Chronic Procrastination: How to Get Rid of It and Overcome It for Good

How many times have you googled chronic procrastination? Too many, right? And even with billions of good advice online, you still struggle.

Dan Silvestre
12 min readNov 11, 2020

Good, old chronic procrastination.

How many times have you googled it? Although often described and analyzed, chronic procrastination still takes hostages. The deadline is looming, but you keep putting your task off.

With billions of good advice online, we still struggle.

Seriously, how could I not procrastinate?

And what’s even worse:

The more you know about it, the stronger the sense of guilt.

So you think to yourself:

“I’ve read everything that’s out there, but I still can’t do it” — and the downgrading voice echoes in your mind.

Not to mention the quality of work. You could have done it much better, if only.

From elementary to middle school, procrastination is often confused with laziness. “A lazy genius” — they say. It sounds rather flattering.

As a student, you already understand that you have a problem. Yet, the University hang-loose…

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Dan Silvestre

Performance coach helping leaders get the right things done with less effort than anything they've tried before. Join 20k+ readers: newsletter.dansilvestre.com