Career & Communication · 45 sec
Procrastination
A useful lens for working and communicating with other people.
The useful idea
- The useful idea
Procrastination is an avoidance coping behavior that involves unnecessarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there could be negative consequences for doing so.
- How it works
It is a human experience resulting from internal stress that leads to delaying everyday chores or even putting off tasks such as attending an appointment, submitting a job report or academic assignment,
- Why it matters
or broaching a stressful issue with a partner.
Why this matters
Use Procrastination to make your next conversation or work decision more deliberate.
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Use Procrastination to make your next conversation or work decision more deliberate.
Test your recall
Which idea belongs to the explanation of Procrastination?
- How it works
- The useful idea — correct
- Why it matters
Procrastination is an avoidance coping behavior that involves unnecessarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there could be negative consequences for doing so.