procrastination

PROCRASTINATION IN A NUTSHELL

• DEFINITION
• WHO USUALLY PROCRASTINATE
• WHY DO PEOPLE PROCRASTINATE
• SIGNS OF PROCRASTINATION

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• EFFECT OF PROCRASTINATION
• ANTI-PROCRASTINATION STRATEGIES
• HOW TO PROCRASTINATE WELL
• EXAMPLE OF PROCRASTINATION

DEFINITION

WHO USUALLY PROCRASTINATE?

WHY DO PEOPLE PROCRASTINATE?

• Find a particular job unpleasant
• People are disorganized
• Feel overwhelmed by the tasks
• Having underdeveloped decision making skills 

how to know if you are procrastinating?

• Filling your day with low priority tasks 
• Reading e-mails several times without starting work
• Leaving an item on your To Do list for a long time
• Regularly saying "Yes" to unimportant tasks 

anti-procrastinating strategies

• Make up your own rewards.
• Ask someone else to check up on you.
• Identify the unpleasant consequences of NOT doing the task
• Focus on one task at a time.
• Set yourself time-bound goals

how to procrastinate well?

• To make more commitments — but to be methodical about it.
• Breaking the problem down into smaller chunks.
• Commitment Devices
• Improve your mood.
• The Combo.

effects

• Receive lower grades.
• Produces low quality works.
• Can lead to stress.
• Social dissapproval for not having responsibility
• Severe loss of personal productivity.

examples

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