Putting off to tomorrow what can just as well be done today may be a universal human failing. Not in government, not in business, not in service of any kind. Procrastination weakens momentum. It misses deadlines. It loses opportunity.
Procrastination steals life.
Speak truth, there is a little bit of procrastinator in most normal people. Given the choice between starting off on a difficult assignment and a simple one, the average person is tempted to 'get rid' of the simple one first. It is sort of like getting the minor things out of the way before settling down to the major ones. Sometimes, of course, there being so many minor things in life, the major ones can be 'pushed back' indefinitely, out of sight and completely out of mind. It takes discipline and practice to take a bite at the important responsibilities each day, in preference to attending to the less important but urgent calls on one's time and energy.