Facts and Procrastination Studies |
Most students, executives, employees of any age tend to be victim of procrastination, which is the habit of avoiding doing the work or using excuses to do it later. Although procrastination is most of the time referred as an habit, there are studies made about if its a psychological problem or biological problem.
The Procrastination Research Group made a survey to 2,700 and asked them how much negative impact does procrastination have on your happiness? 46% said that very much and 18% said that an extreme negative effect.
People who procrastinate always look for excuses not to get done things and is always thinking in the past rather than in its intentions or goals. They have low self esteem sometimes self deception, low self confidence and anxiety.
There are different reasons whey people procrastinate, students know that they have to to their work and get it done by a deadline. However, if the task is not fun or is not something they love to do, they put it aside and do many other things first, then at the last minute they engage in their work, with stress, anxiety and usually poor performance.
That does not mean that all procrastinators achieve low results, in fact there have been geniuses that were procrastinators. For example, a student can avoid doing his homework and he does it just a few hours before the deadline, but has a lot of talent and can get done the task quick and with quality.
That is also the case of some artists, like Leaonardo Davinci that start a work of art but they put it aside and dont finished until much later or when they are inspired. Some people want to do their work when they are inspired and are in the right mood to do it well.
However, we are not all geniuses and we usually have short amount of time to accomplish our tasks, so we need to fit on our schedule. You need to look for a specific goal and work every day towards it.
Studies show that procrastination is usually a psychological problem, although a lot have to be researched on this subject. This bad habit can be helpful for an artist or a song writer that want to work when he is inspired, but not for everyone, in school or at work, we dont usually need inspiration for most of our tasks, we just need to get them done, they are simple but requires work.
Quick Tip #1
Write down all your goals for the Next Day the previous night |
Quick Tip #2
Turn off all electronic devices and communication just use what you really need to accomplish your task, like paper, computer, etc. |
Quick Tip #3
Set a schedule for all your work tasks and dont stop until you have finished your tasks one by one |
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