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    Procrastination refers to voluntarily postponing tasks that should be completed. Some key points: 1) Procrastination is a globally prevalent issue, with studies finding 85-95% of students and 40% experiencing financial losses due to procrastinating. 2) Procrastination follows a cycle where one initially feels a false sense of security before postponing tasks, leading to panic and stress when the deadline approaches. 3) Procrastination can negatively impact both internal well-being through guilt and anxiety as well as external consequences like missed deadlines, poor grades, or financial penalties. 4) There are many common excuses people use to rationalize procrastinating like feeling overwhelmed, forgetting,

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    Procrastination refers to voluntarily postponing tasks that should be completed. Some key points: 1) Procrastination is a globally prevalent issue, with studies finding 85-95% of students and 40% experiencing financial losses due to procrastinating. 2) Procrastination follows a cycle where one initially feels a false sense of security before postponing tasks, leading to panic and stress when the deadline approaches. 3) Procrastination can negatively impact both internal well-being through guilt and anxiety as well as external consequences like missed deadlines, poor grades, or financial penalties. 4) There are many common excuses people use to rationalize procrastinating like feeling overwhelmed, forgetting,

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    Procrastination

    “A year from now you may wish you had started today.”

    The greatest thief this world has ever produced is


    procrastination

    Uday
    What??
    Put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done

    • Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what
    should have been done the day before yesterday
    • Procrastination refers to the voluntary postponement of an unpleasant task,
    often against one’s better judgment
    • Procrastination is simply postponing action - "often with the sense of deferring
    though indecision, when early action would have been preferable," or as
    "defer[ing] action, especially without good reason."
    According to some researchers, procrastination has more than quadrupled in the
    last 30 years.
     Some surveys suggest that 85-95% of students have problems associated with
    procrastination
     Procrastination statistics suggest that 40% of people have experienced financial loss
    due to procrastination
     In 1978, 5% of the population admitted to being chronic procrastinators compared to
    roughly 26% of the population today
    Procrastination Cycle
    Panic & Stress Set In
    Deadline is Set
    Time Passes
    False Sense of Security

    I II III IV

    “There are 2 weeks “I have plenty “I will get started soon, “Oh no! The
    until the assignment of time.” I only work well under assignment is due
    is due.” pressure.” tomorrow! ”

    Procrastination arises from our unhelpful rules and assumptions


    about what we expect of ourselves and the world

    Anxiety and Worry lead to Procrastination and vicious cycle of delay


    Effects of Procrastinations
    The effects of procrastination don’t just lie within one aspect of our life; it spreads, kind of like a virus to other
    aspects and if you don’t control it, you’ll start doing it more and more.
    • We put off going to the doctor, then discover we have a
    serious illness that could have been treated more
    successfully if we had gone sooner.

    • Stress/Anxiety • We wait to pay our bills even if we have money in the


    • Guilt Feeling account, leading to late fees and other charges.

    • Relationships Impact • We don’t do our taxes until the night before they are due,
    and then make a mess of it and miss out on our refund or
    get audited.

    • We miss deadlines at work, which affects our annual


    review. This can lead to not getting a raise or promotion,
    or even not keeping the job.
    External consequences
     Negative things that happened to you because you
    procrastinated.
     Lost money, had to pay a fine, missed out on a merit
    increase, lost a relationship, or received a poor grade.
    Common Internal Consequences are :
     Feelings of inadequacy, guilt, depression, anxiety, or
    embarrassment
    When/What?? People procrastinate on different things.

     Avoiding a confrontation with a friend, significant other, spouse, or boss.  Maybe it’s your bank balance
     Working on Unpleasant tasks.  What about your health and fitness
     The big picture scares us.  What about projects at work?
     We don’t know where to start.
     Not tackling bad habits such as smoking, excess drinking, overeating.
     We don’t feel like doing it.
    Health, exercise, work,
    studying, cleaning…or
    returning a call to someone
    you don’t like.

