Tag Archives: procrastination

White Fang and proscrastination

Posted on June 17, 2013 by dwighttowers

There’s a bit in Jack London’s “White Fang” where two humans bet that the titular half-wolf/half-dog can’t pull a heavily laden sled. And the sled has been out on the ice for a bit, and has sunk down into grooves. … Continue reading →

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Will-power, distraction and the fly-wheel of habit… Obama, Baumeister etc

Posted on October 6, 2012 by dwighttowers

So, there’s that long-but-interesting article about the current corporate meat-puppet POTUS. In which he tells Michael Lewis You also need to remove from your life the day-to-day problems that absorb most people for meaningful parts of their day. “You’ll see … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How to change your life in 7 steps

Posted on August 30, 2012 by dwighttowers

How to change your life in 7 steps John Bird and Lena Semaan Vermilion 84 pages This short book is by John Bird (the founder of the Big Issue) and a barely-credited ghost-writer. It’s quite good (better than it looked … Continue reading →

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The Book That Didn’t Get Written

Posted on June 3, 2012 by dwighttowers

Harrumph. Yes, it should have. And there were no good reasons (but lots of prevarications and excuses and so on) that it didn’t. Various people whose judgment I trust are saying it should get written.  And right now it would … Continue reading →

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Procrasturbation, a useful neolojism

Posted on April 12, 2011 by dwighttowers

From some time management book skimmed “It is easy to let procrastination become a habit rather than a once-in-a-while thing. Why do we put off doing things? Common reasons include fear of failure boredom with the task other things are … Continue reading →

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Procrastination, fear, self-sabotage, the ego

Posted on March 19, 2011 by dwighttowers

Why we do we put stuff off? Well, I guess there are different reasons for different people at different times, but for me it is down to * avoidance of pain/effort * discounting the future and drum roll please * … Continue reading →

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Reposting about time wasted

Posted on July 17, 2010 by dwighttowers

Hmm, just spent a lovely day with the missus. Watched a film I haven’t seen for 20 years (a lot crapper than I remember- I should leave good memories alone!) and also “The Good Shepherd,” which I thought was bloody … Continue reading →

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