...Why Do Fools Fall In Love is the 116 minute true story of 3 women, from 3 different worlds, all with one thing in common – the same husband. 50’s rock-n-roll icon Frankie Lymon, former lead singer of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers. Each claiming to be the widow of the long-dead singer/songwriter, the ladies have returned to claim the royalties due to his estate. Director Grevory Nava and Warner Brothers present a biographical film, filled with various elements of film technique such as its narrative form, mise en scene, and cinematography, of the brief and intense life of Frankie Lymon and the women who loved him. In the opening scene, you see a grainy video of doo-wop singers in black and white that are singing “Why Do Fools Fall In Love.” The scene fades, transitioning the music sung by a male group in the 50’s, to the voice of Diana Ross in present time. The scene’s setting is now placed in what appears to be a women’s penitentiary. Mickey – played by Vivica Fox – asks for a lawyer, whom she later explains to that Frankie Lymon wrote the song Diana Ross is turning gold again and is also being used in movies/commercials. “I’m his wife, so I should be getting paid, right?” (Why Do Fools). With news out about a wife of Frankie Lymon coming to claim his royalties, two other women, Zola (Halle Berry’s character), and Emira (played by Lela Rochon), have also surfaced with the same allegation of being his wife. The rest of the movie is dedicated to each female proving who is really...
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...Strategies to Solving Procrastination Procrastination is an epidemic among college students, and is an issue that most would like to resolve in their day to day lives. Procrastination is loosely defined as intentionally putting things off that you would rather not do in the present. William J. Knaus, states in his article, “Procrastination, Blame, and Change” that procrastination has been around since the beginning of time, and also cites that even Benjamin Franklin included in his 13 virtues: “Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve” (Knaus, 2000). In order to solve the problem of procrastination, as well as any other problem, college students should follow a few steps: Identify and select the problem; Analyze the problem; Generate possible solutions; Evaluate solutions; Put the Solution to work; Evaluate the solution; and finally, Apply what you learn (Carter, Bishop, & Kravitz, 2007). We have already identified the problem; procrastination. The next step for a college student would be to analyze why they procrastinate. An online handout, published on The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (n.d.) website, lists several reasons why we procrastinate, such as fear, perfectionism, and simply stated, because it works. Let us first address fear. Fear of failure is where we feel we are inadequate, and our work will reflect that, therefore we don’t even try. With fear of success, one fears that if they start working at their full capacity...
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...of their way and choose ways to sabotage themselves. Joseph Ferrari and Timothy Pychyl gave reasons as to why people would sabotage their own lives. They gave ten reasons to explain why. Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators, admitting to their maladaptive lifestyle, admitting to their problem of self-regulation; part of the reason is because we don’t take the problem seriously as a culture, and we don’t call people out on their phony excuses, instead letting them slide by. Procrastination isn’t a problem of time management, as they have the ability to estimate time the same as everyone else. Procrastinator are made, usually as a result of their family, perhaps because of controlling parent(s), inhibiting the child’s ability to make their own decisions and regulate themselves. Self-regulation often plays a part with alcohol too – as they drink more than they intended too, perhaps as an avoidant coping style. Procrastinators lie to themselves, such as “I do best under pressure,” and “I’ll do this tomorrow”; instead they just squander their resources and perform sub-par. Procrastinators actively look for distractions, particularly ones that require minimum commitment; which acts as another avoidant coping style, to distract themselves from regulating their emotions, such as fear of failure. Dr Ferrari identifies that people procrastinate for three main reasons: thrill seekers – waiting for a last minute euphoric rush; avoiders – who may be avoiding...
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...Strategy Paper I find myself putting off important task repeatedly, I am not alone. Many people procrastinate to some degree. According to Psychologists Piers Steel., at the University of Calgary [“95 percent of us report having some type of postponement problem”] (Kirsch, February 2008, p. 3). This type of behavior can lead to disaster and affect our daily lives. The key to controlling this type of habit is to recognize when we start to procrastinate and understand why it happens, then take the steps to overcome it by managing our time. Procrastinating (2002), according to Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged [is putting off tasks that need to be done right now, and doing tasks that we are more comfortable doing. We procrastinate because we feel like there is always tomorrow to do it]. Tomorrow normally turns into the next day, then the next day and we find ourselves panicking to complete a task or assignment that we had more than enough time to complete if we would have stuck to a plan. For example, you sit in front of your computer to start your assignment. Read the instructions for the first three minutes then find yourself checking your e-mails and responding to them, thus putting off starting the assignment for a later time. People procrastinate for numerous reasons. Some of the more common reasons they procrastinate are [perfectionism, fear of failure, not having a clear goal, overwhelmed with task, disorganized and...
