英语演讲 --拖延症大全

第一篇：英语演讲 --拖延症大全

现象

在现实生活中，这样的事屡见不鲜，①堆成小山的脏衣服想洗却一直没动手;④明知马上要交作业，却还在玩游戏、晒照片、在各大论坛看帖子，直到最后一刻才不得不开始工作;⑤期末考试临近，却不愿碰专业书本或文献一下，甚至哪怕deadline就在几天之后，这样的人有一个共同的名字——“拖延症患者”

In our daily life, such things are common.A pile of dirty clothes to be washed have been not started.Knowing immediately to hand in papers, still playing the game, uploading photos, seeing posts in various forums, notuntil the last minute will you get started to work.Final exams are approaching, but you do not want to touch the professional literature about the book or even just a few days comes the deadline even.Such people have a common name-delaying disease patients, or we can call them patients with procrastination

定义

拖延症（Procrastination）指的是非必要、后果有害的推迟行为。取意“将之前的事情放置明天”。目前这个词并不是一个严格的心理学或医学术语，但拖延现象现已成为管理学家和心理学家研究的一个重要课题

Procrastination refers to a non necessary to postpone the consequences of harmful behavior, which is Intended to take “put the things off till tomorrow.” Currently the word is not a strictly psychological or medical terminology.However, delays have become to be an important research topic in the management and psychology

问题存在中国青年报的一项网上心理调查结果显示，2250名被访者中，有72.8%的人坦言自己患上了拖延症。其中14.0%的人觉得自己的额拖延症“非常明显”，41.5%的人觉得“比较明显”，仅7.3%的人觉得自己没有拖延症

美国和加拿大的统计数据表明，70%的大学生存在学业拖延的状况，普通人中也有20%的人每天出现拖延行为。按照这个数据推算，全球有近10亿人患有拖延症。

The results of an online survey of psychological made by China Youth Daily, Show that 2250 respondents, 72.8% of people admitted that they are suffering from procrastination.Of which 14.0% feel that their amount procrastination “very clear”, 41.5% of people think “obvious”, only 7.3% of people feel that they do not have delay disease.The U.S.and Canada statistics show 70% of college academic procrastination condition exists, also 20% ordinary people have daily delays behavior.According to this data, nearly 1 billion people worldwide suffer from procrastination.拖延症的特点

1.没有自信。因为每次完成任务都达不到自己最高的能力，对自我能力的评估会越来越低。

2.我太忙。我一直拖着没做是因为我一直很忙。

3.顽固。你催我也没有用，我准备好了自然会开始做。

4.操控别人。他们着急也没用，一切都要等我到了才能开始。

5.对抗压力。因为每天压力很大，所以要做的事情一直被拖下来。lack of confidence.Because each task is not up to the highest ability, the ability

for self-assessment will become more lower.I am too busy.I don’t have it done is dragging because I've been busy.stubborn.Your urge on me has no use, I will be ready to start doing naturally.4 manipulate others.Their worry is useless, all things will not begin before my appearance.5.Against pressure.Every day a lot of pressure to be faced so that something has to be dragged down.分析原因

一个人认为自己5天之内可以做完一件事情，所以在离期限还有15天的时候一点不着急，直到最后只剩5天了才开始。这种紧迫感和焦虑往往促发人的斗志，会让自己觉得，自己只有在压力状态下才有做事情的状态。最后拿到成绩的时候，成绩往往不是很差，这样子就强化了自己最适合在deadline之前短期高压的状态下工作的心态，并且对以后的行为不断进行自我暗示, 即使结果不好，我也可以说，那是因为我没尽全力，如果我真正努力，肯定会结果很好的1．完美主义。所有事情都要达到一个很高的境界，要一次做好，所以不愿意匆匆忙忙开始，要万事俱备才行。

3．容易颓废。任务太难了，别人都不需要做我干吗要做，不能忍受持续做这件事情，等明天再做吧。但是往往明天到了，心里还是不高兴做，又继续往后推 4懒散总觉得时间充足，认为在最后可以一口气完成性格本身拖拉，意志力不强

Someone thinks he can finish within five days of the thing, so it is not in a hurry when there are 15 days away from the deadline, and their will not startuntil only five days left.This sense of urgency and anxiety often trigger people's morale, they think they can only to do things under pressure.The examination, for example, the final results are often not very poor, so students will strengthen their work in the short term under high-pressure before the deadline, even if the result is not good, they can also say, that is because I did not do my best, if I really work, the results will certainly be good.Psychological experts think the following are the reasons for people’s procrastination

