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333: Stop Procrastinating NOW! (or soon) - Part 4 - 11 Practical Steps To Productivity
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333: Stop Procrastinating NOW! (or soon) - Part 4 - 11 Practical Steps To Productivity
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Jan 30, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The concluding episode in a short series about the roots of, forms of and remedies for procrastination.
INTRODUCTION:
-A brief review of the series
-Four Simple Reasons for Procrastination (Difficulty, Time-consuming, Lack of knowledge or skills, Fears)
-Four More Complex Reasons for Procrastination (Perfectionism, Anger/Hostility, Low Frustration Tolerance, Self-Downing)
11 PRACTICAL STEPS TO PRODUCTIVITY:
1. Know What you Want/Identify
2. Belief/Attitude
3. Make a Plan
4. Decision
5. Determination
6. Do the Work/Commit
7. Practice Resilience
8. Have Reminders
9. Start Small
10. Practice Patience
11. Recharge
COMMON IMPEDIMENTS & RATIONALIZATIONS
(from Cal Poly Academic Skills Center (ASC): Procrastination)
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 fable, the grasshopper fiddled and played all summer while the ants stored up winter supplies. When winter came, the grasshopper suffered.)
Escapism - "I've got to get out for a while to clear my mind."
Impulsiveness - "My problem will be solved if I change my major, or attend a different college, or... "
Music and reading - "I'll relax a while and then get started."
Cavalry to the Rescue - "The professor will get sick and cancel finals!"
"I'm more productive when I work under pressure, so I'm postponing all my work until the pressure builds up and then I'll get it done easily."
"I don't know how to do this problem, so I'm waiting until I know how before I do it."
"This job is easier to do when I'm in the mood, and I'm simply not in the mood right now."
"I waited until the last moment before and it worked out okay, so why not this time?"
"If I wait until the last minute, I won't spend so much time on it."
"Circumstances beyond my control prevented me from doing so."
"I've worked on this for so long that I have no interest or energy for it."
Shop:
Look Closer:
Cal Poly Academic Skills Center (ASC): Procrastination - http://sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/procrastination.html
10 Ways to Push Yourself to Excel at Work in the New Year - http://www.lifehack.org/articles/work/10-ways-push-yourself-excel-work-the-new-year.html
HOW WE PROCRASTINATE - http://www.unstuck.com/how-we-procrastinate.html
David Allen, Getting Things Done - http://www.davidco.com/
The Trivium method - http://www.triviumeducation.com/
tragedyandhope.com - http://www.tragedyandhope.com/
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_emotive_behavior_therapy
ABC Worksheet - http://www.stressgroup.com/ABCworksheet.html
It's About Time:The 6 Styles of Procrastination and How to Overcome Them - http://www.orgcoach.net/overcomeprocrastination.html
INTRODUCTION:
-A brief review of the series
-Four Simple Reasons for Procrastination (Difficulty, Time-consuming, Lack of knowledge or skills, Fears)
-Four More Complex Reasons for Procrastination (Perfectionism, Anger/Hostility, Low Frustration Tolerance, Self-Downing)
11 PRACTICAL STEPS TO PRODUCTIVITY:
1. Know What you Want/Identify
2. Belief/Attitude
3. Make a Plan
4. Decision
5. Determination
6. Do the Work/Commit
7. Practice Resilience
8. Have Reminders
9. Start Small
10. Practice Patience
11. Recharge
COMMON IMPEDIMENTS & RATIONALIZATIONS
(from Cal Poly Academic Skills Center (ASC): Procrastination)
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 fable, the grasshopper fiddled and played all summer while the ants stored up winter supplies. When winter came, the grasshopper suffered.)
Escapism - "I've got to get out for a while to clear my mind."
Impulsiveness - "My problem will be solved if I change my major, or attend a different college, or... "
Music and reading - "I'll relax a while and then get started."
Cavalry to the Rescue - "The professor will get sick and cancel finals!"
"I'm more productive when I work under pressure, so I'm postponing all my work until the pressure builds up and then I'll get it done easily."
"I don't know how to do this problem, so I'm waiting until I know how before I do it."
"This job is easier to do when I'm in the mood, and I'm simply not in the mood right now."
"I waited until the last moment before and it worked out okay, so why not this time?"
"If I wait until the last minute, I won't spend so much time on it."
"Circumstances beyond my control prevented me from doing so."
"I've worked on this for so long that I have no interest or energy for it."
Shop:
Look Closer:
Cal Poly Academic Skills Center (ASC): Procrastination - http://sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/procrastination.html
10 Ways to Push Yourself to Excel at Work in the New Year - http://www.lifehack.org/articles/work/10-ways-push-yourself-excel-work-the-new-year.html
HOW WE PROCRASTINATE - http://www.unstuck.com/how-we-procrastinate.html
David Allen, Getting Things Done - http://www.davidco.com/
The Trivium method - http://www.triviumeducation.com/
tragedyandhope.com - http://www.tragedyandhope.com/
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_emotive_behavior_therapy
ABC Worksheet - http://www.stressgroup.com/ABCworksheet.html
It's About Time:The 6 Styles of Procrastination and How to Overcome Them - http://www.orgcoach.net/overcomeprocrastination.html
Released:
Jan 30, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (21)
4. School Has Robbed Young People of Their "Why": Teens are drowning and purposelessness, searching for meaning. Political operators, tech giants, and disingenuous marketers are happy to tap into that desire and angst for their own exploitative purposes, offering young people a pre-packaged "why." by School Sucks: Higher Education For Self-Liberation