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- majordanger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+46I'll have to read this later.
- ahsen74, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31It was interesting to read this article, considering I was procrastinating some work by going on Digg!
- 560Benz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23I truly believe that all deadlines are unreasonable regardless of the amount of time given
- iching, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20The best part about procrastination is that you are never bored, because you always have number of tasks that you should be working on.
- Kranklin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17I'll read your comment later, but i guess i'll write mine now
- albel65, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Procrastinators unite...tomorrow!
- ddfall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9"Hard work often pays off after time but procrastination pays off now."
http://images.despair.com/products/demotivators/procrastination.jpg
Man I love those posters...
(No, I'm not posting this for people to buy the stuff, I just think they're fun...)
Also:
@daylight1o1 Prepare to be blocked and banned... - Fhionnlaoch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I love ratemyprofessor.ca.
The funniest thing I've read is how one instructor has an "Asian girl volunteer fetish." - vuke69, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Only ten years... Pffft, what an amateur.
- Arramol, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Spamming Myspace links on Digg. It's like handing out invitations to a barbecue at a vegetarian convention. Seriously, is there any web-site we hate worse?
- whiledo, on 03/25/2009, -0/+6Hey, don't knock procrastination. When I die, there's going to be a huge list of things that I didn't want to do that I put off while doing things I enjoyed instead.
Granted, one of the items on that list is likely to be "Go see doctor about shooting pain down left arm"... - DDRSkata, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I'm no scientist, but I'm going to have to disagree on the idea that procrastination is the result of a lack of confidence in your ability to competently complete a task. My reasons for procrastinating are confidence that I can do an amazing job even finishing at the last minute (for short term projects), confidence that no matter when I finish the project, it'll be great, or that the final product will be better if I give it more thought (for long-term projects), or that playing Zelda for a couple of hours before lunch is more important.
I never have any doubt in my mind that I'll finish a project, but I'm the ***** king of procrastinators. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7@daylight...this is complete crap where are all the nude girls? I'm getting calloused on the way to climax. Stop procrastinating...let's see the chicks!
I hate that guy and admire his persistence. - cosmotron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4You can view the full article here (HTML & PDF):
http://content.apa.org/journals/bul/133/1/65 - CaptShmo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Anybody else notice that the end formula is pretty close to "Evade" =P
- ddfall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Funny the first time and an obvious post. oh well.
- resplence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you actually got busy with something else then it's not procrastination.
- rusty0101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Not if he was busy thinking about digging other articles.
- Shizlanski, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Interesting formula though, if the person has no sensitivity to delay then the task is infinitely desirable. That doesnt seem right.
- nazsco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2even easier then typing "ga" is clicking the "digg" button. fad.
- vuke69, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Continued research into procrastination should not be delayed,"... from TFA
I'll get right on that, um, when is it due again? - btsiders, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't quite understand why he used an 'x' to show multiplication in one part of the equation but not the other. Instead of "E x V/ÃD", I would think it would be "E x V / Ã x D" or "EV/ÃD". Maybe this can be seen as more proof that procrastinating (for ten years in his case) is not necessarily tied to being a perfectionist. :-)
- Prophet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's not abbreviation if you explain what the abbreviation means.
- ElFredo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Continued research into procrastination should not be delayed", oh the irony...
- resplence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2FTA:
"Steel has also come up with the E=MC2 of procrastination, a formula he's dubbed Temporal Motivational Theory, which takes into account factors such as the expectancy a person has of succeeding with a given task (E), the value of completing the task (V), the desirability of the task (Utility), its immediacy or availability (Ã) and the person's sensitivity to delay (D).
It looks like this and uses the Greek letter Ã: Utility = E x V/ÃD"
The article is quite vague and I've never been good with formulas, can someone more knowledgeable on the subject provide us with an working example? For instance, does it return an abstract coefficient, some unit of time, a percentage, what? - Jelfish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@resplence
Physicists do that all the time. By itself, it's not a meaningful equation. It's merely a statement put into mathematical language. It's saying that your Utility (the pleasure or personal reward) that you gain is proportional to both its value and the expectancy of success (makes sense, right?) and indirectly proportional to immediacy (how long it takes) and delay sensitivity (also makes sense). The claim (and the point of equation) is that those 4 things are all the variables involved in determining utility and that they all have an equal (linear) weight. Now, unlike physics equation, those variables aren't quantitatively (or even operatively) defined. Therefore, as it stands, the equation is a fancy and pedantic way of expressing a relationship. - tainedhero, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6I have a nice, witty comment.
But all that damn typing.... - Chinnydaisy, on 02/23/2008, -4/+5Yay Piers!
I had HROD 317 (Human Resources) with him last semester, and he was great!
I just saw him on the news too!
Here he is on ratemyproffessor
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=256319 - resplence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks, I think you just taught me how to actually read equations.
- bedrock, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Jeez, you expect someone to actually think about that? I'm going to check my email...
- whiledo, on 03/25/2009, -0/+1We do? Cause I don't...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"the key is that a person must believe it would be better to start working on given tasks immediately, but still not start."
Yep, that's me. Still haven't got round to studying for my exams that are closing in at an alarming rate. - lihkin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Its not fun having no work to do. Its fun having lots to do and not doing it.
- 15charmaxwtf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Not all delays can be considered procrastination; the key is that a person must believe it would be better to start working on given tasks"
He mentions that. - NinjaBoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah I have a ton of stuff to be programming right now. But here I am sitting on digg....
- m3mn0n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Don't feed the troll.... just digg him down, block him and move on....
- Chealion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The U of C on digg?!? Something must be wrong. Or it could just be the Business faculty ;-)
- jerrro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Aaar! Gimme the torrent-link to this written booty...my chest'o'swag does not contain $11.95
- gummih, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A low threshold for frustration also contributes to procrastination I think.
- dlkereluk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I would have did this sooner, but here is goes.
In my case, procrastination is due to problems with ADHD (inattentive) most of the time. For me, it's a problem with getting the ability to see a project through to its completion. - madhaha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1And we all know where you got That from..
- vblvbl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's strange that he attributes procrastination to lack of confidence in completion. I actually put stuff off because I KNOW I can get it done at the last minute.
- Procrastinus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Again, notice that the equation has several components. Likely the major component enabling your procrastination is impulsiveness.
- Mitts, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0tagworld?
- Procrastinus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah. That is a simplified form of the equation, mostly to help explain how the components work together. If you want the full blown version, with appropriate weightings, see "Integrating Theories of Motivation" published in the Academy of Management Review. I review it much more detail. To be fair, people were already intimidated by the stripped down version, so what are you going to do?
Piers Steel
www.procrastinus.com - Procrastinus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OK, I will give you the equation in poetry form, just to help you out:
Despite the prevalence
Of expectancy by valence
The evidence is mounting
That we need temporal discounting
For it would be futility
To assess your utility
In its absence - 15charmaxwtf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Do you aim too high to start with? I think I've done that with bit of work I've done, lucky I'm not a politician.
- Procrastinus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Here it is as poetry:
Despite the prevalence
Of expectancy by valence
The evidence is mounting
That we need temporal discounting
For it would be futility
To assess your utility
In its absence - rockchops, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I've got all your procrastination stories beat: I'm currently procrastinating on a 20 page paper that was due over a month ago (last semester even)! Amateurs the lot of you!
- becknell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1And I could be reading some Dawkins right now but I decided to check digg... DOH!
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