Procrastination Presentation at blinkbl-nk#20 25April2012

1. Procrastination Understanding the Equation

2. What Procrastination is and isnt3 components of Procrastination3 pronged cureThe worst thing to procrastinate on

3. Last Responsible Moment

4. Put off doing tasks despite believing ourselves to be worse off for doing so

5. EddieSalesperson

6. ValerieStudent

7. 4 separate surveys*Really hate writing essays

8. TomPlanning for holiday

9. Matching LawMotivation = ??

10. Motivation = Expectancy X ValueImpulsiveness X Delay

11. Expectancy X ValueImpulsiveness X Delay

12. High MotivationLow Low (Impossible Tasks) Optimism High (Easy Tasks)

13. Success SpiralsVicarious VictoriesWish FulfillmentPlan for the Worst, Hope for the BestAccept Addiction to Delay

14. Success SpiralsVicarious VictoriesWish FulfillmentPlan for the Worst, Hope for the BestAccept Addiction to Delay

16. Games and GoalsEnergy CrisisProductive ProcrastinationDouble or NothingLet your Passion be your Vocation

17. Games and Goals Connect to tasks to long term goals Make tasks more challenging Make Approach goals, not Avoidance goals

18. Energy Crisis Reserve highest energy levels for most difficult tasks Respect limitations

23. Impulsiveness is a major determinant of Procrastination

24. PrecommitmentMake Attention PayScoring goals

25. Precommitment Bondage Satiation Poison

26. Precommitment Bondage Satiation Poison

27. Precommitment Bondage Satiation Poison (Stickk.com)

28. Make Attention Pay Envision disastrous outcomes from procrastinating Focus on abstract concepts of tempations Compartmentalize work and play

29. Pretzel TestFocus on taste and texture VSFocus on length and weight

30. Resources, Links, Articleshttp://bit.ly/blink20links

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