Introduction “Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time” by Brian Tracy, is the book I want to recommend, which provides 21 effective methods of conquering procrastination and accomplishing more. The reason why I choose this book is that I always want to improve my productivity. This book teaches methods in-depth details how to improve people’s efficiency in order to achieve their goals. I would first give a brief summary of the concepts and ideas brought out by Brian and talk about the influence they bring to me by raising some real life example, at last I will talk about career plan as a conclusion.…
As I disappointingly see my grades on canvas I tell myself that once I get home from school I will finish my homework and papers almost due before work today. I have four quizzes and two excel worksheets to work complete. I have three hours and a half to finish these before midnight. As I’m done with my first quiz I decided to take a little break so I take a glimpse at my phone and decide to watch just an episode of “Vampire Diaries” and next time I know its 5 o’clock and I’ve watched four episodes of the show. I just wasted all the time I had to finish my homework and now I have to finish it after work which I get out at 9:30 pm. There was no way I would finish on time with good scores.…
What did you learn about your procrastination habits and your reasons for procrastinating? Provide examples.…
How often do you feel overwhelmed and procrastinate tasks and responsibilities until very little time is left? Sometimes the overflow of stressful assignments smother people. Procrastination can be used as a tactic to reduce the potency of tension on the brain. Responsible workers most likely advise not to delay duties, but responsible procrastination can be a useful strategy. There are a multitude of reasons why procrastination is not always bad.…
Habit 3 is the personal fruit, it is the practical fulfillment of Habit 1 and Habit 2. This habit is all about personal time management. It tells us that how can we schedule our priorities and eliminate unimportant things.…
There are tips on how to combat it but, ultimately, the problem of procrastination is best solved by self-motivation, according to Patricia Hartley, the Student Academic Research Center’s coordinator of tutoring and academic outreach.…
College Freshman sit at their computer, trying to think of the words, the words they need to complete their process-analysisessay. They waited too long to do it, and now they wonder; how they will survive?…
There’s several reasons why people, including myself, procrastinate. First, let me give a formal definition of what I’ll be discussing. The dictionary defines procrastination as putting off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness; to put off something needlessly. I’ll be elaborating on this definition since they’re good reasons but it goes deeper than this. There’s laziness, personal issues, and carelessness and all of these things cause that dysfunctional thing called procrastination.…
Through close observation of my co-workers I realized that they do slack off from time to time and that’s either because they had a bad morning or they just have something on their mind that makes them inattentive to the work that is coming their way. That is why they end up falling behind on their side and of course I have to jump in and help them out a bit because customers are waiting for their glasses and it doesn’t help the business when we have to keep refunding the sales due to tardiness.…
Procrastination is more than just a negative custom that needs to be taken out of society.…
The main topic that the authors were interested in learning more about was the way individuals can control events that affect them and the task difficulty on procrastination. Procrastination is putting off something or delaying something. In a previous study an estimate of forty six percent to ninety five percent of college students procrastinated on academic assignments. The longer the students were in college the more they would tend to procrastinate. in the end researchers realized that procrastination was associated with difficulties in test anxiety, missed deadlines for assignments, poor semester grades, depressed affect, low self-esteem, and social anxiety. There were three hypotheses in this journal article. The first hypothesis is students with internal control expectancies will procrastinate less than those with external control expectancies. The second hypothesis is students who receive the difficult assignment will procrastinate more than those who receive the easy assignment. The third hypothesis…
In this case study we concluded that the employee wants to know exactly they are supposed to do. Therefore, their work environment is usually highly structured. So having clear instructions are very important. There were no clear guideline regarding which work is much more important, the general manager or the manager. Unclear instructions have demoralized the employee. Often it is very important for the general manager to tell their managers and employees exactly what they need from them and when they need it. By setting expectations straight, the manager and employees are able to know if they have achieved their target simply by checking their completed task against the manager’s or general manager’s of expectations for that particular task.…
11:20 PM found me in front of a glowing computer screen yet again. The essay was assigned weeks ago, but I was cursed with the bad habit of procrastinating. I spent hours everyday browsing statuses on Facebook, watching videos on YouTube, and reading tweets on Twitter; procrastination had become a lifestyle. I had an essay due tonight at 11:59 PM and I had been staring blankly at the empty page, praying for any inspiration to come to me.…
The article “Coping with Procrastination” wrote by Rebecca Moore, Barbara Baker, and Arnold Packer. The article is talking about what is procrastination, and why many people have this problem, and also talking about how to solve this problem. People always find lots of reasons for themselves not do things that are necessary. In the article writers also write down about the solution to overcome procrastination. First, you cannot image fear to make yourself so worry about this thing, and you do not need compare your work with other people just do your best and prepare it well. Secondly, you should remember your situation when you feel procrastination, the writers also said “find a way to get motivate” (39). Thirdly, for solve procrastination the other way is you can plan your work and rest time. Do not make yourself feel so tired. The last way is starting with easy work. When you start with a difficult work, you will think you need help from other people. Using these ways, you can defeat procrastination to become a better person.…
An employee’s attitude toward work is a crucial factor of productivity or performance and discipline plays an important role. Most people equate discipline with punishment but the true meaning connotes that discipline is a corrective action for better performance.…