Is your procrastination holding you back?

It is the morning of a big team presentation. Are you:

Exhausted because you were up late getting your part together.

Somewhat stressed—since you left it to the last minute and worked on it the day before.

Working on your next project, because you had your part completed first.

Correct!

Wrong!

You’ve decided to join a gym in your neighborhood. On the first day of your membership, you vow to go in the morning before work. Do you:

Attempt to wake up but go back to sleep and say there’s always tomorrow.

Wake up tired, and will go after work instead.

Go first thing in the morning as planned.

Correct!

Wrong!

You have family visiting and need to clean the house—your least favorite chore. Do you:

Think about doing it, but keep getting sidetracked.

Put it off until you can’t any longer, and then get into major cleaning mode.

Clean the toilet first because it’s what you dread most.

Correct!

Wrong!

When do you pay your bills?

Wait until the due date, but you’ve been known to forget paying some anyway.

All bills are paid last minute but you get them in.

Each bill is paid on time—you prompt yourself before it is due.

Correct!

Wrong!

In a departmental meeting, your colleagues have suggested that you would be the best person to conduct new research. Do you:

Know that you won’t make their deadline but agree to do it anyway.

Don’t like researching, but when you start working on it, realize that it’s something you have a knack for.

Feel flattered and start working on it wholeheartedly.

Correct!

Wrong!

You have to tell your sister that you scratched her beloved car. Do you:

Avoid telling her until she notices.

Wait until you think it’s the right time to bring it up (although you know there will never be a right time).

Tell her right away—you know you have to face the music.

Correct!

Wrong!

When you are asked to turn in a work project to your boss, do you:

Get concerned because you just finished it and didn’t have time to look it over for errors.

Feel tense—you were able to start it a few hours ago, and hand it over to someone else to proof.

Think nothing of it because you had it completed days ago.

Correct!

Wrong!