As a perfectionist failure is not a choice. As a result, you may lean toward procrastinating, because doing nothing is safer than the possibility of failure. However, failing and practicing is what makes perfect. So what can I do to stop this habit?!; you may ask. Well, don't stop it. The right question is how to manage it.

Here are some helpful tips from Harvard business review :

• See the big picture,

try to “recognize that just getting it done” is a decent goal. “There’s a point of diminishing returns” when it comes to sweating the small stuff and nitpicking niggling details.

• Adjust your standards,

“What you’re saying doesn’t have to be the final word, it just has to contribute something useful.”(Plummer).

• Create a checklist

“a perfectionist is always going to want to keep working [on a given assignment.] But the end result is rarely satisfying.” So, rather than toil “in search of this amorphous goal of perfection,” he recommends, “creating a checklist” for each task...more.

According to Dr. Bill Cloke, procrastination is a part of an inner system that has many parts to it. Procrastination is principally caused by low self-esteem and self-criticism. But having low self-esteem is not chronic, and just like every problem has a solution, this issue has a solution too.

5 ways to build lasting self-esteem:

1. Use positive affirmations correctly

2. Identify your competencies and develop them

3. Learn to accept compliments

4. Eliminate self-criticism and introduce self-compassion

5. Affirm your real worth

• Depression.

• Trouble focusing