Mark Simpson uses a personal anecdote about delaying a task to argue that procrastination makes problems much worse and that hindsight shows one should act sooner. He presents hindsight as a valuable 'superpower' and issues a call-to-action to managers to stop delaying unpleasant tasks.
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So I have been told this for the last maybe year and a half, and I put it off, put it off, put it off, put it off, put it off, put it off. And I delayed it, right, and ripped the band aid off. And it was 10 times worse than what it could have been if I acted and did this a lot, a lot sooner. So I'm testament to this. I've. You know, I. I can stand here, being on the other end. Should have done it way sooner, but, yeah, hindsight is amazing. It's the most. It's the super power that I wish I had more than any other superpower. Yeah. Better than flying. Yeah. Better than everything. Right. Heinz is an amazing tool. And, you know, you trust me on this one. Just don't. Don't delay. So if you're watching this, if you're a manager and you've been sort of procrastinating this over the summer, if you've had just those properties or those owners or those ones that are just like. You see the message come through on WhatsApp or email, and you just have a little shudder inside, then I think that's the little telling point to you, that you got to go and do what you got to do. Yeah.