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Procrastination the Enemy of Career Development .

Overcoming Procrastination And Growth Your Career.

Author

Glen Patterson
March 06, 2023

 Rise and Shine

Quote of the Week

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” –Thomas Jefferson

CAREER

Overcoming Procrastination the Enemy of Career Development .

There is a high possibility that at this moment you are procrastinating on something. Maybe you are reading this article to do so.

Time: If you examine how you spend your time, it will be clear to you, you will know whether you procrastinate or not. Most people procrastinate more than they know. Keep a log of your daily activity, write a journal to keep track of how you spend your time, you will know how long you spend putting off tasks.

Why we procrastinate: First thing you need to know is that it is a human condition. 95% of people admit to putting off work, according to Piers Steel, author of The Procrastination Equation.

As for the phenomenon of putting stuff off, it’s “a purely visceral, emotional reaction to something we don’t want to do,” says Tim Pychyl, author of Solving the Procrastination Puzzle. The more averse you find a task, the more likely you are to procrastinate.

Sounds Familiar? These are some of the characteristics that make a task procrastination-worthy according to Tim Pychyl.

  • Boring

  • Frustrating

  • Difficult

  • Ambiguous

  • Unstructured

  • Not intrinsically rewarding (i.e., you don’t find the process fun)

  • Lacking in personal meaning

On a neurological level, procrastination is not the slightest bit logical — it’s the result of the emotional part of your brain, your limbic system, strong-arming the reasonable, rational part of your brain, your prefrontal cortex. The logical part of your brain surrenders the moment you choose Facebook over work, or decide to binge another episode of House of Cards when you get home.

Stopping Procrastination: When you notice an approaching showdown between logic and emotion, resist the impulse to procrastinate.

More Ways to Stop it: When you begin to notice the urge to procrastinate, do something to get started. Atimes, getting started is always the hardest, just do anything to start.

  • Think differently about tasks, make the idea of completing more fun and attractive.

  • Reward yourself for completing tasks, think about the reward.

  • Resist the urge to procrastinate.

  • Know what procrastinating could cost you.

  • Disconnect. Social media, family, friends. Within that period disconnect.

 JOB

Job Openings

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NEWS

“Many bosses are calling workers back to the office. One big U.S. company told people hired on a remote basis that they need to start coming in.

The financial-services company USAA notified some staff on Monday that they would soon be required to show up in an office three days a week, according to a company email reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.”

BERNERS-LEE WORLD WIDE WEB SOURCE CODE AUCTIONED AS NFT

Tim Berners-Lee, British computer scientist will be auctioning the original code for the World Wide Web as a non-fungible token (NFT) at an online Sotheby’s auction.

What is going on? Bids for the digitally signed Ethereum blockchain NFT will start at just $1,000 during the auction titled This Changed Everything and set to run from June 23 to June 30.

What are NFTs? NFTs are digital files underpinned by blockchain technology – the same technology on which popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum rest. But unlike cryptocurrencies, an NFT is totally unique and the blockchain ledger it sits on verifies who the rightful owner is of that one-of-a-kind item.

Big Picture: The files up for auction include 9,555 lines of code that have implementations of the three languages and protocols invented by Berners-Lee: HTML (hypertext markup language), HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol), and URIs (uniform resource identifiers), according to Sotheby’s. Also included are original HTML documents that detail how to use the application.

Total NFT sales reached an eye-popping $2 billion in the first quarter of this year, according to data from Nonfungible, a website which tracks the market.

COURSES

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OPPORTUNITY/EVENTS

Tech Career Fair focus on helping companies achieve their diversity and inclusivity initiative with more diverse non-traditional candidates

When and where

Date and time

Fri, March 17, 2023, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

Location

Moved to Virtual Event Online New York, NY 10119

About this event

3 hours

Mobile eTicket

Tech Career Fair

We will be hosting a virtual Tech Career Fair with our hiring partners from fast growing startups and Fortune 500 companies in technology. There will be a focus on helping companies achieve their diversity and inclusivity initiative with more diverse candidates to their talent pool. Available roles that our hiring companies are looking to fill are of the following:

  • Software Engineering

  • Product Management

  • Data Scientist

  • AI/Machine Learning Engineer

  • Data Analyst

  • UI/UX Design

  • Marketing

  • Sales

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