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    Handling Delay—

    2: Overcoming
    Procrastination
    ENHANCING SOFT SKILLS
    AND PERSONALITY
    T. Ravichandran
    Lesson
    9

    Week 2 Unit 4
    OF THE LAST LESSON
     Dealt with procrastination and discussed how we can understand why we
    procrastinate.
     Parkinson’s Law:
    Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
     Procrastination: habit of delaying things; gap between what should be done
    and what actually gets done.
     Leads to unused opportunities, poor performance & gives stress.
     Handling it makes you cool, calm and lets you take control of your life.
     Reasons for Procrastination: Fear of the unknown, lack of self-confidence,
    low performance, ridicule/rejection by others, negativity, laziness (inertia),
    perfectionism, addiction, wistful thinking, overwhelmed by task enormity,
    lack of focus, Peter Pan syndrome, etc.
     Work delayed is work denied. Story: “God sees the truth but waits.”
     Don’t fear commitment; fear wasting of time in the name of commitment!
    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India
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    Basically it amounts to saying . . .

    You don’t like to do


    You are afraid to do
    You think it is too big to do

    You are lazy to do

    So you won’t do . . .
    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India
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    So the question is:
    How do you eat an
    elephant?

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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    And the answer is:
    Bite by Bite!

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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    Break down the big work into manageable small tasks

    No one is perfect. Don’t be afraid to make small mistakes.


    Start the task and make adjustments.

    Be open minded. Keep learning from your small mistakes.


    Delay will disappear soon.

    Take one step at a time.


    Learn from the baby that is never afraid of taking its first step!

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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    Eat that Frog!
    (Brian Tracy)

    Eat that Veggie!

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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    Use Kaizen principle or, the “one-minute principle”
    (for self-improvement)
    Just practice doing something for 1 minute each day at the same
    time!
    You will soon find that 1 minute becoming 2, 3, 5 and then it
    absorbing you to spend hours together.
    So start doing any pending work, anything that you keep
    postponing for at least a minute a day.
    Soon you will find its value and start incrementally enhancing the
    time you put to it!
    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India
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     Unclutter the work space
     Keep only the “work to do” on the table
     Organize work space regularly:
    before beginning, after ending (twice daily)
     Don’t waste time straightening and cleaning when
    you should be working toward the objective.
    A clean table indicates an open mind

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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    5. Set goals that you want
     Your inaction may be due to an uninspiring goal!

     Ask the very basic question: “Do you really want


    this goal? If your answer is “no,” that means this
    isn’t a goal to pursue in the first place.

     Identify the goals that really inspire you.

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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     Understanding why you want the goal will help you get a
    clear idea of your inner motivations.

     Note down all pros and cons. Write down as many answers as
    possible, until you feel a strong drive and motivation.

     Knowing why you want the goal will make you work anyhow!

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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     Share your goal with others. Find like-minded people
    to work with your goal.
     However, don’t stress yourself to finish your goals
    quickly.
     You may get burnt out and resort to procrastination!

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India
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     Occasionally, you can postpone a big chunk of work by trading
    off it with 5 other small jobs. You will be surprised to find that the
    small jobs get done faster! After completing the small jobs you go
    with renewed energy to deal with big pending work.
     Admit procrastination and accept it as a human nature.
     Be good to yourself by removing the anxiety of procrastination.
     Don’t use fatigue or illness as an escape!
     Acknowledge small victories on the way.
     Occasionally procrastinate with a clear conscience
     But break any procrastination pattern consciously!
    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India
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     Implement your plan for overcoming procrastination.
     Be committed to your plan.

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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    If you start something, finish it!

    Remember the Zeigarnik effect!

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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    Highlights of Developing Soft Skills and Personality Week 3: Module 5, Lecture 17
    HABITS: USING ZEIGARNIK EFFECT FOR
    PRODUCTIVITY
     Since unfinished activity gives anxiety, it is important to focus on an activity and stick to
    it till its completion.
     If you start it, finish it. Don’t leave it in between. This is an important growth habit you
    need to inculcate in your personality!
     This knowledge also helps in beating procrastination: you realize that it is just the
    starting trouble, once you start somehow, you will finish it anyhow!
     Unfinished tasks use large amount of mental resources by occupying and blocking
    premium space but refusing to go away until you finish it. That is why you should stop
    watching any tele-serials or play video games.
     Internalisation of the Zeigarnik Effect can give you the much needed intrinsic motivation
    to achieve or excel in any activity.
     You can rewire your brain to seek completions, as it takes you to resolution of tension
    and adds to the feel-good factor.
    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India
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    PROCRASTINATION TO ACTION

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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    “You may delay, but time will not,
    and lost time is never found again.”
    ~Benjamin Franklin

    “Things may come to those who wait,


    but only the things left by those who hustle.”
    ~Abraham Lincoln

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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    MUST READ BOOKS . . .
     Eat That Frog: 21 Ways to stop Procrastination and get More Done in Less
    Time
     Get Paid More and Promoted Faster
     Focal Point
     Goals!: How To Get Everything You Want—Faster Than You Ever Thought
    Possible
    ~Brian Tracy

    Getting Organized at Work ~ Ken Zeigler

    “A Japanese technique for overcoming laziness.” Brightside.me.


    https://brightside.me/article/a-japanese-technique-for-overcoming-laziness-11255/

    Dr. T. Ravichandran, Professor, HSS Department, IIT Kanpur, India


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