Clarity comments on Rationality Quotes Thread August 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Clarity 29 August 2015 02:46:18PM 1 point [-]

“Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the ‘someday I’ll’ philosophy.” -Denis Waitley google books

Comment author: entirelyuseless 30 August 2015 03:23:17PM 3 points [-]

It seems like most procrastination is just feeling that working right now would be painful. But it is true that there are times when you know that finishing one task will just give you several new tasks, so you put off finishing the one task in order to avoid the work of the new tasks.