...analysis of how working hours are spent and the prioritization of tasks in order to maximize personal efficiency in the workplace Procrastination The discipline of time management is an important skill that needs to be learned early on. One of the biggest obstacles to overcome is procrastination. Procrastination is the problem of putting things off. We all seem to procrastinate on certain levels by making up excuses not to do something. The bad thing is that procrastination can be displayed in an every day lifestyle, which can effect us in achieving our goals. Procrastination can be the reason behind our failures Proverbs 10: 4 - 5 “Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.” This verse contrasts being lazy with hard work. We need to live our lives for God by not being lazy but by working hard to serve Him. An unproductive lifestyle comes from procrastination Procrastination can lead to a bad lifestyle. It can result in getting bad grades, not showing your best work, and being unproductive. It is important to avoid making excuses and as you head towards your goal, you should pray that God gives you the persistence to achieve it without getting lazy. Underlying problems can be revealed by procrastination If we continue putting things off it can mean we lack discipline, are poor time managers and sometimes are disobedient to God. Joshua...
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...The Procrastination Problem By Susan J. Letham Procrastinators delay until the day after tomorrow what they know they should have done the day before yesterday. What does procrastination look like? We all put off working on unpleasant or tedious tasks from time to time. Washing the car, taking out garbage, cleaning windows, or making stressful phone calls are no one's idea of a fun way to spend time. But where most of us do this only occasionally, procrastinators do it most of the time, and that's where the problems start. Procrastination is a stress factor Procrastination is a behavior that leads to stress, because it makes plans and wishes fail at what should be the point of fulfillment: theater tickets and vacation packages sell out before procrastinators get around to calling. Planes take off, deadlines pass, jobs go to other applicants--the ones who got their resumes in on time. Procrastination has negative effects The Procrastination Research Group at Carleton University in Canada did an online survey. They received 2,700 responses to the question, "To what extent is procrastination having a negative impact on your happiness?" Almost one person in two (46%) said "quite a bit" or "very much," and around one person in five (18%) reported an "extreme negative effect." Procrastination threatens happiness Though procrastination is often trivialized, procrastinators suffer when their careers crash or when they otherwise fail to reach their potential. Long term and wide...
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...The TED talk Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator presented by TIm Urban is a must watch. It is one of the most interesting and mind changing takes on procrastination I have ever seen. It explains how rational decision making can sometimes be lead astray by instant gratification. This gratification is all you get when you procrastinate, besides the panic that comes when a deadline approaches. Tim explains that everyone has the option of rational decision making, but that it is often taken over by a “instant gratification monkey”. Urban demonstrates this by showing a visual of a man steering a wheel on a ship, then having a monkey take hold of the wheel. He shows that then, the monkey begins to steer the ship into a different direction...
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...Overcome Procrastination with Put First Thing First People said first year is the hardest part in people life. Yap, that’s true. I really feel that way now and I believe almost of my friend feel the same thing as me. Many factors cause this situation, one of them because first year is a transition time, a very big transition from high school to college and from teenage to an adult. This phase also determine my future so much, because when I succeed in this phase I will become a better person, but vice versa. One month become a first year student with the entire harsh situation in this very big city, I have been decide my college goal. First of all, as a student of course I want to get good score in every subject that I take. My target, this semester I get cumlaud GPA or about 3.8. Beside that, I can be able to submit all my assignment on time or even before the deadline. Last, I want to be an active student with joining some organization and club inside or outside campus. However, there are several barriers that can block my way to realize those goals. The biggest barrier that I identified is procrastination. Yes, sometime when I plan my day tidily, suddenly many things happen that drive me to procrastinate my agenda. Especially, procrastinate doing homework. If I do that again and again, it will very hard to reach my dreams. Therefore, I should overcome this barrier to catch my entire dream. One strategy that I use is make weekly plan. Every Sunday, I list everything...
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...Academic Procrastination and Academic Achievement Luciano, Kristel Joy A. ABPsych 2-2 Introduction to Psychology Psych 125 Academic Procrastination and Academic Achievement Nowadays, procrastination has been a common phenomenon happening in our daily lives. This practice can be observe almost everywhere, in our home, at work, in different fields and especially at school. In this fast-paced era where everything seems to be moving quite rapidly. Some people find it difficult to manage their tasks and so they tend to result to procrastination. This practice can be observe most commonly in schools or universities especially on college students where the student needs to manage their time between tasks. Like studying for multiple tests, completing their assignments, reviewing for future quizzes, completing their term papers and projects and doing extracurricular activities which will determine their academic achievement or academic performance. Yet, students still engage themselves in delaying their tasks. This widespread phenomenon is also known as procrastination. Academic Procrastination According to Solomon and Rothlum (1984) The term procrastination is defined as the act of needlessly delaying tasks to the point of experiencing subjective discomfort or putting off that which is necessary...