1.PerfectionismAll things have reached a very high level, so they do not want to have a rush beginning, everything should be ready for the job.3.Easy decadenceThe task is too difficult, they just ask why I need to do this.they can not tolerate continued to do this, they want to do it tomorrow.But more often they are not willing or unhappy to finish when tomorrow comes, and continue to push back their work.lazyAlways feel there is sufficient time , and that to complete in the last breath,willpower is not strong.解决问题方案

1、分类：生活中肯定会有一些突发性和迫不及待要解决的问题。成功者花时间在做最重要，而不是最紧急的事情。把所有工作分成急并重、重但不急、急但不重、不急也不重四类，依次完成。

2、消除干扰关掉QQ，关掉音乐，关掉电视„„将一切会影响你工作效率的东西统统关掉，全心全力地去做事情。

1, Categorylife will certainly be some unexpected and can not wait to solve the

problem.Winners spend time doing the most important thing, Put all the work into four categories: both urgent and important, important but not urgent, urgent but not important, not urgent nor important, put them in order to complete.2, eliminate interference.Turn off the QQ, turn off the music, turn off the TV......turn offall the things that will affect yourefficiency , to do things wholeheartedly.三、互相监督找些朋友一起克服这个坏习惯，比单打独斗容易得多。

四、设定更具体的目标, 把大任务分成小任务。

如果你的计划是“我要减肥，保持好身段”，那么这个计划很可能流产。但如果你的计划是“我每周三次早上七点起床跑步”，那么这个计划很可能被坚持下来。所以，你不妨把任务划分成一个个可以控制的小目标。

五、不要给自己太长时间

心理专家弗瓦尔发现，花两年时间完成论文的研究生总能给自己留一点时间放松、休整。那些花三年或者三年以上写论文的人几乎每分钟都在搜集资料和写作。所以，有时候工作时间拖得越长，工作效率越低。, mutual supervision.Finding some friends together to overcome this bad habit is much easier than going it alone.4, set a more specific goal, cut the big task into smaller tasks.If your plan is “I want to lose weight and maintain good posture”, then this program is likely to abortion.But if your plan is, “I get up at seven in the morning and three times a week running”, then this program is likely to be persevered.So, you may divide the task into small target that can be controlled.5, do not give yourself too much time

Psychological experts find that to spend two years to complete post-graduate theses always give theirselfs a little time to relax, Those who spend three years or more spend every minute in gathering information and writing.It means sometimes working the quicker the more efficient

第二篇：拖延症英语演讲Procrastination

Fpg Before I start my topic，I want to show you a picture，which show us a common phenomenon，or a problem that everyone sit here may have.Look，the picture is here，about efficiency and time.This is the work efficiency and this is time line.This point stand for the day you got your assignment or work.The truth is，only at the day before DDL，can you achieve the highest efficiency.And we always call that “procrastination”，which means “willingly” deferring something even though you expect the delay to make you worse.In my word，it is although you have known you have do it now，but still，youdon’t move on until last time.So，as you see，today my topic is How to solve “procrastination”，I divide my topic into 3 parts.First，disadvantages of procrastination.Second，reasons of procrastination.Last，methods to solve this problem.In this part I will bring you an interesting practice about time control andsome suggestions，believe me，it is very practical.Now，the disadvantagesof procrastination.First，you cannot achieve your goal.For example： Girls always say：“ oh I’m on diet，I want to put out my weight” But one problem is that few people can do this fitness plan，for Fpg

Fpg many reasons：today I feel depressed，only eating can cure me/I’m really tired now，so just do some exercise tomorrow~ you always have various excuses to take action，and then，your goals become dreams，you can never achieve it.Second，procrastination makes you in hurry，so you cannot do things better.For example，you have a date in the evening，but you browsed micro blog again and again，chatted with your friends，thinking about you still have time to prepare.But at last，you have to make up in a short time.So this is the appearance you should have had，but

this

is

the

reality.It cut down the quality of work.You should have done you better，don’t you？

Last，procrastination does harm to mental health.Some people don’t start to deal with their work until the last minute，so once they start，they usually become extremely nervous，because so much work put a lot of pressure on them.Sometimes, when

people faced with much work to be done, they may become anxious and upset.There is no doubt that these negative emotion anFpg

Fpg d great pressure can make people feel depressed，and less confident.In a nutshell, putting things off has so many bad influences on people’s life, so it is very essential for those delayers to try to get rid of this bad habit.So let us find the reasons of procrastination： 1lack of managing time Time treats everyone fairly that we all have 24 hours per day.Some of us are capable to make good use of time while some find it hard to do so.The vital reason of procrastination is you cannot control your time correctly，and you put too much time on non-essential things.2 find too many excuses.When you face a problem or some work，you always can find lots of excuses

to

avoid

them.You chat with your friends through QQ, surf the Internet and go shopping on taobao as if they are essential，but they are not，you know it，you just find some excuse to delay your work.Fpg

