How to Overcome Procrastination: Informative Speech Outline
Topic: How to overcome procrastination
Purpose: To inform
Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the facts, causes and drawbacks of procrastination, and offer several advise and tips.
Central idea: Procrastination is a psychological behavior that allows a person to postpone or delay a certain activity or task. Survey shows 95 percent of us suffer from great stress and anxiety caused by procrastination. There are two commonly known reasons: Lack of desire and fear. At last introduce three techniques that will help overcoming procrastination. Introduction Example: how common students procrastinates on public speaking class, drawing audiences’ attention to my topic.
Body
I. Why do we need to overcome procrastination? A. Benefits of procrastination 1. Boosting productivity and gratification 2. Not jeopardizing B. Downsides of procrastination 1. Time not effectively spent 2. Unnecessary anguish and anxiety 3. Quality
Transition: The three downsides far outweigh the superficial benefits of procrastination, in fact, procrastination is ruining our lives! I know I didn’t procrastinate on this speech because that would be just wrong. But what about you guys, do you usually put of things until the last minute? I guess so; according to Dr. Piers, writer of “the procrastination equation”, at least 95% of us procrastinate at least occasionally and about 15-20% of us do it consistently. So, it’s time to start resolving this issue, first by looking at the causes of procrastination.
II. The causes of procrastination A. Lack of desire B. Fear
Transition: For these kinds of tasks, we need the cure of procrastination: the three step method I experimented on myself.
III. How to overcome procrastination A. The ten minute rule B. Three magical questions C. ultimate goal vs. immediate desire
Conclusion So, those are three very simple techniques, but they work like magic. I hope through my
Purpose: To inform
Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the facts, causes and drawbacks of procrastination, and offer several advise and tips.
Central idea: Procrastination is a psychological behavior that allows a person to postpone or delay a certain activity or task. Survey shows 95 percent of us suffer from great stress and anxiety caused by procrastination. There are two commonly known reasons: Lack of desire and fear. At last introduce three techniques that will help overcoming procrastination. Introduction Example: how common students procrastinates on public speaking class, drawing audiences’ attention to my topic.
Body
I. Why do we need to overcome procrastination? A. Benefits of procrastination 1. Boosting productivity and gratification 2. Not jeopardizing B. Downsides of procrastination 1. Time not effectively spent 2. Unnecessary anguish and anxiety 3. Quality
Transition: The three downsides far outweigh the superficial benefits of procrastination, in fact, procrastination is ruining our lives! I know I didn’t procrastinate on this speech because that would be just wrong. But what about you guys, do you usually put of things until the last minute? I guess so; according to Dr. Piers, writer of “the procrastination equation”, at least 95% of us procrastinate at least occasionally and about 15-20% of us do it consistently. So, it’s time to start resolving this issue, first by looking at the causes of procrastination.
II. The causes of procrastination A. Lack of desire B. Fear
Transition: For these kinds of tasks, we need the cure of procrastination: the three step method I experimented on myself.
III. How to overcome procrastination A. The ten minute rule B. Three magical questions C. ultimate goal vs. immediate desire
Conclusion So, those are three very simple techniques, but they work like magic. I hope through my
Bibliography: Dr.Piers Steel "The Procrastination Equation" 28 Dec. 2010 | | John Perry "The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing" 28 Aug. 2012 |[| Official Site: The Procrastination Equation. 28 Dec. 2010 .