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...0033-2909/07/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.65 The Nature of Procrastination: A Meta-Analytic and Theoretical Review of Quintessential Self-Regulatory Failure Piers Steel University of Calgary Procrastination is a prevalent and pernicious form of self-regulatory failure that is not entirely understood. Hence, the relevant conceptual, theoretical, and empirical work is reviewed, drawing upon correlational, experimental, and qualitative findings. A meta-analysis of procrastination’s possible causes and effects, based on 691 correlations, reveals that neuroticism, rebelliousness, and sensation seeking show only a weak connection. Strong and consistent predictors of procrastination were task aversiveness, task delay, selfefficacy, and impulsiveness, as well as conscientiousness and its facets of self-control, distractibility, organization, and achievement motivation. These effects prove consistent with temporal motivation theory, an integrative hybrid of expectancy theory and hyperbolic discounting. Continued research into procrastination should not be delayed, especially because its prevalence appears to be growing. Keywords: procrastination, irrational delay, pathological decision making, meta-analysis Procrastination is extremely prevalent. Although virtually all of us have at least dallied with dallying, some have made it a way of life. Estimates indicate that 80%–95% of college students engage in procrastination (Ellis & Knaus, 1977; O’Brien, 2002), approximately 75% consider...
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...of work, school, family, and leisure activities that a person performs in a day. A person should analyze the list to sort the activities according to priority. This will place the high priority activities at the top for a person to accomplish his or her goals. To allocate and use time well, a person may decide to eliminate some activities from the daily schedule, such as watching television, chatting online, or talking on the phone. After analyzing and ranking activities, a person must determine the amount of time he or she needs to carry out the activities. Allow more time to complete the high priority tasks than those of lesser importance. A person should perform the high priority tasks first. Putting off an important task known as procrastination is a result from fear, fear of failure, or doing less than a perfect job (Alters...
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...Cause and Effect Essay – Elizabethan Target Audience “Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible (Roff).” Hamlet is a dramatic production written by William Shakespeare. “The play, set in the Kingdom of Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius for murdering the old King Hamlet, Claudius's own brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and marrying Gertrude, the King Hamlet's widow and mother of Prince Hamlet ("Hamlet”).” Shakespeare’s main objective was to impress his Elizabethan audience because entertainment through theater was extremely important to everyone in the era ("Elizabethan Theater"). Shakespeare successfully captivated an Elizabethan audience with this production (“Hamlet”). This essay will explain how an Elizabethan audience was targeted by Hamlet’s final monologue (act 4, lines 32-66). This speech effectively targeted and engaged an Elizabethan audience because its format, mentions of revenge and exciting nature caused the audience to sympathise with Hamlet’s decisions and feelings, and become enthusiastic and involved in the play. The format of this speech is a key factor which explains why the Elizabethan audience is effectively targeted. This speech is written and delivered in the form of a soliloquy. This means that it is an “uninterrupted speech delivered by a single character to the audience but not to other characters” (Jaber Al-Ogaili 48). Soliloquies are a...
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...myself with a positive word for today| Lying|Defame my character to my boss or co-workers|I will develop a good reputation of dependability with my co-workers | Quick to anger|Alienate people and their ideas and possible resolutions|I will encourage an atmosphere of understanding and cohesion which is a good quality when trying to move up the ladder professionally| Eating fast food|Waste money and gain weight|Keep money in pocket and not gain weight| Driving poorly (Fast, recklessly, etc.)|Get a bad driving record putting in danger potential jobs and possibly our license|People will not be mad at you in traffic jams. Employers will not have any problems hiring you. You will save money in cars and tickets.| Judging Co-Workers|Alienate myself from open discussions about problems we encounter and are trying to solve as a team|Develop a reputation of a team player and a problem solver who can work with others and rationally discuss solutions| Procrastination|Not finish projects and jobs I am put in charge of and miss opportunities to bigger projects that come with promotions and raises|Finish by jobs well within the time constraints and attract upper managements’ attention for big projects and get chances to prove myself beyond my current position.| Poor time management|Miss appointments and scheduled events and opportunities to develop relationships with supervisors and co-workers that can benefit me later on in life.|Develop a reputation for punctuality and dependability and receive...
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...The Thief of Time The Thief of Time Philosophical Essays on Procrastination Edited by Chrisoula Andreou Mark D. White 2010 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2010 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The thief of time: philosophical essays on procrastination / edited by Chrisoula Andreou and Mark D. White. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-537668-5 (hardback: alk. paper) 1. Procrastination. I. Andreou, Chrisoula. II. White, Mark D., 1971– BF637.P76T45 2010 128'.4—dc22 2009021750 987654321 Printed in the United States of...
