Manana, manana, manana! Do you always put off until tomorrow what you can do today? Do you postpone when you should be plowing ahead? Do you leave things on the back burner until you get burned? Be careful, procrastinating can be deadly to your productivity, your personal relationships, and possibly even your career.Procrastination gives others a bad impression of you. It makes people feel you are irresponsible, lazy, and passive. If you don't want others to think that you are incompetent or unfocused, avoid coming up with every excuse in the book as to why you can't or couldn't get something done. How do you avoid being a procrastinator? You first have to ask yourself these three simple questions: What are you doing now? Why are you doing it? And for whom are you doing it? Reasons for Procrastination There are thousands of reasons why people put off doing certain things at work. Some people procrastinate because they are worried that their efforts will be criticized or tha...