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Procrastination
THE FUNNY THING ABOUT PROCRASTINATION body remains at rest...unless acted upon by an outside force"
Newton's First Law
If there are any corollaries to Newton's Law of Inertia that apply to people, they would seem to be:
person remains at rest unless the consequences of continued procrastination outweigh the unpleasantness of interrupting his rest."
Procrastination is a very natural urge. It is most likely to overwhelm any competing inclination to action where there is no absolute deadline for completion, particularly where there is no risk of criticism from anyone with the power to punish one for it. The opportunity for procrastination within the professional arena is usually somewhat limited by the prospect of having to answer to one's superior prior to achieving one's procrastination potential. Conversely, household chores represent a virtually limitless opportunity for full expression of the procrastination urge, by virtue of the fact that one risks no criticism other than (perhaps) from...
Furthermore, procrastination is therefore also invaluable, as a tool of passive aggression where irritating one's spouse or significant other is a simultaneous urge.
Where a chore cannot be avoided, a person will continue to postpone beginning said chore until such time as there is slightly too little time left to complete it without undue haste."
Sometimes, procrastination is an indispensable ally, particularly where one has the luxury of so much time to complete a given task that it is simply impossible to maintain sufficient enthusiasm or energy, or to ignore competing urges and interests. In this respect, any household chore is a prime example, because even in the absence of any television program worth watching under ordinary circumstances, virtually any random channel selection is likely to reveal something sufficiently captivating so as to justify its continued postponement. In fact, one of the only reliable methods known for ensuring that a household chore receive sufficient attention to be completed properly…
Procrastination, I pay for it often. It's bad enough that I have trouble sleeping most nights, but when I put off studying for exams until the last moment and was up all hours of the night studying, it certainly did not help my day. By the time I was satisfied with my familiarity of the material I had to learn there were only a couple of hours left for sleep.
Assessment Synthesis Some of my mistrust may come from my personal timeliness, and my sense that teams can occasionally procrastinate and pull other people back. Accepting others differences is indeed difficult. (Kroeger, Thuesen & Rutledge, 2002, p. 3) I need to make the differences of others work better for both myself, and my organization. Even if I am doing a good job, I must make my internal criticism of others less
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, 2010). The model includes several mediator (e.g., knowledge exchange) and moderator variables (e.g., self-leadership competencies of actors) that explain why and when this approach is effective and looks at leadership in more of a comprehensive way than focusing on one individual. Such perspectives have suggested that when employees become involved in the decision making processes then this can strengthen leadership. Transactional Leadership Transactional leadership is the leadership model that represents what
The deadliest enemy to writer's block is re-reading what I just wrote and analyzing it. However, getting past the stream-of-consciousness stage is even harder than getting started. That's when I start realizing that other people are going to read what I write. No matter how I feel about it, a deadline is looming and I have to produce. Being disciplined is essential at this stage because only pressure can keep
The assumption here is that counselor burnout may be heightened as a result of the diversity of students who attend post secondary educational institutions, and the variety of services the 2-year postsecondary counselors must provide to these students. This assumption is congruent with the findings of a study by Wilkerson and Bellini (2006) who advise, "Professional school counselors are asked to perform multiple duties as part of their daily