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The Perils of Pre-crastination

The Perils of Pre-crastination

Released Saturday, 18th May 2024
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The Perils of Pre-crastination

The Perils of Pre-crastination

The Perils of Pre-crastination

The Perils of Pre-crastination

Saturday, 18th May 2024
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Pre-crastination refers to the tendency to rush to complete tasks as soon as possible, often to alleviate the mental burden of having them pending. This behavior is driven by the desire to clear one's mind of tasks, even if it means prioritizing less important or less urgent activities over those that are more significant or time-sensitive.

Unlike procrastination, where individuals delay important tasks in favor of more pleasurable activities, pre-crastination involves completing tasks quickly to achieve relief and mental clarity. While it might seem productive, pre-crastination can lead to inefficient use of time and energy, as one may focus on easier or less critical tasks at the expense of more important ones that require thoughtful planning and execution.

Managing precrastination,  paying attention to the following:

  • When 
  • How
  • Why

When is this happening, how is my pre-crastination hurting me, and why do I have to do it now? 

  1. Why am I rushing into this? 
  2. How can I do this better? For example, I can prioritize my tasks, what's urgent, and what's urgent and important. Take 2 minutes to sit down and think about what needs to be done, when, and what I need to complete the task. Also, understanding the pre-crastination can lead to mistakes or sloppy work.
  3. How can I do this better? For example, I can prioritize my tasks, what's urgent, and what's urgent and important. Simply take 2 minutes to sit down and think about what needs to be done, when, and what I need to complete the task. Also, understanding the pre-crastination can lead to mistakes or sloppy work.


Weigh the pros and cons of starting early because starting early without being prepared is worse than procrastinating. Sometimes, pre-crastination can be worse because we could rush through something unprepared and have misplaced effort. Think about the effort or extra effort if you do the thing ineffectively.  How much better and enjoyable will your work be if you have everything you need? It's important to acknowledge that you may need more resources to complete the task and not let the desire override the facts.

Question your choice to get started, and ask why you. I want to start right now with this. 
Think about creating an outline, breaking things down into small steps, and seeing what needs to be done now versus waiting until later, assuming you have all the necessary information and the time to get it done.

Author Alan Laikin said sometimes you can break tasks down to one minute, get one minute of work done, and then move on. Laikin called this the Swiss cheese method. If you poke enough holes in the project like Swiss cheese, eventually, it gets done. 

Coach likes to get things done in 2-minute intervals, especially since he doesn't care much. One reason is that he doesn't have enough excuses not to do two minutes.
To that same point, the coach does not like it when someone shows up at his office 15 minutes early because they're sitting in the reception area,  and he thinks I got to get out there, but I've still got things I want to do. So if your grandfather told you to arrive 15 minutes early, that's fine. Stay in your car, LOL, because you assume the person just sitting there waiting for you is not; they're probably busy.
Leo waited  and scheduled the task; the coach suggested time-blocking 

Leo likes to list the things that need to be done, underlining the most important and then Circling the next most important. The next day, if the other of the main things got done the prior day, then this could change, and the item that was not circled Could end up being circled or underlined in red. It's a great way to prioritize things.

The coach suggests that it's a skill of deciding what comes first and what's important.

The coach mentions the Eisenhower Matrix as

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