     Procrastination often saves us from our


    fear of failure.
     Procrastination maintains perfectionism
     Procrastination may be caused by a fear of
    success
     Procrastination is a form of rebellion
     Procrastination allows us to live in the
    world of hopes, wishes, and maybes
    Procrastination excuses
    One of the main reasons that procrastination is a challenge to overcome is that everybody has
    a different reason for doing it. What's more, the same person may have a variety of reasons for
    procrastinating on different tasks
    Most of our procrastination feelings come from a subconscious fear or self-limiting belief

    Excuse 1: “It doesn’t matter.” Excuse 6: “I keep forgetting to do it.”


    Excuse 2: “I need to do ______ first.” Excuse 7: “I don’t feel like doing it.”
    Excuse 3: “I need more information to get started.”
    Excuse 4: “I feel overwhelmed and have too much to do.”
    Excuse 5: “I don’t have time right now.”
     Tax return (or insert any thing you dislike)…..I’ve got so many more important things to do than
    this.
     Not much detail in this brief, I’ll wait for more information.
     This essay question is pathetic….if they can’t make an effort why should I.
     Last day of sunshine for the week! I’ll start it tomorrow.
     I work better under pressure – I am just a last minute person
    The trouble is that what starts off as a default reaction to something that you find uncomfortable, or difficult
    or just plain boring; becomes your elaborate plot to convince yourself that it is better to put these things
    off…..and you do!
    Why??
    Behavioral procrastination
     Putting off tasks
     strategy that allows people to shift blame and avoid action
     Suffer from low esteem and self-doubt and worry about how other people judge their abilities
    Decisional procrastination
     Delaying Choice
     strategy is to put off making a decision when dealing with conflicts or choices
     afraid of errors and are likely to be perfectionists
     seek out more and more information about alternatives
    psychologists see procrastination as kind of avoidance behavior, a
    coping mechanism gone awry in which people "give in to feel good"
    Mindset: Fixed vs Growth Mind Set Present Vs Future You
    Why??
    Four Simple Reasons For Procrastination

    • Difficult The task seems too hard to do


    • Time-consuming Free time is unavailable until the weekend
    • Lack of knowledge/skills Don’t want to make a mistake until you’re sure it’s right
    • Fears Everyone will know you made a mistake

    Four Complex Reasons For Procrastination

    • Perfectionism 1. “If you can’t do it right, don’t do it at all”


    2. May delay starting a project
    3. Creates dissatisfaction & frustration
    • Anger/Hostility 1. Withhold best efforts out of spite
    2. Getting Even
    • Low Frustration Tolerance 1. Feeling overwhelmed
    2. Unfairness
    • Self-Downing 1. Minimize your skills/abilities
    2. Attribute success to luck
    3. Cannot accept praise for work accomplished
    Attention to Details: The perfectionist pays too
    much attention to details; the dreamer doesn’t
    pay enough attention.

    Focus on the Future: The worrier is overly


    concerned about what might happen if…; the
    crisis-maker is not sufficiently concerned (until
    crunch time).

    Relationship to Others: The defier goes


    against what others want; the pleaser is overly
    oriented to what others want.
    Personality Type
     Rebel
     Over-Acheiver
     Adrenaline Addict
     Worrier

    We procrastinate because of a misregulation of emotion


    How?? • Examine your reasons for procrastinating
    • Think about the task with the highest priority
    • Break long-term tasks into smaller bites
    • Visualize completing each task
    • Analyze your work habits
    • Schedule unpleasant tasks first
    • Assign a deadline
    • Reward yourself
    Breaking Through Procrastination:
    An Exercise to Get You Started
    • Identify a project that you’ve been postponing
    • List the benefits of completing the project—to you and
    others
    • List four action steps you can take to get started on the
    project
    • Choose a deadline for each step
    • Make a commitment to a ‘buddy” to complete each step
    • Give yourself a reward!

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