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OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION

OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION. Presented by Katherine Ward . Susan Fowler Woodring Consultant, Speaker, Trainer, and Author. Five Questions for You to Consider:. When do you procrastinate at school or work? What kinds of tasks? When do you procrastinate in other areas of life?

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OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION

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  1. OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION Presented by Katherine Ward

  2. Susan Fowler WoodringConsultant, Speaker, Trainer, and Author

  3. Five Questions for You to Consider: • When do you procrastinate at school or work? What kinds of tasks? • When do you procrastinate in other areas of life? • What do you put off at home? • What do you put off in personal relationships? • What do you put off in your financial life?

  4. Four Underlying Causes • Fear of Failure • Lack of Discipline • Perfection Paralysis • Fear of Success

  5. OVERCOMING FEAR OF FAILURE 1. GOALS APPROACH • S=SPECIFIC • M=MEASURABLE • A=ACTION ORIENTED • R=REALISTIC • T=TIME-BOUND

  6. 1. INCHWORM TECHNIQUE • Break tasks on your “to-do” list down into manageable sizes. • Use smallest task to get started.

  7. 3. REWARD SYSTEM “Some day is not a day of the week.” Plan reasonable rewards for yourself for performing tasks you might ordinarily put off.

  8. 4. BEHAVIOR CONTRACT Write out a personal contract for yourself or work with a friend or coach.

  9. CONTROLLING LACK OF DISCIPLINE

  10. TIME WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO: • SPEND TIME? • INVEST TIME? • WASTE TIME?

  11. 21 DAY CARD/JOURNAL • Set a daily goal for yourself. • Check off every day that you achieve that goal.

  12. URGENCY AND IMPORTANCE MATRIX

  13. CLASSIFY YOUR TASKS • Important and Urgent • Important, but Not Urgent • Not Important, but Urgent • Not Important and Not Urgent

  14. Copy This Statement “Every single day, starting immediately, set aside a block of prime time to work on something important that does not need to be done today.” Ed Bliss Getting Things Done (A Quadrant 2 activity)

  15. MASTER LIST/DAILY PLAN SYSTEM • Maintain an annual Master Plan of tasks and goals. • Pencil in the month you will accomplish each. • Transfer annual tasks and goals to a Daily Planner, which you update every 24 hours.

  16. DEALING WITH PERFECTION PARALYSIS • Consider the importance of excellence rather than perfection. • “Get it down, then get it right.” Jimmy Colono Co-founder of Career Track

  17. Learn to trust your INTUITION. • Make predictions and see how often they are correct. • Make some decisions quickly. Flip a coin now and then! • Do nothing for five to ten minutes several times a day.

  18. HOW TO SUCCEED WITHOUT FEAR “An average performer is goal driven. A peak performer is mission driven.” Charles Garfield *You can list your goals. What is your mission?

  19. MISSION STATEMENT • Write your personal/professional mission statement. • It should be so important that it will transcend your fears.

  20. FEARS AND GOALS • Take just 60 seconds and list the 10 things you love most in life. • Use your 10 Loves List to create goals to work through your fears.

  21. WILL POWERWON’T POWER • Be clear with yourself and others about what you will and won’t do on the job and in your personal life. • Say NO more often.

  22. OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION • What can you use right now? • What will help you in your job search? • What will help you on the job? • What will improve your personal life? • What will make you a more successful human being?

  23. Evaluation Questions Use: a. Strongly agree b. Agree c. Disagree d. Strongly disagree e. Don’t know • I found the presentation of material easy to understand. • This Advantage session increased my knowledge on the subject presented. • I will be able to use some of the information from this Advantage session in the future. • The presenter was well prepared for this advantage session. • This presentation should be repeated in future semesters.

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