Busy But Getting Nothing Done: 3 Subtle, Subconscious Ways We Procrastinate

Though high standards and ambitious goals are healthy, perfectionism can cause detrimental deliberation. People who procrastinate on making decisions, for example, search out more information about alternatives and often use narrower, more rigid, less rational criteria for their choices. As Winston Churchill said, “The maxim ‘nothing avails but perfection’ may be spelled ‘paralysis'”.