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Psychology of procrastination

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    Dr. Keith Ablow on the mindset of waiting until the 11th hour

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-- sequestration.

Procrastinate should say that five times fast the president spent the last few weeks telling everybody had terrible sequester would be for this country.

But he waited until the last possible moment to me with congress to try to avoid the automatic cuts here today that photo op where they were have a lunch and -- And by the way it's not just sequestration this eleventh -- mindset on Capitol Hill seems to be happening.

More and more often Fox's contributor doctor keep album is -- to flame this doctor Rob -- with the fiscal cliff.

With the debt ceiling with sequestration they take doesn't quite up to the edge and usually at the eleventh hour at 11:59.

PM.

They come up with a deal this time they we didn't with sequestration if this procrastinate patient or something else going on.

It's one of two things both with the same source because here's the thing.

Who procrastinate.

Always it's folks who -- seeking to avoid some kind of pain or discomfort.

So it's kids you don't want to do their homework until the eleventh hour it's folks to.

Don't want to stop eating so they can lose weight.

-- because why it's going to be uncomfortable they're not going to be able to.

Feel as much pleasure I think our legislators.

Similarly at least on one side -- the -- Have had the same mindset which is we don't want to feel any pain.

So what are we have to sequester -- anything can't we come up with some way to avoid any discomfort.

At all.

More broadly about procrastination in this country because you know we'll do segments about tax is right up until tax day.

Right and invariably will last -- what last folks and many of sitting on the -- -- even admit that hey we haven't done our taxes it will wait to the last minute -- in college waiting -- the last minute to write that paper or -- last minute to buy that president for your loved one on Mother's Day something like that.

Do we just have a procrastinate should problem in this country.

Well I think there are three broad groups one is if you are feeling hopeless or depressed.

You may not want to have that energy and the concentration to attack a task so there's a list listen this.

Secondly.

If you are in fact seeking to avoid discomfort you know the folks who say all my receipts are over there in that room but I'm not going -- there it is going to be very painful -- short amount.

And thirdly there's some people who work better.

Once they procrastinate because it focuses them because they become stressed out and then laser beam focused.

I think in America we are on this terrible path -- -- -- wants to feel any discomfort at all and hence we are in that middle group where people don't want.

To stress themselves out and that's -- all these entitlements have come from like let's not really cope with his budget problem.

Let's just entitle people to feel better than they should for as long as they can.

This is no different than those people come to me who have -- to go to detox.

And -- they don't look if you wait much longer is just gonna be much worse when you get there so say you're describing government spending is in effect an addiction.

What's your prescription for that -- twelve step program for congress -- Government spending is an addiction and we just took the first step to sequester is essentially when a patient finally comes to my -- and says.

-- OK look I got my third -- I wanna go to detox I'm like thank OK thank god let's go.

This is that first step.

It's where people say finally look we we refuse.

To take more drinks.

-- or smoke more marijuana or give more entitlements and spend so freely.

And so whichever party is the one that says no.

With growing all the bought a boat of bottles of alcohol right out the window there's not going to be that in this -- -- Word -- and intentionally.

That's the party that can change things for the better because you always have to feel some pain in order to get any gains.

Doctor give out low very interesting restriction and we'll see if they have hit rock bottom and are ready to go to -- will see this if they get the DT he's got something stuck.

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