Fpg After this analysis，I have some ideas that maybe can help you.First is a method of time-control.I kept on trying this method for a long time.It really benefits me and helps me reduce the symptoms of procrastination.So listening carefully~： List 3 most important things you want to do or you have to do when you wake up in the morning，then record them on paper or on your webpage.There should be attention：

1，Choose only 3 things which you must finish today.2，you can also plan to do other things too，but you can forget them today if you want.3，the thing can be formal，such as I should finish my paper today.The things can be small and secret：I will sent a message to my dream lover.This method can make you know what you should do today clearly and exactly.It makes you realize where should your time spend on，why you should do them without hesitation，and then，you cannot find any other reason to delay them.Fpg

Fpg And my second suggestion，about people find too many excuses when procrastination.It is quite simple：when you have known what you should do，just do it，and when you prepare to work，Don’t touch your mobile phone！Stay away from Internet！Never open We chat or micro blog！find all your excuses you have talked，and next time，they cannot be reasons to procrastination.Procrastination has bad impacts on our lives and we should eliminate it as much as possible.I hope my advicewill help you！

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Fpg Outline Disadvantages of procrastination. You cannot achieve your goal 1.Girls on diet  Procrastination makes you in hurry，so you cannot do things better.1.Makeup  Procrastination does harm to mental health.Reasons of procrastination. Lack of managing time  Find too many excuses.Methods to solve this problem. Time control method  Excuse control method

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第三篇：英语演讲PPT,拖延症

现象

在现实生活中，这样的事屡见不鲜，①堆成小山的脏衣服想洗却一直没动手;④明知马上要交作业，却还在玩游戏、晒照片、在各大论坛看帖子，直到最后一刻才不得不开始工作;⑤期末考试临近，却不愿碰专业书本或文献一下，甚至哪怕deadline就在几天之后，这样的人有一个共同的名字——“拖延症患者”

定义

拖延症（procrastination）指的是非必要、后果有害的推迟行为。取意“将之前的事情放置明天”。目前这个词并不是一个严格的心理学或医学术语，但拖延现象现已成为管理学家和心理学家研究的一个重要课题

问题存在

中国青年报的一项网上心理调查结果显示，2250名被访者中，有72.8%的人坦言自己患上了拖延症。其中14.0%的人觉得自己的额拖延症“非常明显”，41.5%的人觉得“比较明显”，仅7.3%的人觉得自己没有拖延症

美国和加拿大的统计数据表明，70%的大学生存在学业拖延的状况，普通人中也有20%的人每天出现拖延行为。按照这个数据推算，全球有近10亿人患有拖延症。

the results of an online survey of psychological made by china youth daily, show that 2250 respondents, 72.8% of people admitted that they are suffering from procrastination.of which 14.0% feel that their amount procrastination very clear, 41.5% of people think obvious, only 7.3% of people feel that they do not have delay disease.the u.s.and canada statistics show 70% of college academic procrastination condition exists, also 20% ordinary people have daily delays behavior.according to this data, nearly 1 billion people worldwide suffer from procrastination.拖延症的特点

1.没有自信。因为每次完成任务都达不到自己最高的能力，对自我能力的评估会越来越低。

2.我太忙。我一直拖着没做是因为我一直很忙。

3.顽固。你催我也没有用，我准备好了自然会开始做。

4.操控别人。他们着急也没用，一切都要等我到了才能开始。5.对抗压力。因为每天压力很大，所以要做的事情一直被拖下来。

lack of confidence.because each task is not up to the highest ability, the ability 2 i am too busy.i don’t have it done is dragging because ive been busy.3 stubborn.your urge on me has no use, i will be ready to start doing naturally.4 manipulate others.their worry is useless, all things will not begin before my appearance.5.against pressure.every day a lot of pressure to be faced so that something has to be dragged down.分析原因

一个人认为自己5天之内可以做完一件事情，所以在离期限还有15天的时候一点不着急，直到最后只剩5天了才开始。这种紧迫感和焦虑往往促发人的斗志，会让自己觉得，自己只有在压力状态下才有做事情的状态。最后拿到成绩的时候，成绩往往不是很差，这样子就强化了自己最适合在deadline之前短期高压的状态下工作的心态，并且对以后的行为不断进行自我暗示, 即使结果不好，我也可以说，那是因为我没尽全力，如果我真正努力，肯定会结果很好的 1．完美主义。所有事情都要达到一个很高的境界，要一次做好，所以不愿意匆匆忙忙开始，要万事俱备才行。

