Starting with a personal task or postponing a personal task is a CHOICE.
- Choosing to start with a personal task implies approaching your personal goals.
But starting also involves the risk of failure. However, what is failure? Questions can be asked about possible failure.
- 100% failure, a personal disaster, an catastrophe?
- failing to meet the expectations of others?
- failing to meet your own (high) standards?
- a perhaps painful learning experience?
- Choosing for postponement is choosing for short-term safety (e.g. protection of self respect) and thereby disregarding your personal goals.
Postponement is often justified by excuses, which denies the element of choice: "I can't do it", "Í'm unable to ...", "I really can't help it", "Tomorrow". However, in this case also questions can be asked
- why make excuses?
- afraid of what / whom?
- no control and just a zombie?
- is your self respect dependent on performance?
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