Topic: How to overcome procrastination Purpose: To inform Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the facts‚ causes and drawbacks of procrastination‚ and offer several advise and tips. Central idea: Procrastination is a psychological behavior that allows a person to postpone or delay a certain activity or task. Survey shows 95 percent of us suffer from great stress and anxiety caused by procrastination. There are two commonly known reasons: Lack of desire and fear. At last introduce
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English 101 16‚ September 2013 Procrastination Strikes Again From the time we are very young our parents tell us to be prepared‚ to do our homework‚ not to leave anything for the last minute. However‚ these lessons never seemed to stick for me. For most of my life being unprepared was what I was known for‚ “I’ll get to it later”‚ and “I still have time”‚ were some of my favorite mottos. That is‚ until a very rude awakening made me realize that we never have as much time as we think to get everything
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I even waited until the last minute to write this speech. I am here today‚ however‚ to convince you that this is not necessarily a negative thing. In fact‚ procrastination is a very common habit among students and people in general‚ and‚ for those people who do procrastinate; it often has some positive effects. I believe that procrastination has‚ unfortunately‚ developed a bad connotation over the years. Too often is it associated with stereotypical slackers‚ who are too lazy to do the work before
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things back until last minute. Some people think that procrastination is bad‚ but in my opinion it isn’t such a terrible thing. Everyone does it at least once in their life. For example‚ student may procrastinate an essay by not doing it until the day it is due. People procrastinate all the time‚ however‚ that does not make them imperfect. Procrastinating can be done for many different reasons. For example from the passage “Structured Procrastination”‚ “Most procrastinators put off unnecessary work to
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corner so you don’t get screamed at for not having your homework done ! Thank you procrastination‚ for your lovely work. Don’t you dare try "my dog at my homework" or "my printer wasn’t working". C’mon we all know the truth: you gave in to the powerful force. The underlying power that will make or break your day tomorrow: PROCRASTINATION. So‚ the truth guys‚ we all have done it‚ we all do it‚ but point is‚ procrastination might not be so bad.Ladies and gentlemen‚ despite my better judgement‚ I would
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happened to NEARLY every single one of us.Thank you procrastination‚ for your lovely work. .. Don’t you dare try "I forgot it at home" or "my printer wasn’t working"‚ ‘I had no electricity”. Come on we ALL KNOW THE TRUTH: you gave in to the "ULTIMATE FORCE"‚ the one force stronger than the Jedi’s. The underlying power that will make or break your day tomorrow: PROCRASTINATION. And i think‚ that i should personally run for "Queen of Procrastination" but then again‚ I could still do it tomorrow. We
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test? Procrastination‚ whether you want to admit it or not‚ has gotten to everyone at some point. If you wait till the night before something is due or preparing for a quiz or test‚ you may get a decent grade‚ but it probably won’t be the best grade you could get if you would have studied days in advance. Some may be proud of the fact that they crammed for 3 minutes and got a 100%‚ but when you think about it they won’t remember that information even into the next class hour. So‚ procrastination affects
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11:59 PM 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. Sweat slowly trickled down the side of my face
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become easier and more tempting to NOT do work- procrastination‚ progresses natural assassin. Solomon and Rothblum (1984) defined procrastination as the “act of needlessly delaying tasks to the point of experiencing subjective discomfort” (503). However procrastination strikes deep into every aspect of daily life and spans far wider than this paper can cover‚ so a focus will be brought on to procrastination in an academic setting. Academic procrastination is the intentional delay of starting‚ doing‚
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pitfall of procrastination. Many teachers warned me that this year‚ I mustn’t procrastinate - or I might fail. But in fact‚ only 1 in 5 people are chronic procrastinators - and these people have it down to an art form. You see‚ the dictionary will inform you that procrastination is putting off doing something until later. But in fact - procrastination is the incredibly amazing technique of gaining time to do the things you want. Parents and teachers may shake their fists and cry "procrastination!" But
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