People deliberately create stress and chaos to escape boredom and trigger the adrenaline that drives high performance. Procrastination is the most visible form of this self-sabotage. Recognizing the pattern is the first step to breaking it.
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.
