Listen. If you don´t beat procrastination at work
long term consequences could be serious.Take this example of how expensive work procrastination can be...
The assignment that your boss gave you several days ago still isn't done. The assignment is a report that your boss needs to take to an important meeting, and you may get a big promotion if meeting goes OK.
You've had plenty of time to get it done, but still just don't do it even though your future career could be in jeopardy. What's wrong with you?
You are one of millions who procrastinate. You feel inadequate, guilty, depressed and have low self-esteem.
Procrastination means avoiding doing tasks, which need to be done - sometimes doing them at last minute or sometimes never doing them at all.
The reasons for procrastinating are as numerous as excuses one can make for not completing tasks.
A few of these reasons for procrastinating are listed below:
1. If you are a poor manager of your time and have trouble identifying your objectives, you most likely are overwhelmed by your tasks.
You try in vain to prioritize them, and failing at that you've even been known to secretly throw a few written requests into trash, and later claiming you never got them. You are a procrastinator.
2. You find it hard to concentrate. You may think about what you're going to cook for dinner or you daydream about your next golf game. So you put off getting job done; you sit and think about it but take no action.
3. You may be easily distracted by outside influences such as ringing telephones, other folk's conversations, and may even spend time performing "no-brainer" tasks such as sharpening pencils, shuffling papers, or make endless trips to restroom or coffee bar.
4. Your self-esteem is very low. You have a negative image of yourself and believe that you're an underachiever who can't succeed at much of anything. You also may be bored with task at hand and lack enthusiasm.
