Saturday, February 17, 2007

Suitable System

Procrastination is important for everyone who pursuing a career because it afflicts most of them. In the essay “Procrastination” Dr. Joyce Brothers gives its definition. Then, she illustrates the consequences that procrastination may cause with an anecdote that contain implicit evidence. Also, she explains psychological and effective tools that can help people to prevent procrastination. She gives the following steps:
*Do a Reinforcement List or Procrastination List.
*Organize the list in order of the importance.
*Scheduling the task in order of the severity of the penalty.
*Set a goal.
Step by step she gives extraordinary examples with very good details. Also, she explains little tricks that people can use in order to obtain better result. I like the system that she has of the three “To Do” baskets because of her tendency to procrastinate. I think is a genial idea. She details what she does. It is amazing how these three baskets are a useful tool to obtain appropriate effectiveness. She explains that the first basket is for things for today. The second one is for after emergencies. And the third one is for everything else. She ends the essay with a subtitle “The Glorious sense of Accomplishment.” This part is an important advice that people should do. Reward yourself when something is done!

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