3．容易颓废。任务太难了，别人都不需要做我干吗要做，不能忍受持续做这件事情，等明天再做吧。但是往往明天到了，心里还是不高兴做，又继续往后推 4懒散 总觉得时间充足，认为在最后可以一口气完成 性格本身拖拉，意志力不强

someone thinks he can finish within five days of the thing, so it is not in a hurry when there are 15 days away from the deadline, and their will not start until only five days left.this sense of urgency and anxiety often trigger peoples morale, they think they can only to do things under pressure.the examination, for example, the final results are often not very poor, so students will strengthen their work in the short term under high-pressure before the deadline, even if the result is not good, they can also say, that is because i did not do my best, if i really work, the results will certainly be good.psychological experts think the following are the reasons for people’s procrastination 1.perfectionism all things have reached a very high level, so they do not want to have a rush beginning, everything should be ready for the job.解决问题方案

1、分类：生活中肯定会有一些突发性和迫不及待要解决的问题。成功者花时间在做最重要，而不是最紧急的事情。把所有工作分成急并重、重但不急、急但不重、不急也不重四类，依次完成。

1, category life will certainly be some unexpected and can not wait to solve the

三、互相监督 找些朋友一起克服这个坏习惯，比单打独斗容易得多。

四、设定更具体的目标, 把大任务分成小任务。

如果你的计划是“我要减肥，保持好身段”，那么这个计划很可能流产。但如果你的计划是“我每周三次早上七点起床跑步”，那么这个计划很可能被坚持下来。所以，你不妨把任务划分成一个个可以控制的小目标。

五、不要给自己太长时间

心理专家弗瓦尔发现，花两年时间完成论文的研究生总能给自己留一点时间放松、休整。那些花三年或者三年以上写论文的人几乎每分钟都在搜集资料和写作。所以，有时候工作时间拖得越长，工作效率越低。

4, set a more specific goal, cut the big task into smaller tasks.if your plan is i want to lose weight and maintain good posture, then this program is likely to abortion.but if your plan is, i get up at seven in the morning and three times a week running, then this program is likely to be persevered.so, you may divide the task into small target that can be controlled.5, do not give yourself too much time 现象

在现实生活中，这样的事屡见不鲜，①堆成小山的脏衣服想洗却一直没动手;④明知马上要交作业，却还在玩游戏、晒照片、在各大论坛看帖子，直到最后一刻才不得不开始工作;⑤期末考试临近，却不愿碰专业书本或文献一下，甚至哪怕deadline就在几天之后，这样的人有一个共同的名字——“拖延症患者”

定义

拖延症（procrastination）指的是非必要、后果有害的推迟行为。取意“将之前的事情放置明天”。目前这个词并不是一个严格的心理学或医学术语，但拖延现象现已成为管理学家和心理学家研究的一个重要课题

中国青年报的一项网上心理调查结果显示，2250名被访者中，有72.8%的人坦言自己患上了拖延症。其中14.0%的人觉得自己的额拖延症“非常明显”，41.5%的人觉得“比较明显”，仅7.3%的人觉得自己没有拖延症

美国和加拿大的统计数据表明，70%的大学生存在学业拖延的状况，普通人中也有20%的人每天出现拖延行为。按照这个数据推算，全球有近10亿人患有拖延症。

the results of an online survey of psychological made by china youth daily, show that 2250 respondents, 72.8% of people admitted that they are suffering from procrastination.of which 14.0% feel that their amount procrastination very clear, 41.5% of people think obvious, only 7.3% of people feel that they do not have delay disease.the u.s.and canada statistics show 70% of college academic procrastination condition exists, also 20% ordinary people have daily delays behavior.according to this data, nearly 1 billion people worldwide suffer from procrastination.拖延症的特点

1.没有自信。因为每次完成任务都达不到自己最高的能力，对自我能力的评估会越来越低。

2.我太忙。我一直拖着没做是因为我一直很忙。

3.顽固。你催我也没有用，我准备好了自然会开始做。

4.操控别人。他们着急也没用，一切都要等我到了才能开始。5.对抗压力。因为每天压力很大，所以要做的事情一直被拖下来。

i am too busy.i don’t have it done is dragging because ive been busy.3 stubborn.your urge on me has no use, i will be ready to start doing naturally.4 manipulate others.their worry is useless, all things will not begin before my appearance.5.against pressure.every day a lot of pressure to be faced so that something has to be dragged down.分析原因

