People who procrastinate on their work are more like to procrastinate on opportunities.

1. Guilt Fear
Helpless
Anxiety Confusion
Negativity
Procrastination
on
Comfort
Zone Opportunity
Ali Anani
Frenzied
Feelings

2. I dedicate this presentation to a dear
friend and sound thinker
To @abhishek shah
With respect without procrastination

3. No Voids
Nature abhors void. Whenever an
opportunity appears, some smart entity
will fill it. Being blind to the expanding
opportunity is not going to block the filling
of the rising opportunity hole

4. Changes Create Opportunities
On the Counter drugs (OTCs) brings emotional
branding into the picture. The shift of the doctor
influencer to the client brings emotions into the
picture.
Hidden sand of opportunity among the big rocks
create an opportunity in the sinking sand
But, many businesses see the opportunity and
sleep on it

5. Procrastination on the Opportunity
It is not only time procrastination; it is also
opportunity procrastination
The same factors that lead to time
procrastination lead to the procrastination of
opportunity seizing

6. Procrastination Opportunity Grid
Creative
High Opportunity Out of
opportunities
business
seizure
Only tears left
All smiles
No tears Mild
Mild Opportunity regret
Mild Procrastination High Procrastination

7. Procrastination: Familiarity
Relationship
People tend to stay in relationship
because it provides familiarity and
a sense of safety.
Businesses stay in their comfort
zone doing what they have been
doing and not capturing the
emerging opportunities for the
same reasons

8. Handicapping Opportunities
It is not only the handicapping of
hands; it is also the handicapping
of opportunities

9. Guilt Fear
Helpless
Emotions Barrel
Anxiety Confusion
Depres
sion Negativity
Procrastination is linked to emotions
such as fear
And in the midst of all this chaos, we
convince ourselves that none of our
Comfort varied obligations is so pressing as to
Zone require our time right now. In other
words, procrastination’s short-term
benefit is a feeling of control and
peace. We tell ourselves, “I’ll do the
laundry tomorrow. Right now, my life
is right as rain, and I’m taking a
break, thank you very much.”
Frenzied
Feelings

10. Guilt Fear
Helpless
Emotions Barrel
Anxiety Confusion
Feelings transformation: Just be
Depres
Negativity aware that the feel-good
sion
benefits of procrastination can
quickly erode into panic
You’re looking for the sweet spot
between procrastination and
Comfort frenzy, the magic pace at which
the assembly line of your life
Zone runs smoothly
Frenzied Companies doing what they used to do
Feelings and not what they should be doing

11. Seeing the Possible Impossible (Denial)
Euphoria
Anxiety Managers go through
New technology
similaracycles
is fade
Denial witnessing the
market not going in
Thrill their favor of denying
Fear market movement
Optimism
Excitement
Despair
Relief
Optimism
Panic
Hope
Depression

12. Managers go through similar cycles witnessing
the market not going in their favor, or their
expectations
Examples are many:
Digital cameras replacing film-based
cameras
DVD replacing floppy discs
And Now
ipad replacing older e-books publishing
system

13. Extrapolation
People who procrastinate have higher
tendency to procrastinate on emerging
business opportunities

14. Abhishek Summary of the presentation
“People who procrastinate on their work are more
like to procrastinate on opportunities”. – Ali Anani ,
General Manager at Phenomena Communications
I am honored to present the presentation on
Procrastination on Opportunity by Ali Anani. I am
proud because he dedicated this presentation to me,
which is indeed honoring. The presentation draws
analogy between procrastination on tasks and
procrastination on opportunities. The two originates
from the same problem: sticking to the familiar and
enjoying the comfort zone. Denial of tasks and denial
of opportunities are the consequences of such acts.
Dr. Anani draws comparison with the stock market
where denial of facts leads to miseries. So are denial
of changes and the accompanied loss of
opportunities. The presentation concludes that those
people who procrastinate on important tasks are the
most likely to procrastinate on opportunities.
Procrastination on opportunities