SOC 2805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Procrastination, Swiss Cheese, Answering Machine
Procrastination
• Forms of procrastination
• Ignoring the task, hoping it will go away.
• Underestimating how long it will take.
• Overestimating your abilities and resources.
• Telling yourself that poor performance is okay.
• Doing something else that isn’t very important.
• Believing that repeated “minor” delays won’t hurt you.
• Talking about a hard job rather than doing it.
• Putting all your work on only one part of the task.
• Becoming paralyzed when having to make choices.
How to Overcome Procrastination
• Win the mental battle by committing to being on time.
• Set and keep deadlines.
• Organize, schedule & plan.
• Divide a big job into smaller ones.
• Find a way to make a game of your work or make it fun.
• Reward yourself when you’re done.
• Tell your friends and roommates to remind you of priorities and deadlines.
• Learn to say “no” to time wasters.
Time Stealers
• Time wasting
• Not knowing what to do or how to start
• Being unable to find the information you need to do a job or activity
• Procrastination
• Re-doing tasks over
• Poor motivation
• Work overload
• Interruptions
Tackle Time Wasters
• First, learn to recognize when you’re wasting time.
• Decide what you need to do and can realistically do.
• Learn how to say “no” when you don’t have time.
• Use an answering machine and return calls at your convenience. The telephone is a major
time killer.
• Learn to say “I can’t talk right now. I’ll get back to you.”
• Wasting time is often linked to a lack of self-discipline.
• Ask yourself, “do I really need to do this or not?”
Learn to Say “No!”
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Document Summary
Time stealers: time wasting, not knowing what to do or how to start, being unable to find the information you need to do a job or activity, procrastination, re-doing tasks over, poor motivation, work overload. The telephone is a major time killer: learn to say i can"t talk right now. I"ll get back to you. : wasting time is often linked to a lack of self-discipline, ask yourself, do i really need to do this or not? . Learn to say no! : avoid the temptation to socialize when you"ve scheduled work. Immediately note all changes: exam/paper due date revisions, meeting additions/cancellations, work schedule changes, upcoming visitors, etc. , etc. , preview the upcoming week making any necessary adjustments, preview each day to see what might happen . If you carpool with others from your class, use the time to discuss class material.
