“
I should have written this essay for months.
Why did I end up doing it?
Because I have free time?
Oh no!
I have copies to correct. ”
The whole secret of John Perry lies here: never do
what is urgent, only to do it… much more.
From this new wisdom, the philosopher drew a concept: “structured procrastination”, which in 2011 earned him an Ig-Nobel, these humorous science awards “which make you laugh, then think”.
“My most glaring failure is procrastination
,” he writes.
In 1995, when I was busy not working on a project I was involved in, I was seized with a terrible feeling of guilt.
Overall, I have a reputation for doing a lot of work.
(…) Instead of getting down to work, I therefore wondered about this paradox. ”
John Perry drew from it a delightful book, bestselling bookstore now republished with
an appendix on the meeting between procrastination and
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