Q: Almost all of us do this occasionally. 20% do it all the time and the smart phone has made it worse. What is it?
A: Procrastination
Dr. Steel says that the proliferation of smartphones and various social media has ushered in a whole new order of temptations that are cleverly designed to break down self-discipline. These temptations exploit the limbic system, the part of the brain that governs our emotional responses and drives the impulse to live for the moment, which Dr. Steel believes has boosted the incidences of procrastination.
Leonardo da Vinci was a procrastinator. The Mona Lisa was 15 years in the making. Worse was The Virgin of the Rocks, a painting commissioned with a seven-month deadline. He finished it 25 years later. Shockingly, although da Vinci lived to age 67, he completed only 15 paintings and a handful of architectural designs.
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