Comments on: The Black Dot and Procrastination http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/02/22/the-black-dot-and-procrastination/ The remarkable and unremarkable about humans and the effect of their behaviour Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:23:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dizi izle http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/02/22/the-black-dot-and-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-238 dizi izle Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:08:40 +0000 http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=257#comment-238 <strong>netdizi...</strong> Wow, marvelous blog layout! How long have you been blogging for?!... netdizi…

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]]> By: CR http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/02/22/the-black-dot-and-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-39 CR Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:54:32 +0000 http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=257#comment-39 Did the satisfaction of completing work motivate me to do more - yes, certainly. It also motivated me to stay somewhere long enough that any element of 'firefighting' was gone and enjoy the routine. Then I got bored with that for being too predictable... Did the satisfaction of completing work motivate me to do more – yes, certainly. It also motivated me to stay somewhere long enough that any element of ‘firefighting’ was gone and enjoy the routine. Then I got bored with that for being too predictable…

]]> By: Ruth Thompson http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/02/22/the-black-dot-and-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Ruth Thompson Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:32:31 +0000 http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=257#comment-38 Many thanks for the additional info Clarke. Lack of support is a key reason for procrastination...and although micro managing is sometimes the right way to tackle someone who is procrastinating, providing them with the information they require or giving them the first coupkle of steps to complete is much more effective. Good on you for your 'saviour' style of working...sounds like in these incidences the satisfaction of completing the work encouraged and motivated you to do even more! Many thanks for the additional info Clarke. Lack of support is a key reason for procrastination…and although micro managing is sometimes the right way to tackle someone who is procrastinating, providing them with the information they require or giving them the first coupkle of steps to complete is much more effective.

Good on you for your ‘saviour’ style of working…sounds like in these incidences the satisfaction of completing the work encouraged and motivated you to do even more!

]]> By: CR http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/02/22/the-black-dot-and-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-37 CR Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:17:22 +0000 http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=257#comment-37 "I wonder how much info/help/support you were provided with for the new role or responsibility?" So far in my working life I have found I might get: - Zero support, because I have replaced someone who has moved on, who didn't document their work, and who nobody really likes talking about. I can either run away or make a (well-documented) niche for myself. - Nit-picking micro-management because the person who used to do the job can't let go. I have to find a diplomatic way of letting them know they are paid to do something else, while not doing so-well in the short-term that they hate my guts and are impossible to work with in the future. Oh, and subscribe to the Friday Tele', in case they become impossible. - Or generally, I have found I work/have worked with really supportive people who apologise for the mess someone left behind and I have had given to me. For a reasonable short-term investment, I can become a star. It was like that when I sub-taught - as long as I didn't let my saviour-of-the-day role go to my head, it was great. In either case, it's all useful experience. “I wonder how much info/help/support you were provided with for the new role or responsibility?”

So far in my working life I have found I might get:
- Zero support, because I have replaced someone who has moved on, who didn’t document their work, and who nobody really likes talking about. I can either run away or make a (well-documented) niche for myself.
- Nit-picking micro-management because the person who used to do the job can’t let go. I have to find a diplomatic way of letting them know they are paid to do something else, while not doing so-well in the short-term that they hate my guts and are impossible to work with in the future. Oh, and subscribe to the Friday Tele’, in case they become impossible.
- Or generally, I have found I work/have worked with really supportive people who apologise for the mess someone left behind and I have had given to me. For a reasonable short-term investment, I can become a star. It was like that when I sub-taught – as long as I didn’t let my saviour-of-the-day role go to my head, it was great.

In either case, it’s all useful experience.

]]> By: Ruth Thompson http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/02/22/the-black-dot-and-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Ruth Thompson Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:57:32 +0000 http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=257#comment-36 Ahh...to take the theory seriously... This is such a good point. We all have wonderful hints and tips in our heads that have been collected over the years, unfortunatley we rarely use them. Taking the theory seriously and using it appropriately is the difference bewteen seeing the benefit and not. I am always saying that the provision of the information (eg training course, seminar etc) is the easy bit...taking it away and applying it...takes some effort! Thanks for the voo2doo link, will be looking into it for myself, I find Outlook Tasks somewhat helpful but a more organised and detailed application might just make the difference. Ahh…to take the theory seriously… This is such a good point. We all have wonderful hints and tips in our heads that have been collected over the years, unfortunatley we rarely use them. Taking the theory seriously and using it appropriately is the difference bewteen seeing the benefit and not. I am always saying that the provision of the information (eg training course, seminar etc) is the easy bit…taking it away and applying it…takes some effort!

Thanks for the voo2doo link, will be looking into it for myself, I find Outlook Tasks somewhat helpful but a more organised and detailed application might just make the difference.

]]> By: Ruth Thompson http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/02/22/the-black-dot-and-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Ruth Thompson Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:54:15 +0000 http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=257#comment-35 Interesting examples Clarke. I wonder how much info/help/support you were provided with for the new role or responsibility? Quite often we make presumptions about how much someone knows, especially if we have been doing that role ourselves. Remembering every step or providing the type of information that gets someone started is actually quite difficult. Its' actually quite common for procrastination to increase if we are not sure exactly what we need to do. I'm guessing the latter makes life easier for everyone involved :-) though, it can be difficult to get ahead, especially if you are fire fighting.... Interesting examples Clarke. I wonder how much info/help/support you were provided with for the new role or responsibility? Quite often we make presumptions about how much someone knows, especially if we have been doing that role ourselves. Remembering every step or providing the type of information that gets someone started is actually quite difficult. Its’ actually quite common for procrastination to increase if we are not sure exactly what we need to do.

I’m guessing the latter makes life easier for everyone involved :-) though, it can be difficult to get ahead, especially if you are fire fighting….

]]> By: Dawn Baird http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/02/22/the-black-dot-and-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Dawn Baird Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:27:22 +0000 http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=257#comment-34 I've found I've recently started taking Covey seriously, with his quadrants system. It means I really have to be honest with myself, otherwise stuff I need to do just looks silly being marked as "urgent". This is for the big stuff. For the small stuff, I use www.voo2doo.com, where I date and mark smaller things (Tasks) as 1,2 or 3 inside the bigger stuff (Projects). It works better than a massive list all jumbled up. I’ve found I’ve recently started taking Covey seriously, with his quadrants system. It means I really have to be honest with myself, otherwise stuff I need to do just looks silly being marked as “urgent”. This is for the big stuff.
For the small stuff, I use http://www.voo2doo.com, where I date and mark smaller things (Tasks) as 1,2 or 3 inside the bigger stuff (Projects). It works better than a massive list all jumbled up.

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