Mike Brown argues that people deliberately create stress and chaos when life gets too calm, using procrastination as the most common way to sabotage themselves. Boredom, he says, is a hidden weakness that drives high performers to manufacture the pressure they need to stay productive.
Stress allows us to perform at a higher level than calm. And so obviously that's a great characteristic for business. But what's the downside? Well, the downside is that boredom is our kryptonite. So when we hit smooth sailing and everything is calm, we throw a wrench into the mix and create chaos. We inject stress into our own lives in order to be able to elicit that high performance. Okay, this is the science of self-sabotage. And the most obvious form of self-sabotage is procrastination.
