If we look from a different perspective we could see there is usually an underling tension between “doing the right thing” and “doing it right”. They are two entirely different things, just as qualitative improvement (subjective) and quantitative improvement (objective) are different.

Very full people break down their lives/careers/job by qualitative/quantitative analysis.. usually because it is not something we are encouraged or taught how to do. Yet that is precisely what we need to do to understand: what is important to me? And then having established THAT how can I get more of that and less of the other stuff that either has no meaning/value or causes my life to be less good.

Building an understanding of what is right for me and how to go about achieving that, and recognising how those things can change (sometimes very quickly) is the crux of the issue. When we understand this then we can apply the tools, techniques and ideas to build our capacity to do what is right, in the right way (for us).

Which brings us back to the value of your “8 causes of procrastination” … by learning to “understand ourselves better” we can get better results (the right thing) by being more effective (the right way to do it) and we don’t have to play the ” oh I’m terrible I procrastinate all the time” game. I believe once we take that perspective we wouldn’t use the “P” word ever again: we’d stop beating ourselves up.

I suppose this is a long way of saying … great thought provoking article. Thanks for sharing.