PowerPoint Presentation Content Slides Include: • Learning objectives for this presentation • Definition/s of procrastination • Etymology of procrastination (2 points) • Procrastination cycle (chart) • Who procrastinates? (4 points) • Are you a procrastinator? (8 points) • Ask yourself… (3 points) • Why people procrastinate (14 points) • 8 Types of procrastinators and Chart ( 8 points + chart) • Distractions (12 points) • Delaying gratification (3 points) • Id, Ego, Superego (10 points) • Behavioral causes of procrastination (22 points) • Behavioral causes review graphic ( chart) • Changing your thoughts (16 points) • Rationales to avoid (9 points) • Do's and don'ts (37 points) • Signs and symptoms of procrastination (6 points) • The effects of procrastination (5 points) • Time management (16 points) • How to approach procrastination for an employer (64 points) • Types of procrastinators review graphic (chart) • Behavioral solutions to procrastinations (61 points) • Strategies for improvement (13 points) • Remedies for procrastination (46 points) • A final call for action (18 points) • Actions steps (16 points)

1. PROCRASTINATION
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Program Objectives
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Recognize the symptoms and the
causes of procrastination.
Identify critical behaviors and
rationalizations to avoid.
Defeat procrastinating behaviors and resolve
their effects forever.

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Program Objectives
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Apply behavioral solutions to head off
future procrastination tendencies.
Learn and practice the self-motivation
option for efficiency and greater
productivity.

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Procrastination Leads
To
Procrastination
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Worrying
about tasks
Rushing to
complete
tasks
Finishing
tasks
poorly or
not at all
Guilt and
Low Self-
Confidence
Postponing
tasks

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Are You a Procrastinator?
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Do you find yourself
rushing to complete
projects?
Do you take part
in recreational
activities instead
of doing your
work?
Do you avoid more
difficult tasks by
occupying yourself
with easier ones?
Is this a recent
development or a
reoccurring
pattern?

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8 Types of Procrastinators
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• Guilty procrastinators feel guilt when they procrastinate.Guilty
• Passive Aggressive procrastinators find ways of getting out of tasks
without refusing outwardly.
Passive Aggressive
• Avoidant procrastinators avoid tasks.Avoidant
• Disorganized procrastinators are inefficient because they forget or can’t
find needed materials.
Disorganized
• Pleasure seekers procrastinate in order to pursue recreational activities.Pleasure seekers
• Self-doubters procrastinate because they doubt their capability to do
the task well.
Self-doubters
• Perfectionists procrastinate because they expect perfection from
themselves.
Perfectionists
• Thrill seekers procrastinate in order to get the “thrill” or doing tasks at
the last minute.
Thrill Seekers

7. Perfectionism
Self-
Inadequacies
Lack of
Motivation
Lack of Focus
Low Frustration
Tolerance
Daydreaming/
Fantasizing
Fear and
Anxiety
Physical
Conditions
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Behavioral Causes Review
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Time Management
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Organize your
space so that it is
conducive to
working.
Set comfortable
temperature.
Turn on adequate
lighting.
Remove all excess
noises.
Remove All Environmental Distractions.

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Spotting Procrastination for the Employer
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The employee always says they
are working on it and it’s in
progress, yet never gives you
an update.
The employee often rushes
when the deadline is close.

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How To Approach Procrastination for the Employer
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Listen for indications of the
employee’s denial by
blaming others or
minimizing his/her poor
performance.
If there is an attempt to
blame others, help the
employee focus on what
he or she can personally
change.

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How To Approach Procrastination for the Employer
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Motivate the employee with
potential and future success.
End the meeting with
positive statements of
employee’s past
performance and overall
attitude.

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Types of Procrastinators
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Out of spite and anger, you
don’t do the task asked for
because you feel you are
subordinating to the person if
you do it.
If you do the task, it will
most likely be done wrong
or incompletely.
Anger and Rebellion (cont’d)

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Types of Procrastinators Review
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Anger and
Rebellion
Fear Self-Doubt
Discomfort Perfectionism Fantasizing
Crisis Maker Over-doer Pleasure Seeker

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Remedies
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Take a stand
Commit yourself to doing the task.
Leap into the task the moment
procrastination kicks in; gradual
immersion leads to greater torture.

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Final Call For Action
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Motivate yourself with success.
Questions to ask yourself:
Where will you be in five years?
What do you really want out of life?
What road is your present behavior taking you down?
What road do you really want to go down?

16. Procrastination continues until
you make a responsible effort to
use your reasoning to overcome
the diversionary and comfort-
seeking attitudes and behaviors.
Final Call For Action
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