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...Progress Walking through the school doors as a freshman on my first day of high school, I wasn’t thinking about who I would be walking out of those same doors four years later and a senior. I didn’t know what I was going to have to overcome. I wasn’t worried about college applications or SAT tests. I had no clue. The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyon demonstrates that knowledge is gained through travel. Christian is the central character of the book and the hero of the pilgrimage. Christian represents one aspect of the human experience: the search for religious truth. He is his faith (hence his name). Christian’s motivation, the search for salvation in the Celestial City, is comparable to the pilgrimage of high school. A pilgrimage depends in travel, and so a pilgrim, or high school student, must be prepared to go far and wide. High school is a pilgrimage, every student is a pilgrim united under a common goal: Graduation. The obstacles that are overcome in The Pilgrim’s Progress by the main character, Christian, correlate to the obstacles a student faces on her way to Graduation. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, the pilgrims face a series of obstacles and thwarters on their way to the Celestial City. They have to overcome their obstacles one by one. For me, achieving the grades that I needed to be successful in high school was not an easy thing for me to do. Over the course of my high school career I struggled to maintain a grade point average (GPA) that I thought would appease...
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...acceptance and/or non-acceptance of responsibility by an individual manager? 3. What, according to Peck, does it mean to maintain a commitment to reality at all costs? In what ways might the nature of many organizations make maintaining such a ‘commitment’ inherently problematic? How do your answers relate to the Gioia’s idea of a ‘script’ as encountered in his Journal of Business Ethics article? 4. Finally, what, according to Peck, is “balancing”? When you look back over the examples you have encountered thus far in the course, what have been the most noteworthy examples of the kind of “balancing” (or lack thereof) advocated by Peck? Answer: Peck’s thesis concerning the delaying of gratification is that a person is able to overcome procrastination by taking on the hard work first and saving the pleasure for later. The simple example on gratification is that of a young student that learns by his parents that they should do their homework first and then have free time to play or do anything else they wish. As result, this concept helps the individual to confront their problems here and now, and avoid ignoring them, or suffering more than they should be. The concept of delaying gratification is applicable to the organizational level,...
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...Lyn Bell Dr. John Warren Spiritual Warfare Slaying the Giants in Your Life What are the giants in your life? David Jeremiah reminds us that we have giants in our lives like David, Moses, Abraham and others. The giants in our lives have different names of fear, loneliness, doubt, discouragement, failure, jealousy, worry, anger, guilt, and procrastination. Just like the biblical ancients overcame their giants, we too must overcome our giants. In doing so we must allow God to help us in the process in knowing that He is with us and will empower us in overcoming. Fear Fear is a major problem in the land of the giants. This giant comes in so many forms. Fear has gripped us all at some point in our lives. Thousands are affected daily in some type of fear or another. But fear is a common part of the fabric of living. Fear gives us burst of strength and speed when we need and is a good thing in a survival instinct situation. When fear becomes negative it then becomes a phobia. This is when fear and reason does match up. When fear becomes ill rational, it becomes a shackle that bind us and put us into bondage. This bondage will keep us from the routine things in life of working, playing, living and serving God. There are so many varieties of fears. This is a listing of six general categories that we face in fear: poverty, criticism, loss of love, illness, old age and death. When we read the bible we can see that those living in biblical times often were...
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...Discursive Essay Final draft Students should use online education Student’s name: Abay Baltakeskenov Student’s ID: 20130610 Instructor’s name: Yelena Babeshko April 2014 Almaty Essay Title: Students should use online education I. Introduction Thesis statement: Although some people think that distance education is not effective, the others believe that it is very efficient way to get education. II. Body A. Firstly, online education meets the needs of students and especially those students who cannot attend face-to-face sessions. 1. Online learning is flexible time schedule and economy of money 2. Online education is helpful in relation to the students with any kind of disabilities. B. Second, online education gives the same quality of knowledge as in traditional classes and a chance to finish qualified university online. 1. Studies illustrate that there is a little difference in the quality of traditional and online classes. 2. Online education provides an opportunity to finish highly-qualified universities at a distance C. However, distance education has several drawbacks that should be considered. 1. Difficulties with self-discipline. 2. Not all of the necessary study material is available on the internet; III. Conclusion Students should use online education ‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world’ this is how Nelson Mandela (n.d., from brainquote.com) defined...
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...Hiding Behind Fear Fear is an emotion normally every person feels when their mind or body reacts to a subconscious sense of danger. When fearful times come, courage or bravery to act in a situation are abilities most people lack. The way people decide whether to act or not in situations determine their character or personality. Those who hide behind their inaction and lack courage are considered cowards. In the same way as others who do not have the ability to take action in a state of fear, Hamlet is a character in Hamlet who can relate. Hamlet continually shows signs of fear and inaction. He lacks courage to act on opportunities where he can resolve his problems that scare and confuse him. His emotions and indecisive attitude take over his...
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