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Procrastination vs. Motivation

Procrastination vs. Motivation. The epic battle for getting things done. Procrastination. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P785j15Tzk. The magic pill. The magic pill. Define the problem. On side one of the 3x5 write down something that you have been putting off. Why?

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Procrastination vs. Motivation

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  1. Procrastination vs. Motivation The epic battle for getting things done.

  2. Procrastination http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P785j15Tzk

  3. The magic pill

  4. The magic pill

  5. Define the problem • On side one of the 3x5 write down something that you have been putting off. • Why? • On side two of the 3x5 card write a list of 3 important things that you need to get accomplished within the next week.

  6. Causes of Procrastination

  7. Cognitive Distortions • Overestimating the time available / time it will take to do a project. • "I don't need to start, because I have three weeks to get this done." • Overestimating Motivation. • "I will feel like doing this tomorrow." • Requiring the right mood. • "I will be better at this on Wednesday when I am fresh."

  8. Internal Reasons • There are many internal reasons why we procrastinate among these are • Perfectionism • Fear • Disorganization.

  9. Perfectionism Perfectionism is a refusal to let yourself move ahead. It is a loop — an obsessive, debilitating closed system that causes you to get stuck in the details of what you are writing or painting or making and to lose sight of the whole.” Julia Cameron

  10. Remedies for Perfectionism • Therese Borchard, author, gives the following advice: • Remove yourself from the competition. • Everything is not about gauging yourself against the performance of others. • Do a reality check. • Being good at something is not the same as being the best at everything.

  11. Remedies for Perfectionism • Return to your exodus moment. • Find those moments where you have experienced real success, free from the stuff that doesn’t really matter. • Show your weakness/celebrate your mistakes • Polish them off and make reality a habit. • Add some color. • The world isn’t black and white, tolerate sloppiness, and ambiguity.

  12. Fear • Fear of disappointing others • Fear of failure • Fear of success • Success brings changes to our surroundings and the possibility of rewriting ourselves.

  13. Remedies for Fear • Write it down. (Keep a Journal) • Identify rational fears vs. irrational fears • Take active steps to plan strategies to remediate fear. • Seek help

  14. Disorganization

  15. This… • Moscow SadovoyeKoltzo (ring road) in October 2007:

  16. vs. this… Dalian province district traffic director

  17. Remedies • Planning • To do lists • Work Backwards • Clearly identify your end goal • Write everything down you need to accomplish. Brain storming. • Organize it in a time sequence • Set goals, time lines, progress checks.

  18. Remedies • Break things into parts. • Then, track your progress.

  19. Remedies • Critical Path

  20. Review http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2YZnTL596Q

  21. Remedies • Setting Priorities • If you wake up in the morning and eat a frog, you likely won’t have anything worse to do for the rest of the day. • Attack the stuff you dread first.

  22. Remedies • Review daily

  23. Remedies • Do Something Tim Berners-Lee, CERN March 1989 “This proposal concerns the management of general information about accelerators and experiments at CERN. It discusses the problems of loss of information about complex evolving systems and derives a solution based on a distributed hypertext system.”

  24. Remedies • Teams

  25. Two Questions from Daniel Pink http://vimeo.com/8480171

  26. Answer Pink’s two questions • What is your sentence? • Was I better today than I was yesterday?

  27. Bonus Material if we have time…

  28. Persevere http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWkqEf5GA88

  29. Grande-Vallee Quebec to Passage East Ireland 2600+ miles, 8 years

  30. Persevere Tourism Ireland took note of the story and offered the women a free weeklong trip to the Emerald Isle. A spokesperson from the tourist bureau said the women will travel to the small town to meet the recipient of their message and retrieve their bottle next year. Note CharlaineDalpé and Claudia Garneau

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