| [00:01.467] | You really should finish compiling that boring spreadsheet, |
| [00:04.482] | but you just can't bring yourself to do it. |
| [00:07.534] | Maybe it can wait a little longer. |
| [00:10.131] | Or it might just disappear if you ignore it long enough. |
| [00:14.245] | You know the feeling. |
| [00:15.443] | According to Professor Piers Steel, |
| [00:18.150] | of the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary,Piers Steel |
| [00:21.830] | 95% of people postpone important tasks at some point.95％ |
| [00:26.843] | But for some, procrastination isn't occasional, |
| [00:30.393] | but incessant and disruptive. |
| [00:33.352] | Professor Joseph Ferrari, of DePaul University Chicago, |
| [00:36.734] | found that 20% of the population of the world are chronic procrastinators. |
| [00:42.724] | Sadly, delaying our duties isn't very good for us: |
| [00:46.481] | task-avoiders are less happy, less healthy and less wealthy |
| [00:50.832] | than people who tackle tasks immediately. |
| [00:54.778] | We like to tell ourselves that we work better under pressure, |
| [00:58.013] | when a deadline is looming. |
| [01:00.098] | But the truth is that working at the last minute is counterproductive: |
| [01:04.329] | we make more mistakes, our behaviour annoys other people |
| [01:07.842] | and we end up feeling guilty and ashamed. |
| [01:11.410] | Worse still, we risk wasting a significant portion of our life |
| [01:15.180] | putting off tasks that will only come back to haunt us later. |
| [01:19.169] | As the poet Edward Young wrote: |
| [01:21.375] | "Procrastination is the thief of time".“ |
| [01:24.806] | Piers Steel gives us some advice to help us confront important tasks. Piers Steel |
| [01:29.083] | He suggests breaking it into smaller chunks |
| [01:32.517] | and taking baby steps until the task at hand has been completed. |
| [01:37.634] | Or you could give a friend ￡50 |
| [01:40.041] | and tell them that if you don't go through with it, |
| [01:42.836] | they can give it away to a cause or a political party you dislike. |
| [01:48.172] | Those who are highly-organised and efficient |
| [01:50.137] | won't need to take heed of this advice. |
| [01:53.266] | For everyone else: |
| [01:54.585] | will you start following these tips |
| [01:57.303] | and confront those urgent tasks that await you today? |
| [01:59.670] | Or will you stop procrastinating tomorrow... or perhaps the day after? |
| [00:01.467] | You really should finish compiling that boring spreadsheet, |
| [00:04.482] | but you just can' t bring yourself to do it. |
| [00:07.534] | Maybe it can wait a little longer. |
| [00:10.131] | Or it might just disappear if you ignore it long enough. |
| [00:14.245] | You know the feeling. |
| [00:15.443] | According to Professor Piers Steel, |
| [00:18.150] | of the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, Piers Steel |
| [00:21.830] | 95 of people postpone important tasks at some point. 95 |
| [00:26.843] | But for some, procrastination isn' t occasional, |
| [00:30.393] | but incessant and disruptive. |
| [00:33.352] | Professor Joseph Ferrari, of DePaul University Chicago, |
| [00:36.734] | found that 20 of the population of the world are chronic procrastinators. |
| [00:42.724] | Sadly, delaying our duties isn' t very good for us: |
| [00:46.481] | taskavoiders are less happy, less healthy and less wealthy |
| [00:50.832] | than people who tackle tasks immediately. |
| [00:54.778] | We like to tell ourselves that we work better under pressure, |
| [00:58.013] | when a deadline is looming. |
| [01:00.098] | But the truth is that working at the last minute is counterproductive: |
| [01:04.329] | we make more mistakes, our behaviour annoys other people |
| [01:07.842] | and we end up feeling guilty and ashamed. |
| [01:11.410] | Worse still, we risk wasting a significant portion of our life |
| [01:15.180] | putting off tasks that will only come back to haunt us later. |
| [01:19.169] | As the poet Edward Young wrote: |
| [01:21.375] | " Procrastination is the thief of time"." |
| [01:24.806] | Piers Steel gives us some advice to help us confront important tasks. Piers Steel |
| [01:29.083] | He suggests breaking it into smaller chunks |
| [01:32.517] | and taking baby steps until the task at hand has been completed. |
| [01:37.634] | Or you could give a friend 50 |
| [01:40.041] | and tell them that if you don' t go through with it, |
| [01:42.836] | they can give it away to a cause or a political party you dislike. |
| [01:48.172] | Those who are highlyorganised and efficient |
| [01:50.137] | won' t need to take heed of this advice. |
| [01:53.266] | For everyone else: |
| [01:54.585] | will you start following these tips |
| [01:57.303] | and confront those urgent tasks that await you today? |
| [01:59.670] | Or will you stop procrastinating tomorrow... or perhaps the day after? |
| [00:01.467] | You really should finish compiling that boring spreadsheet, |
| [00:04.482] | but you just can' t bring yourself to do it. |
| [00:07.534] | Maybe it can wait a little longer. |
| [00:10.131] | Or it might just disappear if you ignore it long enough. |
| [00:14.245] | You know the feeling. |
| [00:15.443] | According to Professor Piers Steel, |
| [00:18.150] | of the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, Piers Steel |
| [00:21.830] | 95 of people postpone important tasks at some point. 95 |
| [00:26.843] | But for some, procrastination isn' t occasional, |
| [00:30.393] | but incessant and disruptive. |
| [00:33.352] | Professor Joseph Ferrari, of DePaul University Chicago, |
| [00:36.734] | found that 20 of the population of the world are chronic procrastinators. |
| [00:42.724] | Sadly, delaying our duties isn' t very good for us: |
| [00:46.481] | taskavoiders are less happy, less healthy and less wealthy |
| [00:50.832] | than people who tackle tasks immediately. |
| [00:54.778] | We like to tell ourselves that we work better under pressure, |
| [00:58.013] | when a deadline is looming. |
| [01:00.098] | But the truth is that working at the last minute is counterproductive: |
| [01:04.329] | we make more mistakes, our behaviour annoys other people |
| [01:07.842] | and we end up feeling guilty and ashamed. |
| [01:11.410] | Worse still, we risk wasting a significant portion of our life |
| [01:15.180] | putting off tasks that will only come back to haunt us later. |
| [01:19.169] | As the poet Edward Young wrote: |
| [01:21.375] | " Procrastination is the thief of time"." |
| [01:24.806] | Piers Steel gives us some advice to help us confront important tasks. Piers Steel |
| [01:29.083] | He suggests breaking it into smaller chunks |
| [01:32.517] | and taking baby steps until the task at hand has been completed. |
| [01:37.634] | Or you could give a friend 50 |
| [01:40.041] | and tell them that if you don' t go through with it, |
| [01:42.836] | they can give it away to a cause or a political party you dislike. |
| [01:48.172] | Those who are highlyorganised and efficient |
| [01:50.137] | won' t need to take heed of this advice. |
| [01:53.266] | For everyone else: |
| [01:54.585] | will you start following these tips |
| [01:57.303] | and confront those urgent tasks that await you today? |
| [01:59.670] | Or will you stop procrastinating tomorrow... or perhaps the day after? |
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