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Applying Techniques to Address Procrastination in the Workplace 165

into play. This preliminary work takes both time and resources.
However, when you are facing a well-practiced procrastination
habit, the time you take to work out the details can save you con-
siderable effort and time and reduce needless hassles that can
come later. You won’t know what is missing from the plan until
you take the steps along the way. If you wait for perfection, it will
probably never come.
Now it’s your turn to devise a plan. Here is a modified sample
PERT planning framework for building counter-procrastination
measures into a productive process.

Goal: ______________________________.
Your Counter-Procrastination Plan

Activity Start Date Completion Reward for Strategy for
Sequence (for each Date (for Completing Containing
and Time phase) each phase) Activity Procras-
Estimates tination
(what to do
first, sec-
ond, etc.)

Can you avoid procrastination by emphasizing meeting per-
formance objectives as outlined in the first column of the plan?
Will setting start dates make a positive difference? Can setting