一个人认为自己5天之内可以做完一件事情，所以在离期限还有15天的时候一点不着急，直到最后只剩5天了才开始。这种紧迫感和焦虑往往促发人的斗志，会让自己觉得，自己只有在压力状态下才有做事情的状态。最后拿到成绩的时候，成绩往往不是很差，这样子就强化了自己最适合在deadline之前短期高压的状态下工作的心态，并且对以后的行为不断进行自我暗示, 即使结果不好，我也可以说，那是因为我没尽全力，如果我真正努力，肯定会结果很好的

1．完美主义。所有事情都要达到一个很高的境界，要一次做好，所以不愿意匆匆忙忙开始，要万事俱备才行。

3．容易颓废。任务太难了，别人都不需要做我干吗要做，不能忍受持续做这件事情，等明天再做吧。但是往往明天到了，心里还是不高兴做，又继续往后推 4懒散 总觉得时间充足，认为在最后可以一口气完成 性格本身拖拉，意志力不强

someone thinks he can finish within five days of the thing, so it is not in a hurry when there are 15 days away from the deadline, and their will not start until only five days left.this sense of urgency and anxiety often trigger peoples morale, they think they can only to do things under pressure.the examination, for example, the final results are often not very poor, so students will strengthen their work in the short term under high-pressure before the deadline, even if the result is not good, they can also say, that is because i did not do my best, if i really work, the results will certainly be good.psychological experts think the following are the reasons for people’s procrastination 1.perfectionism all things have reached a very high level, so they do not want to have a rush beginning, everything should be ready for the job.how to get rid of procrastination? 如何摆脱拖延症？

1.stop thinking.start doing.停止东想西想，立即采取行动

tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.——spanish proverb“明天总是一周中最忙的一天。”——西班牙谚语

stop thinking.start doing.停止东想西想，立即采取行动。

a bit of planning can certainly help you to achieve what you want to achieve.a lot of planning and thinking tends to have the opposite effect.有点计划确实有助于实现

目标，但若思虑并计划太多，则会适得其反。

such a thing does of course not exist.but as long as you work on that plan you can protect yourself.毋庸置疑，这种事压根儿就不存在。其实，只要坚持实行一个计划，你也能保护好自己免受拖延症后果之苦。

2.don’t blow a task out of proportion.不要过犹不及 by over thinking and putting things off you are not only trying to protect yourself from pain.you also make mountains out of molehills.思虑过头或不断拖延推迟并不能使你免受痛苦。你只是小题大做罢了。

the quotes above are so true it isnt even funny.the more hours and days you put something off the worse it grows in your mind.前面那句谚语确实是至理名言啊。拖延时间越久，你受到的煎熬就越大。

because you are dwelling on it.and so it expands in your mind.and since you are putting it off you are probably thinking about it in a negative way.因为你总是止不住去想，脑子里全是这事儿；而且因为这事儿被一拖再拖，你的情绪也跟着消极起来。so plan a little and then take action.所以还是把计划定小一些，然后采取行动吧。3.just take the first step.只需迈出第一步

when you start to look too far into the future any task or project can seem close to impossible.如果你目光太远，那么任何任务或项目看上去几乎都无法达成了。

then you just focus on taking the first step today.that is all you need to focus on, nothing else.然后，你只需全心全意做好第一步就行。没错，别管其他的，只看第一步。by taking the first step you change you mental state from resistant to hey, im doing this, cool.开始了第一步后，你的心理会从抵触变成“嗨，我已经开始啦，还不错嘛 4.start with the hardest task of your day.从最棘手的任务着手。

maybe you have an important call to make that you also fear might be whatever it may be, get it out of your way the first thing you do.不管是什么任务，都请立马动手处理吧。

if you start your day this way you will feel relieved.you feel relaxed and good about yourself.如果每天先处理棘手任务，你将大大松一口气、放松且自我感觉良好。and the rest of the day – and your to-do list – tends to feel a lot lighter and easier to move through.it’s amazing what difference this one action makes.接下来你的任务清单也更容易搞定。只需采取小小行动，你将发现效果大有不同！

