This document discusses procrastination, including its definition as delaying tasks and pushing them off until tomorrow without completing them. Procrastination is used as a way to cope with anxiety about tasks or decisions. The opposites of procrastination include contrastination, being proactive, and being diligent. Some ways to overcome procrastination mentioned are finding your passion, doing important tasks first, visualizing success, breaking tasks into smaller pieces, changing your environment, and committing to do one procrastinated task per day.

1. Procrastination
Prabakaran Thirumalai
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2. What is Procrastination
 Delaying tasks and pushing it to
tomorrow and finally not doing that
task
 Procrastination is the way we cope up
with the anxiety for doing the task or
making a decision
 careless, lazy, neglectful, thoughtless,
unconcerned, unenthusiastic, lethargic
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3. Opposite of Procrastination
 Constratination - people who tend to
complete their tasks as soon as it is
assigned to them.
 Proactive - describe a person who
anticipate and get things done.
 Diligent - means a person who puts
constant effort to accomplish somethin
g.
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4. Procrastination Quotes
 “We are so scared of being judged that we
look for every excuse to procrastinate.” ~
Erica Jong
 By one delay after another they spin out their
whole lives, till there’s no more future left for
them.” ~ Robert L’Estrange
 “Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long
postponement.” ~ Henry Miller
 “Time wasted is existence; used is life.” ~
Edward Young
 Every obligation which is bidden to wait
returns with 7 new responsibilities at its back
again

5. Why We Procrastinate
 TRYING TO BE PERFECT
 CONGENIAL ENVIRONMENT
 NORMALITY MAKES YOU PROCRASTINATE
 FEAR OF FAILURE
 SKILL DEFICIT
 KNOWLEDGE DEFICIT
 LIFE STYLE HABIT
 MOTIVATION DEFICIT

6. Overcome Procrastination
 Find your Passion
 Do Right Things
 Taste Success in your mind
 Split your Tasks
 Tell It to Everybody
 Do One Procrastinating task everyday
 Change Your Environment

7. Thank you
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