“Procrastination is an emergency brake for your stress system.” Stress expert Elke Van Hoof on self-leadership, self-regulation, and procrastination as a warning sign.
Why do you keep putting things off, even though you know what the solution is? Is it a lack of willpower?
In this episode of “Stress as a BFF,” stress expert Elke Van Hoof explains why that moment when you hit a wall has nothing to do with laziness or a lack of discipline. What’s really going on are three layers that come under pressure: self-leadership, self-regulation, and procrastination. As long as you lump them all together, it remains frustrating and stressful.
What happens in your brain when you try to get started while under stress? Elke explores this in more depth. She also talks about procrastination. You shouldn’t view this as a time management issue, but rather as a regulation issue.