5.just make a decision.any decision.只需下定决心，任何决定都行。

we feel bad when we sit on our hands and dont take action because its unnatural.the natural thing is to be a decisive human and take action.当我们干坐着什么也不做时，情绪会变得很坏，因为这是有违天性的。我们的天性就是不断作出决定、采取行动。what you do always sends signals back to you about who you are.sure, doing affirmations where you say to yourself that you are confident can help you.你所做的事能反映出你是个怎样的人。自然，当你暗示自己自信时，也确实能产生积极效果。but taking the confident actions you want to take over and over again is what really builds your self confidence and a self-image of you being a confident person.只有反复不断地采取自信行动，才能真正塑造你的自信心，让你成为一个自信的人。6.face your fear.直面内心恐惧。

i think this is true.its easier to live on that someday„ thought.its harder to just take action.我觉得这一点很正确：人们很容易陷入“将来某一天??”的思维模式，却很难拿出行动来。

to risk looking like a fool.to make mistakes, stumble and not avoid that pain.to take responsibility for your own life.请像傻瓜一样去冒险吧，请去犯错误、去碰壁、去经历痛苦吧。你要为你自己的人生负责。7.finish it.坚持完成。

but not finishing what you have started can also leave you in a sort of negative funk.你会感到疲倦或压力重重，有时你甚至也搞不懂到底怎么了。

you feel fatigued or stressed and sometimes you don’t even know why.it’s like someone zapped your inner power.就好像有什么东西掏空了你内心的力量一样。if that is the case, go over tasks and projects what you are currently involved in.如果你遇到了这种情况，那就去回顾一下自己已经着手的任务或项目吧。

第四篇：关于拖延症的英语演讲

4.Inside the mind of a master of procrastinater

0:11 So in college, I was a government major, which means I had to write a lot of papers.Now, when a normal student writes a paper, they might spread the work out a little like this.So, you know--0:24(Laughter)

0:25 you get started maybe a little slowly, but you get enough done in the first week that, with some heavier days later on, everything gets done, things stay civil.0:33(Laughter)

0:34 And I would want to do that like that.That would be the plan.I would have it all ready to go, but then, actually, the paper would come along, and then I would kind of do this.0:45(Laughter)

0:47 And that would happen every single paper.0:50 But then came my 90-page senior thesis, a paper you're supposed to spend a year on.And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option.It was way too big a project.So I planned things out, and I decided I kind of had to go something like this.This is how the year would go.So I'd start off light, and I'd bump it up in the middle months, and then at the end, I would kick it up into high gear just like a little staircase.How hard could it be to walk up the stairs? No big deal, right? 1:22 But then, the funniest thing happened.Those first few months? They came and went, and I couldn't quite do stuff.So we had an awesome new revised plan.1:30(Laughter)1:31 And then--1:32(Laughter)

1:34 But then those middle months actually went by, and I didn't really write words, and so we were here.And then two months turned into one month, which turned into two weeks.And one day I woke up with three days until the deadline, still not having written a word, and so I did the only thing I could: I wrote 90 pages over 72 hours, pulling not one but two all-nighters--humans are not supposed to pull two all-nighters--sprinted across campus, dove in slow motion, and got it in just at the deadline.2:10 I thought that was the end of everything.But a week later I get a call, and it's the school.And they say, “Is this Tim Urban?” And I say, “Yeah.” And they say, “We need to talk about your thesis.” And I say, “OK.” And they say, “It's the best one we've ever seen.” 2:28(Laughter)2:31(Applause)

2:35 That did not happen.2:37(Laughter)

2:39 It was a very, very bad thesis.2:42(Laughter)

2:44 I just wanted to enjoy that one moment when all of you thought, “This guy is amazing!” 2:50(Laughter)

2:51 No, no, it was very, very bad.Anyway, today I'm a writer-blogger guy.I write the blog Wait But Why.And a couple of years ago, I decided to write about procrastination.My behavior has always perplexed the non-procrastinators around me, and I wanted to explain to the non-procrastinators of the world what goes on in the heads of procrastinators, and why we are the way we are.Now, I had a hypothesis that the brains of procrastinators were actually different than the brains of other people.And to test this, I found an MRI lab that actually let me scan both my brain and the brain of a proven non-procrastinator, so I could compare them.I actually brought them here to show you today.I want you to take a look carefully to see if you can notice a difference.I know that if you're not a trained brain expert, it's not that obvious, but just take a look, OK? So here's the brain of a non-procrastinator.3:42(Laughter)

3:45 Now...here's my brain.3:49(Laughter)3:54 There is a difference.Both brains have a Rational Decision-Maker in them, but the procrastinator's brain also has an Instant Gratification Monkey.Now, what does this mean for the procrastinator? Well, it means everything's fine until this happens.4:08 [This is a perfect time to get some work done.] [Nope!]

