COURSE OVERVIEW:
Procrastination usually involves ignoring an unpleasant, but likely more important task, in favour of one that is more enjoyable or easier.
Procrastination is often confused with laziness, but they are very different. Procrastination is an active process – you choose to do something else instead of the task that you know you should be doing. In contrast, laziness suggests apathy, inactivity and an unwillingness to act.
Don’t confuse procrastination with relaxation either. Relaxing, recharges you with energy. In stark contrast, procrastination drain it from you. The less energy you have, the more stressed or even depressed you might have become and the higher the chances of you putting off your responsibilities are.
Procrastination is not a matter, solely, of having poor time management skills, either, but rather can be traced to underlying and more complex psychological reasons. In reality, procrastination is often a self-protection strategy for us. For example, if you procrastinate, then you always have the excuse of "not having enough" time in the event that you fail, so your sense of your ability is never threatened.
If we procrastinate over a long period of time, we can become demotivated and disillusioned with our work, which can lead to depression and even job loss, in extreme cases.
For the most part, our reasons for delaying and avoiding are rooted in fear and anxiety-about doing poorly, of doing too well, of losing control, of looking stupid, of having one's sense of self or self-concept challenged. We avoid doing work to avoid our abilities being judged. And, if we happened to succeed, we feel that much "smarter." So, what can we do to overcome our tendencies to procrastinate?
This course is designed to show you how to get ahead more rapidly in your career, it contains many powerful principles on personal effectiveness. These methods, techniques and strategies are practical and fast acting. Every idea in this course is focused on increasing your overall levels of productivity, performance and output, on making you more valuable in whatever you do. Each of the methods, strategies and techniques is complete in itself. One strategy might be effective in one situation and another might apply to another task. All together, these methods represent a smorgasbord of personal effectiveness techniques that you can use at any time. When you learn and apply these techniques over and over until they become habits, you will alter the course of your life in a very positive way.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By the end of this course, you will be able to understand:
- The negative impact of procrastination
- The importance of overcoming procrastination
- How to decide on exactly what you want to do?
- Why write out your goals and objectives before you begin any tasks?
- How to set a deadline on your goal?
- How to make a list? And organise the list into a plan?
- How to resolve to do something every single day that moves you toward your major goal?
- How to plan every day in advance?
- Why apply the 80/20 rule to everything you do? And why always concentrate your efforts on that top twenty percent?
- Why focus on your most important tasks and priorities that have the most serious consequences on your life or work?
- The ABCDE method for overcoming procrastination
- How to focus, identify and determine your key result areas?
- How to obey the law of forced efficiency?
- How to prepare thoroughly before you begin any tasks?
- How proper prior preparation prevents poor performance?
- Why be more knowledgeable and skilled at your key tasks?
- How to leverage your special talents?
- How to identify your key constraints?
- How to take it one step at a time?
- How to accomplish the biggest and most complicated job you have?
- How to put the pressure on yourself to get all your major tasks completed?
- How to maximise your personal powers?
- How to identify your periods of highest mental and physical energy each day?
- How to motivate yourself into action?
- Why focus on the solution rather than the problem?
- Why always be optimistic and constructive?
- How to practice creative procrastination?
- Why do the most difficult task first?
- How to break large, complex tasks down into bite sized pieces?
- How to create large chunks of time?
- How to organise your days around large blocks of time to concentrate on your most important tasks?
- How to develop a sense of urgency?
- How to be known as the person who does things quickly and well?
- How to single handle every task?
- Why set clear priorities, start and work immediately on your most important task until the job is complete?
- The real key to high performance and maximum personal productivity
COURSE DURATION:
The typical duration of this course is approximately 2-3 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
You must have access to a computer or any mobile device with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free PDF Viewer) installed, to complete this course.
COURSE DELIVERY:
Purchase and download course content.
ASSESSMENT:
A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.
CERTIFICATION:
Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.