When Is It Actually Ok (and Not Ok) to Postpone Something?

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that things don’t always go according to plan and sometimes you simply have to postpone that goal, task, dream, [insert anything here]. In fact, many of you may not know this, but I was supposed to get married last year. We had to postpone (✅), which was the responsible thing to do given the pandemic. But if we’re being honest, I think we can agree that there are plenty of times that we turn to a seemingly legitimate reason to simply rationalize postponement, which does not do us or our businesses any favors.

So let’s talk about when it’s Ok (✅) and not Ok (❌) to postpone. When is it postponement and when it is procrastination?

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