4:11 So the Rational Decision-Maker will make the rational decision to do something productive, but the Monkey doesn't like that plan, so he actually takes the wheel, and he says, “Actually, let's read the entire Wikipedia page of the Nancy Kerrigan/ Tonya Harding scandal, because I just remembered that that happened.4:27(Laughter)4:28 Then--4:29(Laughter)

4:30 Then we're going to go over to the fridge, to see if there's anything new in there since 10 minutes ago.After that, we're going to go on a YouTube spiral that starts with videos of Richard Feynman talking about magnets and ends much, much later with us watching interviews with Justin Bieber's mom.4:46(Laughter)

4:48 ”All of that's going to take a while, so we're not going to really have room on the schedule for any work today.Sorry!“ 4:54(Sigh)

4:57 Now, what is going on here? The Instant Gratification Monkey does not seem like a guy you want behind the wheel.He lives entirely in the present moment.He has no memory of the past, no knowledge of the future, and he only cares about two things: easy and fun.5:15 Now, in the animal world, that works fine.If you're a dog and you spend your whole life doing nothing other than easy and fun things, you're a huge success!5:24(Laughter)

5:26 And to the Monkey, humans are just another animal species.You have to keep well-slept, well-fed and propagating into the next generation, which in tribal times might have worked OK.But, if you haven't noticed, now we're not in tribal times.We're in an advanced civilization, and the Monkey does not know what that is.Which is why we have another guy in our brain, the Rational Decision-Maker, who gives us the ability to do things no other animal can do.We can visualize the future.We can see the big picture.We can make long-term plans.And he wants to take all of that into account.And he wants to just have us do whatever makes sense to be doing right now.Now, sometimes it makes sense to be doing things that are easy and fun, like when you're having dinner or going to bed or enjoying well-earned leisure time.That's why there's an overlap.Sometimes they agree.But other times, it makes much more sense to be doing things that are harder and less pleasant, for the sake of the big picture.And that's when we have a conflict.And for the procrastinator, that conflict tends to end a certain way every time, leaving him spending a lot of time in this orange zone, an easy and fun place that's entirely out of the Makes Sense circle.I call it the Dark Playground.6:41(Laughter)

6:42 Now, the Dark Playground is a place that all of you procrastinators out there know very well.It's where leisure activities happen at times when leisure activities are not supposed to be happening.The fun you have in the Dark Playground isn't actually fun, because it's completely unearned, and the air is filled with guilt, dread, anxiety, self-hatred--all of those good procrastinator feelings.And the question is, in this situation, with the Monkey behind the wheel, how does the procrastinator ever get himself over here to this blue zone, a less pleasant place, but where really important things happen?

7:16 Well, turns out the procrastinator has a guardian angel, someone who's always looking down on him and watching over him in his darkest moments--someone called the Panic Monster.7:27(Laughter)

7:33 Now, the Panic Monster is dormant most of the time, but he suddenly wakes up anytime a deadline gets too close or there's danger of public embarrassment, a career disaster or some other scary consequence.And importantly, he's the only thing the Monkey is terrified of.Now, he became very relevant in my life pretty recently, because the people of TED reached out to me about six months ago and invited me to do a TED Talk.8:00(Laughter)

8:06 Now, of course, I said yes.It's always been a dream of mine to have done a TED Talk in the past.8:11(Laughter)

8:15(Applause)But in the middle of all this excitement, the Rational Decision-Maker seemed to have something else on his mind.He was saying, ”Are we clear on what we just accepted? Do we get what's going to be now happening one day in the future? We need to sit down and work on this right now.“ And the Monkey said, ”Totally agree, but let's just open Google Earth and zoom in to the bottom of India, like 200 feet above the ground, and scroll up for two and a half hours til we get to the top of the country, so we can get a better feel for India.“ 8:48(Laughter)

8:54 So that's what we did that day.8:55(Laughter)

8:59 As six months turned into four and then two and then one, the people of TED decided to release the speakers.And I opened up the website, and there was my face staring right back at me.And guess who woke up? 9:12(Laughter)

9:16 So the Panic Monster starts losing his mind, and a few seconds later, the whole system's in mayhem.9:21(Laughter)

9:26 And the Monkey--remember, he's terrified of the Panic Monster--boom, he's up the tree!And finally, finally, the Rational Decision-Maker can take the wheel and I can start working on the talk.9:36 Now, the Panic Monster explains all kinds of pretty insane procrastinator behavior, like how someone like me could spend two weeks unable to start the opening sentence of a paper, and then miraculously find the unbelievable work ethic to stay up all night and write eight pages.And this entire situation, with the three characters--this is the procrastinator's system.It's not pretty, but in the end, it works.This is what I decided to write about on the blog a couple of years ago.10:08 When I did, I was amazed by the response.Literally thousands of emails came in, from all different kinds of people from all over the world, doing all different kinds of things.These are people who were nurses, bankers, painters, engineers and lots and lots of PhD students.10:23(Laughter)

10:25 And they were all writing, saying the same thing: ”I have this problem too." But what struck me was the contrast between the light tone of the post and the heaviness of these emails.These people were writing with intense frustration about what procrastination had done to their lives, about what this Monkey had done to them.And I thought about this, and I said, well, if the procrastinator's system works, then what's going on? Why are all of these people in such a dark place?

