Could precrastination be affecting your productivity?

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“The enemy of success”; “the thief of time”; “the grave in which opportunity is buried”. Those are just three ways in which procrastination has been described in the past. And according to IE University, “several studies have linked procrastination to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and overall poor mental health.” You may remember a while back we ran an episode on how to beat procrastination. But what about going to the complete other end of the scale? You complete all your tasks immediately to beat your to-do list. Well that’s known as precrastination, and it’s actually not the good idea it might seem at first. Is procrastinating better than precrastinating? Why is it not good to get things done right away? Does procrastination exist for non-physical tasks then? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: What are the best ways of beating procrastination? Does music really make us more productive? What is the Pygmalion effect? A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices