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I have seen a few of this guy's videos in the past, and I do really enjoy them. He is smart guy and the way he gets people to pay attention to his point with fun little graphics and quickly rewarding facts is great. However, this video have to say fell a little short, not because of the content, but listening to him speak about 'immediate small dopamine releases' against the ones that take longer to enact, made me realize that I hadn't been on Facebook yet today. So then I went and spent 10 minutes on FB. Afterwards I realized that that probably was not the point of the video. However, I did come full circle and am now making the comment instead of procrastinating. So in a strange way it made me procrastinate, and then do my work.
This was a surprisingly helpful video, it packs a lot of information into 3 minutes. I have found the reward technique that this video talks about very useful to getting work done. Sometimes we think that working straight for 3 hours with no breaks is the best use of our time. Taking a 5 minute break every 25 minutes may use up 1/6 of a 3 hour work time, but the likelihood that you would waste even more time without scheduled breaks is pretty high. Acknowledging that a task NEEDS to get done sooner or later also helps me force myself to get work done. When something isn’t due for a while, I find it much easier to simply ignore it in the hopes it might go away. I suppose this is caused by the temporal discounting tendency that this video talks about. Convincing your brain that your future self wants this project to get done more than it wants to browse Facebook is the first step in my battle to defeat procrastination.
This was a very concise informative video. I find it interesting and helpful to understand not only how to stop procrastinating but also why we procrastinate in the first place. This video is in formative but presents it in a fun and engaging manor. I personally typically employ the reward method on a daily basis. Working in these smaller work periods helps me feel less overwhelmed by the work and the breaks help me distress I also enjoy during the breaks looking back at the work I have done already that day and feel productive the more productive I feel the more I want to work.
This is all very good advice, and at one time or another I have employed (or attempted to employ) these tactics. The problem is when something else gets in the way of all your well laid plans. For example, I worked very hard last week to keep my weekend (including Friday) free since I had an out of town guest visiting. Now I'm having trouble catching up because I've gotten used to ignoring my work and having fun. A skill that I need to improve upon is learning how to quickly snap back into my work-mode or routine.
The phrase that most struck me in the video is "Procrastination is a symptom, not a cause." This is an excellent point to be made, and it serves as a good reminder that maybe we need to check up on our motivation a little more instead of just blaming procrastination on late nights of unproductive work. The video was concise and useful. I keep hearing about the timer (Pomodoro Technique) and I keep thinking what a great idea that is, but I tend to get so distracted I forget to start doing that. I'm actually going to try the technique the next time I have to sit down and accomplish a large chunk of work.
This video is somewhat useful but it doesn't provide a lot of new information. A lot of procrastination has to do with self control and so do the tips that are offered. Setting up time intervals to work within to provide rewards is a good idea but it takes a very different mindset to accomplish that working goal which is also very different from someone avoiding work. The most useful part of this video is why we want to procrastinate, even if the solution is not as easy as it is put.
I really liked this video, the way he uses the visual aids really help to keep you focussed on his point without being distracting. I liked what he had to say too, people often tell us to not procrastinate but he gets down to the reason we procrastinate and give ways to help ourselves gradually procrastinate less. I like what he says about giving yourself little rewards. Im usually very good at not procrastinating. The two things that help me with that the most are always getting a good chunk of an assignment done the day it is due and knowing that once i get a really good amount of work done, I will have whatever book im currently reading waiting for me when i finish, i know thats not good motivation for most people but if every night you allow yourself to do something that you love for a little while as a reward for doing a good amount of work during the day then hopefully it will help to motivate you.
So yes I did watch this video in order to procrastinate. But it didn't really tell me anything that was that new. I do the break reward thing, which works to a certain extent. But I always drag out my breaks or don't reward myself enough so I still don't want to work again afterward. But I do agree that a rigid system is better than a flexible one. I also find that it is sometimes hard to focus because virtually all of my homework is done on the computer and so there are a ton of things I could distract myself with all of the time. and I can't turn off the internet because I need it to do my work.
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I have seen a few of this guy's videos in the past, and I do really enjoy them. He is smart guy and the way he gets people to pay attention to his point with fun little graphics and quickly rewarding facts is great. However, this video have to say fell a little short, not because of the content, but listening to him speak about 'immediate small dopamine releases' against the ones that take longer to enact, made me realize that I hadn't been on Facebook yet today. So then I went and spent 10 minutes on FB. Afterwards I realized that that probably was not the point of the video. However, I did come full circle and am now making the comment instead of procrastinating. So in a strange way it made me procrastinate, and then do my work.
This was a surprisingly helpful video, it packs a lot of information into 3 minutes. I have found the reward technique that this video talks about very useful to getting work done. Sometimes we think that working straight for 3 hours with no breaks is the best use of our time. Taking a 5 minute break every 25 minutes may use up 1/6 of a 3 hour work time, but the likelihood that you would waste even more time without scheduled breaks is pretty high. Acknowledging that a task NEEDS to get done sooner or later also helps me force myself to get work done. When something isn’t due for a while, I find it much easier to simply ignore it in the hopes it might go away. I suppose this is caused by the temporal discounting tendency that this video talks about. Convincing your brain that your future self wants this project to get done more than it wants to browse Facebook is the first step in my battle to defeat procrastination.
This was a very concise informative video. I find it interesting and helpful to understand not only how to stop procrastinating but also why we procrastinate in the first place. This video is in formative but presents it in a fun and engaging manor. I personally typically employ the reward method on a daily basis. Working in these smaller work periods helps me feel less overwhelmed by the work and the breaks help me distress I also enjoy during the breaks looking back at the work I have done already that day and feel productive the more productive I feel the more I want to work.
This is all very good advice, and at one time or another I have employed (or attempted to employ) these tactics. The problem is when something else gets in the way of all your well laid plans.
For example, I worked very hard last week to keep my weekend (including Friday) free since I had an out of town guest visiting. Now I'm having trouble catching up because I've gotten used to ignoring my work and having fun.
A skill that I need to improve upon is learning how to quickly snap back into my work-mode or routine.
The phrase that most struck me in the video is "Procrastination is a symptom, not a cause." This is an excellent point to be made, and it serves as a good reminder that maybe we need to check up on our motivation a little more instead of just blaming procrastination on late nights of unproductive work. The video was concise and useful. I keep hearing about the timer (Pomodoro Technique) and I keep thinking what a great idea that is, but I tend to get so distracted I forget to start doing that. I'm actually going to try the technique the next time I have to sit down and accomplish a large chunk of work.
This video is somewhat useful but it doesn't provide a lot of new information. A lot of procrastination has to do with self control and so do the tips that are offered. Setting up time intervals to work within to provide rewards is a good idea but it takes a very different mindset to accomplish that working goal which is also very different from someone avoiding work. The most useful part of this video is why we want to procrastinate, even if the solution is not as easy as it is put.
I really liked this video, the way he uses the visual aids really help to keep you focussed on his point without being distracting. I liked what he had to say too, people often tell us to not procrastinate but he gets down to the reason we procrastinate and give ways to help ourselves gradually procrastinate less. I like what he says about giving yourself little rewards. Im usually very good at not procrastinating. The two things that help me with that the most are always getting a good chunk of an assignment done the day it is due and knowing that once i get a really good amount of work done, I will have whatever book im currently reading waiting for me when i finish, i know thats not good motivation for most people but if every night you allow yourself to do something that you love for a little while as a reward for doing a good amount of work during the day then hopefully it will help to motivate you.
So yes I did watch this video in order to procrastinate. But it didn't really tell me anything that was that new. I do the break reward thing, which works to a certain extent. But I always drag out my breaks or don't reward myself enough so I still don't want to work again afterward. But I do agree that a rigid system is better than a flexible one. I also find that it is sometimes hard to focus because virtually all of my homework is done on the computer and so there are a ton of things I could distract myself with all of the time. and I can't turn off the internet because I need it to do my work.
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