10:54 Well, it turns out that there's two kinds of procrastination.Everything I've talked about today, the examples I've given, they all have deadlines.And when there's deadlines, the effects of procrastination are contained to the short term because the Panic Monster gets involved.But there's a second kind of procrastination that happens in situations when there is no deadline.So if you wanted a career where you're a self-starter--something in the arts, something entrepreneurial--there's no deadlines on those things at first, because nothing's happening, not until you've gone out and done the hard work to get momentum, get things going.There's also all kinds of important things outside of your career that don't involve any deadlines, like seeing your family or exercising and taking care of your health, working on your relationship or getting out of a relationship that isn't working.11:38 Now if the procrastinator's only mechanism of doing these hard things is the Panic Monster, that's a problem, because in all of these non-deadline situations, the Panic Monster doesn't show up.He has nothing to wake up for, so the effects of procrastination, they're not contained;they just extend outward forever.And it's this long-term kind of procrastination that's much less visible and much less talked about than the funnier, short-term deadline-based kind.It's usually suffered quietly and privately.And it can be the source of a huge amount of long-term unhappiness, and regrets.And I thought, that's why those people are emailing, and that's why they're in such a bad place.It's not that they're cramming for some project.It's that long-term procrastination has made them feel like a spectator, at times, in their own lives.The frustration is not that they couldn't achieve their dreams;it's that they weren't even able to start chasing them.12:35 So I read these emails and I had a little bit of an epiphany--that I don't think non-procrastinators exist.That's right--I think all of you are procrastinators.Now, you might not all be a mess, like some of us, 12:52(Laughter)

12:53 and some of you may have a healthy relationship with deadlines, but remember: the Monkey's sneakiest trick is when the deadlines aren't there.13:02 Now, I want to show you one last thing.I call this a Life Calendar.That's one box for every week of a 90-year life.That's not that many boxes, especially since we've already used a bunch of those.So I think we need to all take a long, hard look at that calendar.We need to think about what we're really procrastinating on, because everyone is procrastinating on something in life.We need to stay aware of the Instant Gratification Monkey.That's a job for all of us.And because there's not that many boxes on there, it's a job that should probably start today.13:44 Well, maybe not today, but...13:47(Laughter)

13:48 You know.Sometime soon.

第五篇：拖延症演讲稿

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, today my topic is about “what are the changes you like to see at your university?”

——My answer is that I don’t want to be a procrastinator.First, let’s consider the following questions.1.Have you always been reluctant [rɪˈlʌktənt] to go to bed in the evening, while reluctant to wake up in the morning? 2.Have you ever stayed up later to finish your homework? 3.Do you often put off your important work later and later? 4.Or have your ever experienced something like that? If you answer is yes, like me, congratulations, you are a procrastinator.[prəʊˈkræstɪˈneɪtə]

However, what is procrastination? [prəʊˈkræstɪ'neɪʃn]

Generally speaking, it is too lazy to do what you should do.I am always do like that.I don’t do my homework until deadline, and get up as late as I can.What’s more, I always say: I want!But I hardly take any action.Anyhow, I know it’s bad.And it also causes some negative effects which are bad mood, stress, anxiety and also some health problems.It even imped my ability to achieve my goal.I found some simple reasons that caused this strange situation.The first one is difficult.Sometimes, the tasks seem too hard to do so that we just procrastinate it later.The second one is time-consuming.In my busy college life, free time is unavailable until weekend.The next one is the lack of knowledge or skills.Because we usually don’t want to make a mistake until you’re sure it’s right.The last one are fears.I am afraid that everyone will know I made a mistake and minimize my abilities.All of these are the reasons of being a procrastinator.But how can we overcome procrastination? There are some tips for avoiding procrastination.Firstly, you should acknowledge that you are postponing a task.Don’t consider too much about failure.Just have a clear goal, plan on paper and focus on that.Then, take small steps.Finally, create a sense of urgency.Procrastination is the thief of time.Overcoming procrastination will do us a great favor in terms of study and life.If you want to go travelling, if you want to see a film, If you want to clean your room, if you want to do some reading, If you want to keep fit, Don’t procrastinate any more, what makes you happy is to be able to do what you wanted to do.