Most people do not procrastinate because they are lazy or unmotivated. They procrastinate because something inside them hesitates. There is a quiet pause between intention and action where discomfort lives. Anxiety. Uncertainty. Boredom. Self doubt. And instead of recognizing that moment for what it is, we tend to judge it. We tell ourselves we should be better by now. More disciplined. More focused. That judgment only deepens the stall. Procrastination is rarely about time m

Image by Chat GPT Many leaders I work with tell me some version of the same story. They like their people. They care about culture. They invest in engagement surveys, development plans, and purpose statements. And yet, something still feels flat. People show up. They perform. But the energy is missing. Marcus Buckingham challenged why this occurs in his Harvard Business Review article (June-July 2022).  He assumes that people disengage because they do not believe in the missi