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Procrastination ...we can talk about this tomorrow, right?
The document discusses procrastination, its symptoms, root causes, and various strategies for overcoming it. It highlights the importance of admitting the problem, setting clearly defined goals, and using techniques like the Pomodoro method to manage time effectively. The content is structured to guide individuals in dealing with avoidance and analysis paralysis to enhance productivity.
Procrastination ...we can talk about this tomorrow, right?
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- 8. Think about starting Coffee/ snack break Muse about ideas Do the work Email / Expense Report/ other misc. Panic at looming deadline
- 9. Murphy’s Law: Whatever cango wrong, will go wrong.
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- 11. Procrastination: The symptoms Judging byyour pulse, you’ve got a horrible case of the procrastinations. It could kill you dead but only if it ever gets around to it.
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- 15. not this day… Aday may come when we finish our expense reports and then go to the gym…
- 16. Procrastination: The root causes Sho,sho. He once hadda procrastination, but then he drank a tall glass of salty water, and cleared it right up.
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- 23. Procrastination: The Treatment You looklike you need to see a doctor. Let’s get you to the golf course at once.
- 24. Admit the problem Recognizewhen you’re: • Trying for the perfect start • SQUIRREL! • Yak shaving • Putting off til tomorrow
- 25. Clearly defined goals andexpectations • Very specific outcomes vs lofty intentions • Very specific timeframes • Break down into smaller tasks with short timeframes.
- 26. Dealing with aversion •Four quadrant to do list Urgent Not Urgent ImportantNotImportant
- 27. Dealing with aversion •Four quadrant to do list Urgent Not Urgent ImportantNotImportant 1
- 28. Dealing with aversion •Four quadrant to do list Urgent Not Urgent ImportantNotImportant 1 4
- 29. Dealing with aversion •Four quadrant to do list Urgent Not Urgent ImportantNotImportant 1 4 2 3 Do first Decide when to do Delegate Dump
- 30. Dealing with aversion •Pomodoro technique • Work 25 minutes • 5 minute break • Work 25 minutes • 5 minute break • Work 25 minutes • 5 minute break • Work 25 minutes • 30 minute break
- 31. Dealing with analysis paralysis •Does this decision even matter? • How sure are you of your information? • What do you know? • What don’t you know?
- 32. Dealing with avoidance • Notstarting IS failure • Not finishing IS failure
Editor's Notes
- #4 Subject of this talk is procrastination.
- #5 Not talking about laziness.
- #6 Not talking about the disorganized or forgetful. Cluttered Desk https://flic.kr/p/9npEhz Jellaluna
- #7 Talking about creative professionals Hard workers Strong work ethic
- #8 But can’t seem to get going until they have a brush with their muse Oglaf.com http://oglaf.com/blank-page/
- #9 No matter what, the work ends up at the last minute. Not an issue of not having enough time. If additional days added at the start, ‘do the work’ would occupy exactly the same amount of space In most cases the procrastinator hits their deadline
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- #11 Not about time management Day planners and Gantt charts to a procrastinator Like telling a person with depression to cheer up. This isn’t about organization, or laziness, or lack of a work ethic It’s about an inability to start and an inability to focus.
- #18 There are types of fish that live at the bottom of the sea under immense pressure. Remove them from the pressure and they fall apart. Some people are like that. They need the impending looming deadline in order to function.
- #19 How many have a project they’ve started? Novel in the desk drawer? Half-coded app? Paints and canvas set aside but no actual art created?
- #27 Important/Urgent – do first Important/Not urgent – decide when to do it Not Important/Urgent – delegate if you can Not Important/Not Urgent – dump if you can
- #28 Important/Urgent – do first Important/Not urgent – decide when to do it Not Important/Urgent – delegate if you can Not Important/Not Urgent – dump if you can
- #29 Important/Urgent – do first Important/Not urgent – decide when to do it Not Important/Urgent – delegate if you can Not Important/Not Urgent – dump if you can
- #30 Important/Urgent – do first Important/Not urgent – decide when to do it Not Important/Urgent – delegate if you can Not Important/Not Urgent – dump if you can