It needs no telling that When you make decisions under pressure and near deadlines they are going to be poor ones in most cases for sure. In addition to that, to stress on my point, according to Kristin O’ Donovan, the founder and CEO of “TopResultsCoaching” international company, Procrastination change the circumstances under which you should take your decisions which will result in terrible decision making. (8 ways procrastination can destroy your life). Another false assumption john used to convince the readers with his idea, is how procrastination help you complete more tasks. I consider it a false one because Procrastinators usually leave their work until the very end, when deadline is close, so they don’t have enough time to finish their tasks.
And the phenomenon of procrastination has become universal nowadays. In the investigation conducted online among the crowds (145 participants in total), about 94 percent of the participants said that they have procrastination, and it has become the norm in their daily life such as postponement in study and work. About 98 percent of the participants thought that procrastination have adverse effects on their daily work and lives. It is believed that procrastination will not only obstruct us achieving our goal but also bring us psychological stress and anxiety. For most of the people, procrastination is a mysterious force that stops them from achieving the most urgent and vital tasks in their lives.
How to Stop Procrastinating. You might often feel lethargic while working on some project out of either fear or laziness. Procrastination makes a person miss deadlines or delay things out of proportion. Lack of attitude, habit of postponement, non-committal behavior and excuses are some of the factors contributing to procrastination. To generate a sense of enthusiasm towards work and provide self-direction, here are few tips that could be helpful as you sit wondering on how to stop procrastinating: 1.
Sadly, procrastination is one of my worst flaws and I put off studying until the day before the test. I knew I had to work fast and I still had to go to work. So I planned on studying on my break. I tried shuffling work with school work and it just was too complicated to balance the two. I would start going over the study guide and then I would have to help a customer.
First, you must recognize that we humans are like sponges that absorb every liquid around them. So those whom we hang around with can influence us in the matter of procrastination. (You remember what I said about this in Chapter 4 about how your associates can make it either easy or difficult for you to overcome procrastination?) How I wish you could hang out with Bill Gates or Elon Musk. I tell you; just 15 minutes with those guys might give you all the inspiration that will take you away from procrastination for life.
There are many reasons that one may choose to procrastinate, there are also consequences, but there are benefits that we tend to overlook. A lot of people procrastinate, but why do they do it when they know it causes them stress? “Many people tell themselves that they procrastinate because they are disorganized, lazy, or worse, because they just don’t care enough” (Wiegartz). Some people believe that if they procrastinate, they don’t have to blame their lack of skill for not getting things done correctly. Rather than blaming their lack of skill, they can blame their lack of attentiveness and motivation.
In his essay “Why We Procrastinate,” Estroff Marano states that procrastination damages oneself and hinders one’s progress. Moreover, he feels, as a nation, we fail to recognize the grievousness of this bad habit, and the consequences that occur with this learned behavior. According to the author alcohol consumption, deception, and lack of engagement are a few of the destructive and costly outcomes. Marano concludes that with therapy, procrastinators can replace their harmful habits with healthier ones. I agree with Marano that chronic procrastinators have undesirable patterns of behavior that prevents them from being successful and impedes them from having healthy relationships.
Despite the author believing that procrastination can be beneficial and mentioning some strong and valid ideas, He doesn’t provide good arguments and there were logical fallacies and weak evidence. It’s in our human trait to delay tasks that will make us mentally think or physically work. We procrastinate because it’s in our biological nature. There is a scientific reason behind procrastination, Part of the brain structure, the limbic system, contains the center responsible for pleasure while another portion of the brain, the prefrontal cortex, is responsible for planning and making decisions. The limbic system dominates the prefrontal cortex at often
In his essay “Why We Procrastinate,” Estroff Marano states that procrastination damages oneself and hinders one’s progress. Moreover, he feels, as a nation, we fail to recognize the grievousness of this bad habit, and the consequences that occur with this learned behavior. According to the author alcohol consumption, deception, and lack of engagement are a few of the destructive and costly outcomes. Marano concludes that with therapy, procrastinators can replace their harmful habits with healthier ones. I agree with Marano that chronic procrastinators have undesirable patterns of behavior that prevents them from being successful and impedes them from having healthy relationships.
The perspective towards this kind of responsibility has to be changed by transforming our perspectives towards procrastinating in order to affect our actions better. We have to add more positive thoughts such as: If I am mature enough, I will not do this kind of wrong thing; Procrastination should be my enemy, no matter what; If this task can be done earlier, then why should I goof off? Let 's get this