Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 680 views

    Worksheet Procrastination

    Uploaded by

    Mohamed Yassin Khtira al Ahmadi
    Tim Urban gave a TED Talk about procrastination and how our brains work. The document discusses key terms from the talk like procrastinator, procrastinating, and epiphany. It provides exercises to help understand procrastination better by completing a vocabulary activity in Spanish and answering questions about whether procrastination affects people equally, if it's easy to overcome, how to procrastinate less, if chronic procrastinators can be successful, and why some struggle with time management.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as ODT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Worksheet Procrastination

    Uploaded by

    Mohamed Yassin Khtira al Ahmadi
    680 views1 page
    Tim Urban gave a TED Talk about procrastination and how our brains work. The document discusses key terms from the talk like procrastinator, procrastinating, and epiphany. It provides exercises to help understand procrastination better by completing a vocabulary activity in Spanish and answering questions about whether procrastination affects people equally, if it's easy to overcome, how to procrastinate less, if chronic procrastinators can be successful, and why some struggle with time management.

    Original Description:

    Worksheet Procrastination en ingles trabajo

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    ODT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Tim Urban gave a TED Talk about procrastination and how our brains work. The document discusses key terms from the talk like procrastinator, procrastinating, and epiphany. It provides exercises to help understand procrastination better by completing a vocabulary activity in Spanish and answering questions about whether procrastination affects people equally, if it's easy to overcome, how to procrastinate less, if chronic procrastinators can be successful, and why some struggle with time management.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as ODT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as odt, pdf, or txt
    680 views1 page

    Worksheet Procrastination

    Uploaded by

    Mohamed Yassin Khtira al Ahmadi
    Tim Urban gave a TED Talk about procrastination and how our brains work. The document discusses key terms from the talk like procrastinator, procrastinating, and epiphany. It provides exercises to help understand procrastination better by completing a vocabulary activity in Spanish and answering questions about whether procrastination affects people equally, if it's easy to overcome, how to procrastinate less, if chronic procrastinators can be successful, and why some struggle with time management.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as ODT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as odt, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 1

    Tim Urban’s Ted Talk: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

    Surname, Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………..

    Group: ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

    Watch this Ted Talk on procrastination and how our brain works. Then do the following exercises.

    1. Vocabulary. Complete the following text, which is related to the talk, with the following
    vocabulary in the box.
    thesis all-nighter procrastinator epiphany procrastinating visualize
    Thanks for asking, but I can’t go out tonight because my ……………………. is due in two weeks.
    I’m planning to get as much work done as possible today because I don’t want to have to pull an
    ……………………. closer to the deadline. I can be a bit of ……………………., to be honest, but
    I’m trying to improve myself and get more done.

    ……………………. is a difficult problem to overcome, but it’s not impossible. I had an


    ……………………. lately, and it’s really helped me get my life in order. Maybe it will work for
    you, too. If you often find yourself ……………………., then you might want to try this:
    ……………………. your goal, and then make a list of realistic steps towards achieving it.

    Translate the words you just used into Spanish, if you do not know their meaning, try to deduce it
    with context.

    Thesis …………………….
    All-nighter …………………….
    Procrastinator …………………….
    Procrastination …………………….
    Epiphany …………………….
    Visualize …………………….

    Now, answer the following questions, be truthful and try to elaborate on the answers.
    1. Is procrastination a problem that affects all people equally? Why?

    An example on an answer would be the following:


    Question 1: No, I don’t think procrastination affects all people equally because some people clearly
    seem to struggle much more with it. I think some people can get out of bed and achieve what they
    need to do each day, while others are wired differently and find it incredibly difficult to be
    productive.

    2. Is it easy to overcome procrastination?

    3. How can someone procrastinate less and increase their productivity?

    4. Can chronic procrastinators become successful people?

    5. Why do some people find it so difficult to organize their time effectively?

    You might also like