What an Unemployed Man Who Went on to Sell His Startup for $1 Billion Can Teach You About Procrastination

Tom Bilyeu learned this by sleeping in 3-4 hours a day.

Tim Denning
Ascent Publication
Published in
4 min readApr 8, 2021

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Image Credit: Tom Bilyeau via Twitter

Procrastination is a silent killer.

Procrastination takes away your most important asset: time. Procrastination is evil like that. I wrote recently about my struggle with procrastination. There’s more to it though.

Research suggests the levels of procrastination have quadrupled over the last 30 years. This means, like me, you probably procrastinate at times. Procrastination is the new normal.

There has to be a better way than throwing your time away.

A Hungry Wife Can Alter Your Life

Tom was described by his parents as being “epically lazy.” His mother discretely assumed he would fail when he arrived at college.

The moment it all changed occurred when he was unemployed. His wife would go to work. Tom would stay at home and make his mother right about his future. At his lowest point, Tom would stay in bed for 3-4 hours per day. The energy and discipline were lacking for him to get out of bed. The pattern repeated.

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Tim Denning
Ascent Publication

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