Ch1-Procrastination

Question 1

Reason for procrastination

Answer 1

• Temporal discounting
• Anxiety (fear of failure)
• Fear of success
• Self-defeating patterns a
• Nature of the task
  
  • uncomfortable
  • overwhelming
    * tedious or meaningless
• Stimulation and excitement
• Psychological reactance (increased procrastination)

Question 2

Reducing procrastination

Answer 2

Break into chunks and create intermediate deadlines
Calculate the costs and reward
Create momentum
Reward yourself
Make a commitment to others
WIFO (worst in first out)
Get stimulation elsewhere
Eliminate the distraction
Combine chunking and rewards
Pommodoro strategy (small chunk-> reward)
NUDGE! (Little pushes and reminders from your phone ,human being etc.)