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Blerta Ceka

English for Social Sciences

Prof. Lumturije Bajrami

27.05.2020

What is Procrastination?

I'll tell you tomorrow :)

DEFINITION

WHAT IS PROCRASTINATION?

  • from Latin procrastinatus
  • 'pro-', meaning "forward," and crastinus, meaning "of tomorrow."

  • When you procrastinate, instead of working on

important, meaningful tasks, you find

yourself performing trivial

activities.

WHY FIGHT IT?

Why fight procrastination?

  • Studies show that people regret more the things they haven't done than the things they have done.

  • Feelings of regret and guilt resulting from missed opportunities tend to stay with people much longer.

  • If you can overcome this fierce enemy, you will be able to accomplish more and in doing so, better utilize the potential that life has to offer.

WHY DO WE DO IT?

Why do people procrastinate?

  • Decision paralysis

With more freedom to make our own decisions and to perform our actions, we have become easily

confused about what is a priority, what is essential and what is not, and with what is right and

wrong, and therefore we have become demotivated to do anything at all.

  • Ignoring the value of time

Time is the most valuable commoditiy we have. It's not money; unlike time, you can borrow money,

save, or earn more. You can't do that with time. Every single second you waste is gone forever.

  • Lack of self-discipline

Self-discipline is is not the primary cause of procrastinatino, but an important compound. To be

disciplined, you need to have the correct type of motivation and learn to maintain and work on

positive habits.

MOTIVATION

Types of motvation and why setting goals will never work

Extrinsic motivation

Intrinsic motivation

Goal-based motivation

PROCRASTINATION

=

LAZINESS?

Procrastination is not laziness

  • Procrastination is not a synonym for lazy.

  • Lazy people, simply don’t do anything and are just fine with it. Procrastinators, on the other hand, have the desire to actually do something but can’t force themselves to start.

PROCRASTINATION

=

RELAXATION?

Relaxation is not procrastination

  • Relaxing recharges you with energy. In stark contrast, procrastination drain it from you. The less energy you have, the more stressed or even depressed you might have become and the higher the chances of you putting off your responsibilities are.

  • Opposite of procrastination: getting things done, and being able to relax, deal with your workload well and be happy in the long term.

MYTHS

Myth: We Work Better under Pressure

  • Scientific studies show that the opposite is true. Putting things off until the very last moment creates fertile ground for stress, guilt, and ineffectiveness.

“Don’t put off 'till tomorrow what you can do today”

SOLUTIONS

How to stop procrastinating

Habit list

Personal vision

To-Do today

that's it

That's a wrap!

Thank you

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