Source: Controlling Procrastination Procrastination is relatively hard to overcome since you can delude yourself about it so easily. The following is a list of things we often tell ourselves: Mañana — “I’ll do it tomorrow.” Contingent mañana — “I’ll do it tomorrow, if…” Grasshopperism — “I need to have some well-earned fun first.” (in Aesop’s… Continue reading What makes us procrastinate?
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Stop Procrastination – Study Better
Source: We Blog Cartoons Procrastination is reinforcing — every time you delay, it reinforces your negative attitude toward that task. Every time you put off something you dislike, you: strengthen the habit of not doing practice avoidance instead of participation avoid acquiring training and skills fill yourself with fears. Active participation in anything tends to… Continue reading Stop Procrastination – Study Better
8 Effective Tools Against Procrastination
Make the tasks look small and easy in your mind. (“I’ve written lots of excellent papers; this is just one more paper.”) Do only a small part of the task each time. (“I’ll just check out the books tonight. Later on I’ll glance through them.”) Five-minute plan: Work on something for just five minutes. At… Continue reading 8 Effective Tools Against Procrastination
A-B-C’s of Procrastination
A = Activating Event. The activating event is whatever you are putting off, such as studying for tests or writing a paper. B = Belief System. These are your “hidden” feelings about the task; your feelings govern your motivation. If you have negative feelings, you will tend to put off or delay. These feelings control… Continue reading A-B-C’s of Procrastination
Inculcating Good Road Habits
It has been generally observed that during the ‘Traffic Safety Week’ and other such commemorative days related to road safety, the police are quite severe on traffic offenders fining them for various violations on the roads. Monitoring over-speeding and keeping a special watch on no-entry zones, they ensure that the safety aspect of the occasion… Continue reading Inculcating Good Road Habits