Do It Today: Overcome Procrastination, Improve Productivity, and Achieve More Meaningful Things

by Darius Foroux

“Perfectionists are their own devils.” —Jack Kirby

“The combination of concern over mistakes and procrastination may be a crucial factor in the maintenance of worry.

“How can we beat the nasty side of procrastination and perfectionism?” So we’ve talked about how procrastination and perfectionism are related, and why it can be bad. But what’s the solution? I’ve found an interesting study by Gordon L. Flett and his colleagues; they talk about the role of learned resourcefulness to perfectionism. They suggest that learned resourcefulness can play a mediator role. So I started looking into learned resourcefulness. And this is what I’ve found from an article by Michael Rosenbaum: “Learned resourcefulness refers to the behavioral repertoire necessary for both regressive self-control and reformative self-control. This repertoire includes self-regulating one’s emotional and cognitive responses during stressful situations, using problem-solving skills, and delaying immediate gratification for the sake of more meaningful rewards in the future.” Learned resourcefulness is the skill that you need to stop sabotaging yourself.