Famous quote by Olin Miller

"If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it"

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Procrastination transforms the simplest tasks into daunting obstacles. When a job is postponed repeatedly, anxiety and dread build around it, often far exceeding the actual effort required. What might have been an easy chore becomes fraught with imagined complications. The mind fixates on the task, inflating its importance and difficulty until it feels nearly insurmountable. Each day the job is left undone, excuses multiply, there never seems to be quite enough time, energy, or clarity to start.

This psychological burden becomes heavier than the task itself. The mental toll outpaces any physical labor involved. A quick email or short errand starts to loom like a mountain, because thinking about not doing it saps motivation. Resentment and guilt set in, eroding productivity and self-confidence. The longer avoidance continues, the steeper the hill to climb, and the job, still unchanged in reality, feels like a trial only the bravest would undertake.

Delaying action robs tomorrow of energy while accomplishing nothing today. Eventually, deadlines approach, and pressure mounts. Now, besides the original job, there is stress, rush, and sometimes panic. Simple steps that once required only a few minutes now demand heroic effort because the mind associates them with discomfort and failure. Often, the moment of completion is met not with relief and pride, but bewilderment that such a “huge” job was so trivial all along. By making the mistake of waiting for the perfect moment to begin, the easy job was made unnecessarily difficult.

The antidote is to take prompt action, no matter how small the step. Each advance lowers the barrier, and momentum builds confidence. By breaking the cycle of delay, tasks remain manageable, self-trust is preserved, and everyday work never takes on mythic proportions. Acting now transforms work into something easy, as it was meant to be.

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Olin Miller This quote is from Olin Miller between February 28, 1893 and August 25, 1972. He was a famous Writer from USA. The author also have 10 other quotes.
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