I cured the plague of my younger life, procrastination—mostly by stop using it as a diagnosis.
The ancient Egyptians had two words for procrastination, one that meant laziness and the other that meant waiting for the right time:
"Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work least, for their minds are occupied with their ideas and the perfection of their designs." —Leonardo da Vinci (or at least attributed to(
The word "procrastinate" comes from the Latin words pro-, meaning "forward," and crastinus, meaning "of tomorrow".
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