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Informative Speech - Sample Procrastination Attention Grabber

Procrastination can cause many problems such as unfinished tasks and lead to health issues. Specifically, procrastination often results in unfinished tasks because college students lack time management skills and are easily distracted by internet access. Additionally, procrastination is linked to negative physical and mental health outcomes as well as greater stress due to perceived stress, negative coping behaviors, and failure to address important needs. To avoid these issues, developing time management techniques can help combat procrastination.

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Informative Speech - Sample Procrastination Attention Grabber

Procrastination can cause many problems such as unfinished tasks and lead to health issues. Specifically, procrastination often results in unfinished tasks because college students lack time management skills and are easily distracted by internet access. Additionally, procrastination is linked to negative physical and mental health outcomes as well as greater stress due to perceived stress, negative coping behaviors, and failure to address important needs. To avoid these issues, developing time management techniques can help combat procrastination.

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INFORMATIVE SPEECH - SAMPLE

PROCRASTINATION

Have you ever put off your assignment until the last minute? Or Attention grabber
perhaps studied for the test only a day before? Or maybe
delayed writing an essay until the last possible hour? All of us
are guilty of delaying tasks and putting off important work until a
later date. The next thing we know, it is the end of the day and
our important task remains unfinished. 

Good morning ladies and gentlemen and thank you all for Greetings, introduce
coming. It is my great pleasure to welcome you here this topic and specific
morning to deliver a speech entitled, “Procrastination” and I will
specifically talk about the impacts on procrastination. purpose

I have been wondering why most people love to avoid or Credibility


delaying their work, and this has inspired me to do extensive
research on this topic.

One of the American journalists, Don Marquis. Stated that Background


“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.” It information
refers to either avoiding a task altogether or deferring it to a
later, often unspecified time. In one study, Steel, P. (2007)
describe that approximately 80%–95% of college students
engage in procrastination to some degree, approximately 70%
consider themselves to be procrastinators, and approximately
50% say that they procrastinate in a consistent and problematic
manner.

Procrastination can cause many problems such as unfinished Central Idea


task and lead to health problems.
Main point 1

Now let us consider the consequences for people who enjoy Transition
procrastinating.

The first impact of procrastination is unfinished task.


Main point 1

According to an Educational Science professor, Odaci, academic


Elaboration
procrastination is a significant problem during college year in
part because many college students lack efficient time
management skills in using the internet. Also, Odaci notes that
most colleges provide free and fast 24 hours internet service
which some students are not usually accustomed to, and as a
result of irresponsible use or lack of firewalls these students
become engulfed in a world of procrastination. “Student
Syndrome” refers to the phenomenon where a student will
begin to fully apply himself or herself to a task only immediately
before a deadline. This negates the usefulness of any buffers
built into individual task duration estimates.

Main point 2

Secondly, new evidence suggests that procrastination doesn’t Main point 2


just hurt your work, it may also seriously damage your health.

According to Ferrari and Díaz-Morales (2014), various studies


Elaboration
have linked procrastination with negative physical and mental
health outcomes and also with greater stress vulnerability.

The study shows the results indicated that procrastinators


reported significantly lower positive actions as well as lower
expressions of feelings and needs than non-procrastinators.

Ferrari and Díaz-Morales concluded that chronic procrastination


might impact mental or physical health due to greater perceived
stress, negative coping behaviors, and omission of important
adjustment behaviors.

In conclusion, today I have shared with you some information on


the impact of procrastination which can cause many problems
such as unfinished task and lead to health problems.

Instead of letting procrastination take hold, take some time to


develop time management techniques to help you deal with it
when it appears. Let’s combat procrastination together.
Repeat Central Idea
Thank you.
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