Procrastination is a trap most people have fallen into at one point or another in their personal or professional lives. There are a variety of reasons people procrastinate, including the fear of failure, perfectionism, or feeling overwhelmed.
Anxiety and Task Aversion
Two of the most common reasons behind procrastination are anxiety and task aversion. Take, for example, employees who know they need to process month-end reports, but the task is so unpleasant that they dread spending the hour or two it takes and keep putting it off. One strategy the employees can use to address the anxiety/task aversion source of this procrastination is to imagine themselves that short distance into the future when the task has been completed.
