When Procrastination Is A Good Thing

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Hey, it's Marie Forleo and you are watching MarieTV, the place to be to create a business and life you love. And today I want to make a declaration about procrastination.

I declare that not all forms of procrastination are created equal and I believe that some forms of procrastination have unjustly gotten a bad rap. People are always trying to overcome it and beat it down. And the sad fact is procrastination got whipped harder than Anastasia Steele in 50 Shades of Gray.

Want proof? Here comes right now. You've been bad. Bad procrastination. I'm just kidding. You're not all that bad, that's my point. Now, get!

Rather than beating yourself up for procrastinating, I want to challenge you to see it from a new perspective. Here's what I mean. What if sometimes your procrastination isn't such a bad thing? What if some part of you deep down inside knows that this is your last chance to turn around before you go down [inaudible 00:01:18] show lane. The point where, if your life were a horror movie, the audience would all be yelling at the screen saying, "Oh no, don't do it. Don't go down there."

Really?

Seriously?

Don't go up there!

White people.

Here's an example from my own life. Four score and seven years ago... Actually it was just last year. I was considering doing a business deal with someone. I put it on our project list and we wanted to move it ahead. Now I surround myself with drivers, people who get things done, but for some reason this deal was not moving ahead.

We'd look at the project every day, but somehow we'd push it to the back burner and then we'd feel bad about procrastinating. Until one day I got this crazy pants phone call from that person we were supposed to do the deal with that made me see exactly why we procrastinated, even if we didn't know it yet. This person went postal over such a tiny detail, but it made me wonder, "How did I not catch this sooner?"

Clearly, we were not meant to do business together and thank God no contracts have been signed. In other words, thank God we procrastinated. Now this isn't the only time that procrastination has been a blessing and not a curse. The point is that now I know if I'm procrastinating uncharacteristically, it may be a sign that something is seriously off.

The bottom line is this, and yes, it's a tweetable. Sometimes putting it off is a sign you need to call it off. What say you on this topic, oh brilliant one? Have you ever found that procrastination was actually a good thing? If so, what were the signs that gave you the indication that this was different? It wasn't your run of the mill, wait till the last minute habit. Leave a comment and let me know. As always, the best discussions happen after the episode over at marieforleo.com so go there and leave a comment now.

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