Hudson Bay Start II

After I finished yesterday's post on the Hudson Bay Start, I went to work at one of my jobs:  A 120-year-old uniform company that specializes in police, sheriff, fire, EMS, and other public safety uniforms.  Our specialty is being able to customize the uniforms in-house with rank stripes, department patches, American flags, service bars, striping, tailoring, etc. 

Yesterday was no different that any other day really, except that the Hudson Bay Start was still fresh on my mind as I greeted one of the first customers of the day:

"How may we help you?"
"I need a new Class A uniforms: Jacket, pants, shirt, tie, shoes . . . everything."
"No problem.  Do you have an event coming up in the next couple of months?"
"I need it for an event this Saturday!"
"Uh-oh"

We're good, but we're not always that good.  And it's not really that we're not that good, it's just that his order falls behind dozens of other procrastinating customers who came in before him and who need their uniforms rushed, too.   Guys wait till the last minute only to find out that their uniforms are woefully out of date and that they've shrunk in the closet.  

Really, these department events (usually held annually) should still come with this warning:  Date for this event is closer than it appears. 

"Procrastination," Napoleon Hill wrote, "is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday."

It's true, if it weren't for the last minute, men would never get anything done! (I assume that some women are the same way, but I haven't seen evidence of it.)

The Carpe Diem Life Process can help you overcome procrastination by taking lots small steps to overcome inertia.  The Hudson Bay Start (detailed in yesterday's post) is about finding ways to find and fix problems early in the process:

CHOOSE your goal
Create your ACTION LIST
Utilize your RESOURCES
Begin PERSISTENT ACTION
Stop early in early in the process (i.e. your Hudson Bay Start) and EVALUATE the reality of the situation
This will allow you time to change DIRECTION if need-be
And make IMPROVEMENTS
Of course, it's important to find ways to ENJOY THE PROCESS
Because you know, "It's MY LIFE!"

Question:  Do you know what's the worst form of procrastination? 
Answer:  Probably reading my blog post on procrastination knowing that you've got better things to do with your time.  Much better things.  But, from one procrastinator to another, I'm glad you've logged on to your computer and taken this awesome tool of productivity and turned it into a tool of leisure — at least for a few moments.

Carpe Diem Life,
David Kuhn