Examples Of Persuasive Speech On Procrastination

I found I’m not alone according to two leading experts on procrastination, Joseph Ferrari, professor of psychology at DePaul University and Timothy Phikul, professor of psychology at Carleton University 20% of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators and up to 70 percent of students in one study said that they procrastinate. This habit affects so many and it one of the most difficult tendencies to kick but fortunately there are ways to go about solving the issue so today I would like to inform you all about why people procrastinate and the effects it can have and also ways to overcome it.

     Procrastination is something that you don’t naturally have an innate ability to do. It is often brought on by finding ways

Besides this omission by Kalat, he still provided an accurate and detailed account of the research article written by Ariely and Wertenbroch. This article is essential in understanding procrastination and answered throughly the three questions it posed. 1.) Are people willing to impose deadlines, with substantial consequences if they are not met, on themselves: yes. 2.) Are these self-imposed deadlines actually helpful in improving overall performance:

First, a person must be honest with themselves and recognize that they are procrastinating. After coming to the realization that one is a procrastinator, make a to do list with low priority tasks; work out why you procrastinate, by

“The first symptom of procrastination is saying, ‘I’ll do it in a bit.’ Then you forget about it. Then comes stage two: ‘I’ll have time later’. . . but you never find time to do it. Stage three is ‘OMG!’ When you realize you have a huge pile of work to do . . . all due tomorrow.

Transition: It is in our human nature to procrastinate, some of us do it more than others but learning about this problem and understanding how it can effect you can be beneficial to everyone

When I am enjoying a nice event, or have an important task to tackle, procrastination somehow factors in my life. Even though I prepare by organizing for any event or task, somehow, I am asked to do something in between those times for others. The majority of the time I would say “Yes, I will do it,” but end up pushing it aside. Although I am giving advice on how to make it better, I tend to overlook the advice that is given to me. Procrastination in all tends to take up the best and important moments of my life, I just need to have the courage to do the work, so it would not happen again.

Attention Getter: So I’m pretty sure everyone here has had an important assignment to complete before like a project or essay. And most of us usually plan it out where we do a portion of it every day. For example, something like this chart here. But then the next thing you know, the deadline is fast approaching and you still haven’t come close to completing your assignment. And we end up somewhere like this. Well, I believe that we can all relate to this and we have all done this to ourselves before. I’m talking about procrastination.

Procrastination is a tendency to postpone, put off, delay, reschedule, take a rain check on, put on ice, hold off, or to defer what is necessary to reach a particular goal.(Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition. Philip Lief Group 2009.) While attending College some students find it hard to juggle work, family, and friends. Leading most students down a dangerous path to procrastination; that negative impact affect students from their physical health, mental health, and social health.

The self-test that was taken during this assignment gave so much insight into the ways of procrastination. Some of the ways that humans procrastinate in are such things that typically would not be thought of. Items such as returning emails and phone calls, never registered as a form of procrastination however; things such as waiting until the last minute to do homework would seem to fall into that category.

Even though I may be a procrastinator, procrastinating is an effective tool. During school you get assigned a lot of assignments, some may be over fall break or even Christmas break. The best thing to do is to do your assignments as soon as you can and then the rest of your break is free time. When I get assigned something, I always tell myself, I am going to get it done before I do anything else, if not I will forget and have to do all my work on a Sunday before we go back to school. Not only can you be a procrastinator in school, but also when you have dentist and doctor appointments. “You even procrastinate when it comes to dieting, saving money, and sending important emails.

Procrastination is a common tendency that we all give in to and all of us have at least a little experience with.

People who procrastinate do so to try and stop them from doing something that might be strenuous in effort. People that procrastinate will also do something called “Structured Procrastination.”This means that they will do something that they normally don't want to do to get out of doing something that might be easier.

Students at FIU need to learn more about procrastination because it would help to prevent them from the stress and health problems that procrastination causes.

I am happy to admit that over the past year I have grown a lot with managing this issue. I accept the responsibilities of the things I need to do and take charge. I say more ‘yes/okay’ rather than ‘I will do it later’. This is one way that I have been strategizing and will continue to do so; say ‘No’ to Procrastination and ‘Yes’ to what I have to do. I AVOID Procrastination with this method.