Bad Habits You Must Break To Be More Productive

Perfectionism

More often than laziness, the root of procrastination is the fear of not doing a good job, according to the website The Book of Life, an offshoot of a company founded by the British philosopher and author Alain de Botton. We begin to work only when the fear of doing nothing at all exceeds the fear of not doing it very well," the website states. "And that can take time." The only way to overcome procrastination is to abandon perfectionism and not fuss over details as you move forward. Pretending the task doesn't matter and that it's OK to mess up could help you get started faster.