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Skills for Success: Motivation vs Procrastination

Metacognition: Learning how you learn best. Reflect on what works and doesn't work for you. Practice what works.

Break it into pieces

Relax and imagine something you do not want to do.

With this scene in mind, ask yourself:

How curious am I?
How interested am I?
Do I know what the next smallest step should be?
How easy would it be to do the next smallest step?
How important is the next smallest step to me?
Is there any reason not to take the next smallest step?
Is that a valid reason?

Zeigarnik Effect (ZE)

Tasks Completeness and Task Difficulty Affect Undergraduates' Task Recall.
Zeigarnik Effect (ZE) - urge to complete a task keeps brain more engaged...until task is done.
Remembering and regretting: the Zeigarnik effect and the cognitive availability of regrettable actions and inactions
Memories of omissions stronger than memories of commission.
Undermining the Zeigarnik effect: Another hidden cost of reward
Expectation of a reward can discourage ZE urge to finish a task "Reward expectancy, therefore, led to an undermining of the Zeigarnik effect. This observation supports Condry's prediction that rewarding performance at a task can lead to premature task disengagement."

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