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From the Secretary's Desk

Procrastination

At the risk of sounding rather trite, I am going to write something about procrastination. I feel qualified to write on this subject because in all of my business life up to this very moment I have probably been as busy as the average man, to say the least, and have always tried to take care of my commitments as promptly as possible. There can be no question but that procrastination is one of the principal deterrents in conducting business in a prompt and efficient manner. Why does one procrastinate on various matters, notably replying to letters, paying bills on time, etc.? Is it because one is really so busy that there just aren't enough hours in the day to take care of all of the demands upon him? Or, is it because of a failure to organize his work, due to carelessness or poor planning resulting in not putting first things first?