1. HOW TO OVERCOME
PROCRASTINATION
WHILE REVIEWING
FOR THE FINAL TEST
PUBLIC
Presenter: Trần Thị Hồng Ngọc

2. Procrastination in university students
1. Affects of procrastination
2. Avoiding procrastination
3. 3 steps to overcome procrastination

3. What is procrastination?
Procrastination is the act
of putting off intentionally
the doing of something
that should be done.

4. Negative affects of procrastination
“Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot fun
until you get the bill” – Christopher Parker
• Physical experience (tension, headaches,…)
• Mental experience (stressed, self-critical,..)
• Study/work (miss opportunities, perform poorly)
• Within relationships (tense, fraught,…)
• Quality of life (negative, pessimistic,…)

5. Avoiding procrastination
- Get away from the Internet
(Facebook, Y!m, Twitter, Youtube,
Skype , Google +, etc.)
- Turn off computer unless necessary
(playing games, watching films,
etc.)
- Put your mobile phone away.
(making a call, texting, browsing,
gaming, taking photos, etc.)

6. 3 steps to overcome procrastination
1. Recognize when you start procrastinating
2. Work out why you procrastinate
3. Adopt Anti-Procrastination Strategies

7. Step 1: Recognize when you start procrastinating
 Knowing
your priorities.
 Some indictors include:
 Filling your day with low priority tasks
 Sitting down to start a high-priority task and getting distracted.
 Leaving an item on your to-do list for a long time, when you
know it’s important
 Saying “yes” to unimportant tasks

8. Step 2: Work out why you procrastinate
Reasons:
 Find a particular subject unpleasant
 Be disorganized
 Feel overwhelmed by the task
 Be a perfectionist
 Have underdeveloped
decision-making skills
…

9. Step 3: Get over it!

Make up your own rewards

Ask someone else to check up on you

Identify the unpleasant consequences

Break the subject into a set of smaller, more manageable tasks

10. THANKS FOR YOUR
ATTENTION.