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Fred GagnonIs your procrastination hindering you? Ten things you should know.
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it cuts across all domains of their life. They don'tpay bills on time. They miss opportunities for buying tickets toconcerts. They don't cash gift certificates or checks. They file incometax returns late. They leave their Christmas shopping until Christ-
it cuts across all domains of their life. They don't pay bills on time. They miss opportunities for buying tickets to concerts. They don't cash gift certificates or checks. They file income tax returns late. They leave their Christmas shopping until Christmas eve.
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It represents a profound problem of self-regulation.
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Procrastination is not a problem of time management or of planning. Procrastinators are not different in their ability to estimate time, although they are more optimistic than others. "Telling someone who procrastinates to buy a weekly planner is like telling someone with chronic depression to just cheer up," insists Dr. Ferrari.
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Procrastination is learned in the family milieu, but not directly. It is one response to an authoritarian parenting style.
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That is over and above the effect of avoidant coping styles that underlie procrastination and lead to disengagement via substance abuse.
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Procrastinators actively look for distractions, particularly ones that don't take a lot of commitment on their part. Checking e-mail is almost perfect for this purpose. They distract themselves as a way of regulating their emotions such as fear of failure.
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three basic types of procrastinators:
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decisional procrastinators, who cannot make a decision. Not making a decision absolves procrastinators of responsibility for the outcome of events.
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There are big costs to procrastination. Health is one. Just over the course of a single academic term, procrastinating college students had such evidence of compromised immune systems as more colds and flu, more gastrointestinal problems. And they had insomnia. In addition, procrastination has a high cost to others as well as oneself; it shifts the burden of responsibilities onto others, who become resentful. Procrastination destroys teamwork in the workplace and private relationships.
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Mark SabinoThere are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination.
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Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators.
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Procrastination is not a problem of time management or of planning. Procrastinators are not different in their ability to estimate time, although they are more optimistic than others.
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Procrastination is learned in the family milieu, but not directly.
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Procrastinators tell lies to themselves.
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Procrastinators actively look for distractions, particularly ones that don't take a lot of commitment on their part. Checking e-mail is almost perfect for this purpose. They distract themselves as a way of regulating their emotions such as fear of failure
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There are big costs to procrastination. Health is one.
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rafaelsteilThere are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. Procrastinators sabotage themselves. They put obstacles in their own path. They actually choose paths that hurt their performance.
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Quentin D'SouzaIs your procrastination hindering you? Ten things you should know.
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Richard KendallThere are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. Procrastinators sabotage themselves.
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Jose QuesadaIs your procrastination hindering you? Ten things you should know.
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Jason MarottiThere are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. Procrastinators sabotage themselves. They put obstacles in their own path. They actually choose paths that hurt their performance.
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Christopher RiceFrom Psychology Today. Very interesting view of the damaging effects of procrastination, explanations for it.
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Nathan ReinWhy procrastination is bad. As if I didn't know. Not exactly an inspiring read.
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Procrastinators sabotage themselves. They put obstacles in their own path. They actually choose paths that hurt their performance.
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arobertSome interesting observations, but doesn't seem applicable to "everyday" procrastination.
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Main point - its a serious problem that has deeper psychological roots, and requires more "to do" lists and planning/time management system.
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