procrastination demystified
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Procrastination Demystified
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Where does procrastination stem from?
• Upbringing and Family value system• Childhood habits• Our beliefs and values
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Value system when we grew up
• Males forgetting family chores because of:– Their problems at work– External environment– Unimportance given to the task
• This sowed the seeds of procrastination– The virus caught us young
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Childhood habits
• Unfinished homework• Holiday homework for summer vacations– Always took a hit and was completed on last 3 / 4
days by most of us– Taking pride in finishing homework in short span
of time– Exams• Last day preparation
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Self developed Value system
• Postpone things till last minute• Last minute adrenaline rush and high focus on
task at hand• Get mixed results depending upon ability to
focus and work under pressure• Become content with results and believe this
is the best we could do
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• Baby Boomers– Were always punctual– Inculcated strong values and belief system in gen X
• Gen X– Worked really hard to overcome tough times and
did great to improve fortunes for their families– Were punctual at work but defaulted on small tasks
at home
Flashback
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Analysis
• Gen Y– Grew up good amount of resources– Developed excellent skill set and contributing to
world economy– Variable amount of focus and ability to handle
pressure– Get mixed results as a result of procrastination
and not planning things out
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This is what may happen at the last moment
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Or this
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What to do?
• Setting tight internal deadlines for yourself• No more procrastination• Focus on achieving all these deadlines /
schedules• Work on your efficiency frontier at all times
rather than only for deadlines• Strive for 100 % results
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Your planner may look something like this
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Benefits
• Better results than earlier• No stress• No anxiety• Improved quality of life– For us– For our loved ones