Description
Most people procrastinate, in fact 98% do. A certain level of procrastination is actually very healthy but sometimes we may procrastinate more than that. In this workshop, participants will better understand the reasons behind their procrastination and develop a set of effective strategies to overcome procrastination.
We will draw on the 7 main reasons why people procrastinate and the according 7 science-based strategies with concrete methods, tools and the mindset to become a little better to overcome procrastination. It is all based on a current research project called the science of action.
For example, some people may suffer from too many distractions, the feeling of overload and overwhelm when everything seems too much, while some deal with their negative inner voices, the feeling of exhaustion or isolation. All these reasons for procrastination are very natural, so let's find out what matters to us, be more in piece with ourselves and cultivate proactivity to get ourselves out of procrastination.
All methods are science-based coming from various domains such as design thinking, chronobiology, positive psychology, neuroscience and many more. For each of the 7 key strategies we may have up to 7 methods to choose from. So, by the end of the session you will have developed your own portfolio of action-taking.
Learning objectives
Form
Interactive workshop with short input session and time to apply the input immediately to participants' work and life. Individual and small group break-out-sessions.
Trainer
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kernbach works at the University of St. Gallen, at the African Doctoral Academy and is Visiting Fellow at Stanford University. He heads the Visual Collaboration Lab, the Life Design Lab (www.lifedesignlab.ch) and is part of the Stanford team "Creativity in Research" (www.CreativityInResearch.org).
Time and place
18th March 2024; 10:00-17:00 (online)
Target group
Ph.D. students at all levels, Postdoctoral researcher
Academic staff from other universities please contact fd@unisg.ch
(min. 6, max. 12 participants)
Language
English