomorrow&quot;. What do you think?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting idea, putting real cost for procrastination. I wonder if I&#8217;m a procrastinator since my nature is to shift tasks like: &#8220;I&#8217;ll do A tomorrow and today I&#8217;ll do B&#8221; sometimes I&#8217;ll change it again &#8220;I&#8217;ll do C today, and I&#8217;ll do B tomorrow&#8221;. What do you think?</p>
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