Time Management and Effectiveness

4 - Procrastination / Motivation / Impostor syndrome

1.11.2021



Highlight from slides

  • Your tendency for procrastination is defined by your personality 
  • Stable personalities have lower inclination to fluctuate their attention, swap hobbies, engage in short-term relationships, etc. 
  • Your personality is defined by your genetic predispositions and the way you were brought up by your parents (see attachment theory  and section "Patterns of attachment")
  • The structure of your personality cannot be changed, but you can change some patterns of behavioral or emotional reactions in therapy, through self-development, or in stable long-term relationships
  • you need to know yourself in order to understand yourself and be able to control your procrastination tendencies
  • maintain your narcisisstic equilibrium - charge your batteries by doing things you enjoy, by seeking positive emotions - this will help you to deliver your duties and procrastinate less
  • accept appreciation and learn how to appreciate others when they achieve something!
  • impostor syndrome (when one feels insufficient despite the success in objective world) can be simply perceived as a lack of self-confidence = it dwells in the structure of personality


Homework assignment

  1. Do the "Resources & Expenses" exercise to reflect upon what charges and discharges your batteries - see the last slide of presentation
  2. Don't forget to write down your takeaway messages from this session.

In case of any questions regarding this topic, contact Josef.


This video popped-up on me on FB wall - maybe you procrastinate because you are creative? :-)

TED Talk: The surprising habits of original thinkers