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		<title>Stop stopping and start starting&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/03/03/stop-stopping-and-start-starting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Procrastinators are made not born. You need to first identify some of your causes of procrastination so you can begin to understand how to overcome it.

Procrastinators can change their behaviour—but doing so consumes a lot of psychic energy.

Knowing why procrastination happens can help us overcome it.]]></description>
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		<title>Why put it off until tomorrow?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Procrastination is not a problem of time management or of planning.  Procrastinators are not different in their ability to estimate time, although they are more optimistic than others.  "Telling someone who procrastinates to buy a weekly planner is like telling someone with chronic depression to just cheer up," insists Dr. Ferrari, associate professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago.

People procrastinate for different reasons.  Below is a brief description of Dr. Ferrari three basic types of procrastinators:]]></description>
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		<title>Are you a procrastinator?</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/02/24/are-you-a-procrastinator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever put something off until tomorrow?  It is a fact that we tend to put off those things which have a negative emotion attached to them.  Perhaps the task at hand is ‘too hard’, will ‘take too long’, is too ‘boring’ or requires ‘too much effort’.  Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators.  And it’s a lifestyle.

Procrastinators tell themselves lies, such as, "I'll feel more like doing this tomorrow." Or "I work best under pressure." In reality they do not get the urge the next day.  In addition, they protect their sense of self by saying "this isn't important."

Read more about how to recognise a procrastinator after the jump...]]></description>
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		<title>The Black Dot and Procrastination</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/02/22/the-black-dot-and-procrastination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently at a Customer Service workshop and during a conversation on what we expected as customers,  action within reasonabletime frames was mentioned.  One of the ladies in the group mentioned that she is forever procrastinating.  She explained that she'll read documents or emails any number of times before actually dealing with it or replying.

She reminded me of a suggestion I was once given which helps us measure how mad our procrastination of this type is and motivate us to postpone procrastination and act!]]></description>
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