The danger of procrastination and overcoming it报告版.ppt

1、The danger of procrastination and overcoming it,Abstract,Our friend Leena once told me a sad story. This guy was a certified math whiz. however, his drive began to falter. As Leena recalls, his energy for math mysteriously faded away. He told her, at one point during this period, that he looked forw

2、ard to surviving until graduation so he could go find a job in banking and make some money.,1. The Danger of Deep Procrastination,Deep procrastination is not the standard urge to goof off that afflicts every college student. Its much more powerful. A student suffering from deep procrastination will

3、delay important work to an excessive degree. No matter how dire the stakes, starting work becomes an insurmountable prospect.,2.Overcoming procrastination: a practical approach,2.1Reasons for Procrastinating: 2.1.1Dont know where to start 2.1.2An unpleasant task 2.1.3Fear of failure 2.1.4Excusing su

4、b-standard performance 2.1.5Starting too soon 2.1.6Negative delegation 2.1.7Over-commitment,2.2Overcoming Procrastination,2.2.1Use the SWAP approach 2.2.2The importance of deadlines 2.2.3 The power of priorities 2.2.4 Give yourself a reward 2.2.5 Tell someone else 2.2.6 Avoid momentum busters 2.2.7

5、The great myth,Of course, any solution that you choose to pursue requires that you recognize that what you are dealing with is a serious problem and one that merits a solution. Procrastination isnt harmless, and it isnt something that affects only you. True, you are the person working under pressure

6、 - unnecessary pressure generally - but others are affected as well. Co-workers have to take up the slack while you work to complete a project on an emergency basis. Clients and users of the library may suffer by your inability to provide a high level of service. And most of all, your parent organiz

7、ation may suffer by getting results from you which are simply not as good as they would be if you had given yourself sufficient time. In addition, we must face the fact that procrastination is self-perpetuating. It forces you to postpone still other tasks in order to enable you to complete one that youve already postponed. It prevents you from working toward viable goals for yourself and your information unit, because it condemns you to always putting out fires, and it