1. Procrastination
Welcome to chapter
three
„Procrastination”

2. Procrastination
Learning objectives
 To get to know the meaning of procrastination.
 To get to know reasons for procrastination.
 To get to know helpful strategies against postponing.

3. Procrastination
What is procrastination?
 During the-learning course you might
get to the point that you postpone
each chapter everyday.
 You might feel like you can not
finish the course in three weeks This chapter deals
because you have to much work to with the topic
do. procrastination
during the e-
learning course and
also in your daily
work.

4. Procrastination
 Reasons for procrastination Three major reasons are...
 Suggestions to tackle ...stress
procrastination ...excessive overload
...exhaustion

5. Procrastination
 Reasons for procrastination
 Excessive Overload: Sometimes you
 Suggestions to tackle feel you have more things to do than
you can actually complete.
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 Stress: When we are stressed – we
sometimes lose our focus
 Exhaustion: Sometimes we are
emotionally and physically exhausted
and feel we just don’t have the
energy to do any more work!

6. Procrastination
 Reasons for procrastination 1) Break large contents into smaller
more manageable ones.
 Suggestions to tackle
E-Learning course:
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Plan your time for each chapter
realistic.
You can also split each contents
into smaller ones.
By the end of the three weeks
you completed every chapter!

7. Procrastination
 Reasons for procrastination 1) Break large tasks into smaller
more manageable ones.
 Suggestions to tackle
Daily work:
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Call every customer once per
month regarding new sales
incentive program.
Split into smaller tasks: Call 5
customers per day.
By the end of the month – you will
have called all of your customers!

8. Procrastination
 Reasons for procrastination 2) Start easy
 Suggestions to tackle First of all: complete tasks which
are easy to handle.
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You can choose with what
content of the chapter you want
to start with.
Start with the content which
might sound familiar to you or you
think it might be a less
challenging topic.

9. Procrastination
 Reasons for procrastination 2) Start easy
 Suggestions to tackle Starting with easy and
comfortable tasks will help you
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get into your daily routines.
Afterwards you can start with
more challenging tasks and
contents!

10. Procrastination
 Reasons for procrastination 3) Overcome Inertia – tell yourself
you only have to work on a
content of a chapter for 30
 Suggestions to tackle minutes.
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You may decide after 30 minutes
that you want to continue working
on it!!

11. Procrastination
 Reasons for procrastination 3) Overcome inhibition
 Suggestions to tackle Start to work on a content for
about half an hour and then see
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what happens.
To overcome the first hurdle
gives swing to reach even more!

12. Procrastination
 Reasons for procrastination 4) Think about how good you will feel
when you are finished!!
 Suggestions to tackle
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Before starting with one of the
chapters, imagine how pleased
you will be after you finish the
contents.

13. Procrastination
 Reasons for procrastination 5) Say your excuses out loud
 Suggestions to tackle If you hear how your own excuse
sounds, you may change your mind
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and get started!

14. Procrastination
 Reasons for procrastination 6) Maintain a to-do-list
 Suggestions to tackle Before starting with a chapter
write down all the contents you
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want to learn this day. You can
cross out the contents as you
completed and understood them.
You will feel successful when you
can see all of the contents you
have completed!

15. Procrastination
 Reasons for procrastination 7) Reward yourself when you
complete a chapter!
 Suggestions to tackle
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Go out to lunch, get a coffee!

16. Procrastination
I don’t reward
Great, that myself very often. I
will help you will try to do that
to stay every week for a
motivated! completed chapter.

17. Procrastination
Exercise: Apply the given strategies
during the first chapter!
 You find further instructions of this
exercise on the attached work sheet.

18. Procrastination
Learning objectives
To get to know the meaning of procrastination.
To get to know reasons for procrastination.
Stress
Excessive overload
Exhaustion
To get to know helpful strategies against postponing.
Arrange tasks
Overcome inhibition
Reward yourself