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Worksheet Procrastination

Tim Urban gave a TED Talk about procrastination and how our brains work. The document discusses key terms from the talk like procrastinator, procrastinating, and epiphany. It provides exercises to help understand procrastination better by completing a vocabulary activity in Spanish and answering questions about whether procrastination affects people equally, if it's easy to overcome, how to procrastinate less, if chronic procrastinators can be successful, and why some struggle with time management.

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Worksheet Procrastination

Tim Urban gave a TED Talk about procrastination and how our brains work. The document discusses key terms from the talk like procrastinator, procrastinating, and epiphany. It provides exercises to help understand procrastination better by completing a vocabulary activity in Spanish and answering questions about whether procrastination affects people equally, if it's easy to overcome, how to procrastinate less, if chronic procrastinators can be successful, and why some struggle with time management.

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Tim Urban’s Ted Talk: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

Surname, Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………..

Group: ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

Watch this Ted Talk on procrastination and how our brain works. Then do the following exercises.

1. Vocabulary. Complete the following text, which is related to the talk, with the following
vocabulary in the box.
thesis all-nighter procrastinator epiphany procrastinating visualize
Thanks for asking, but I can’t go out tonight because my ……………………. is due in two weeks.
I’m planning to get as much work done as possible today because I don’t want to have to pull an
……………………. closer to the deadline. I can be a bit of ……………………., to be honest, but
I’m trying to improve myself and get more done.

……………………. is a difficult problem to overcome, but it’s not impossible. I had an


……………………. lately, and it’s really helped me get my life in order. Maybe it will work for
you, too. If you often find yourself ……………………., then you might want to try this:
……………………. your goal, and then make a list of realistic steps towards achieving it.

Translate the words you just used into Spanish, if you do not know their meaning, try to deduce it
with context.

Thesis …………………….
All-nighter …………………….
Procrastinator …………………….
Procrastination …………………….
Epiphany …………………….
Visualize …………………….

Now, answer the following questions, be truthful and try to elaborate on the answers.
1. Is procrastination a problem that affects all people equally? Why?

An example on an answer would be the following:


Question 1: No, I don’t think procrastination affects all people equally because some people clearly
seem to struggle much more with it. I think some people can get out of bed and achieve what they
need to do each day, while others are wired differently and find it incredibly difficult to be
productive.

2. Is it easy to overcome procrastination?

3. How can someone procrastinate less and increase their productivity?

4. Can chronic procrastinators become successful people?

5. Why do some people find it so difficult to organize their time effectively?

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