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...Habits When analyzing one’s self it is very hard because no one wants to point out their own faults. The last thing someone wants to do is admit that they have flaws or bad habits even if it’s something as small as nail biting or leg twitching. So just imagine trying to admit a bigger problem like abusive or self inflicting problems like cutting. No matter how big or small the problem there is a reason why this has habit has surfaced in the first place. While trying to analyze myself I found it very hard to do. I kept asking myself what habits do I have good or bad and for the life of me I could not think of anything. I was sitting there thinking to myself but drawing a big blank. I thought about the things I do in my daily life and still could not think of anything. Then I opened my laptop and logged into school and realized I was late with an assignment, and then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I realized that I am a big time procrastinator. I have no clue where I got this habit from because I was raised by my mother in a house with my little sister, and the two of them do everything on time. They pay bills on time, cook dinner on time, and they even show up to party’s on time. I am thinking that this habit of procrastinating is something I picked up somewhere along my life journey. I continue to procrastinate because I know there are no real consequences and if there are consequences I know that they are very minimal. When I signed up for school my...
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...Overcoming Personal Procrastination In my life I think I have always procrastinated. I remember since childhood in elementary school and middle school finishing projects the last day or late into the night before the project was due. Through this class, I have learned that it is partially due to my intense perfectionism. I get nervous and sometimes anxious of the impending project. It also has to do with the uncomfortable feeling of the unknown. When I do not know what I am going to do for a project, or I haven’t read what is expected, I push it off. I tend to always hit my deadlines, but do so in a hurry which does not help me to actually learn what I am working for. I don’t always procrastinate, but I undeniably do it frequently. I definitely always mean the best- as I want to be the best. Unfortunately, procrastination does not do me any justice. In order to overcome my procrastination I will need to do more than recognize it. Of course, though, it is a very important first step to fixing the problem. Besides understanding procrastination and how it develops, I need to do more research on understanding it and find ways on how to correct it. I will be searching articles that are written by professionals and reviewed by experts. This will include searches through Citizendium, Scholarpedia. I will also search the University of Phoenix Library search engines of major articles through EBSCOhost, ProQuest, and Gale PowerSearch, and specialized articles through PsycARTICLES...
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...symptoms like this are called procrastinators. In fact, according to one study, “80% to 95% of college students engage in procrastination, approximately 75% consider themselves procrastinators, and almost 50% procrastinate consistently and problematically” (Steel 65). Procrastination happens a lot in college students, and the amount of students who become consistent procrastinators are about half of the total of students. According to Statistic Brain Research Institute, there are 17,487,475 enrolled students in the United States (“College Enrollment Statistics”). It means, there are 8,743,738 students who become consistent procrastinators during this year. Although most of people think that procrastination seems to be unimportant, it can have a bad effect if the students procrastinate frequently. Procrastination is caused by procrastinators’ feelings that dominate the control and task characteristic. However, time management, understanding time, and rewarding themselves can solve the procrastination. Procrastination can be considered a common phenomenon in our life. Everyone procrastinates sometimes during their life, but not everyone is a consistent procrastinator. Procrastinators are the people who only think about the present, ignoring the lessons from the past. They do not think about their future, care more about themselves, and maximize the ease and pleasure of the current moment (Urban). Since everyone has different thought processes, there is huge difference between procrastinators...
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...individual of different ages procrastinates. Procrastination is a habit of delaying the things we can already do right now. People practice procrastination, especially Filipinos, maybe because they do not feel to do their task immediately or maybe they just enjoy the feeling of rush, their adrenaline pumping their blood. Procrastinating is part of being human but we can avoid it if we want to. First, create a to-do list with deadlines. Doing a to-do list with deadline will create a feeling of urgency to do the task on time. With this you will allot time doing the task than spending it on useless things. People who do not make a deadline tend to procrastinate because they feel complacent. Second, break down task to lessen the sense of being overwhelmed. When a person has so many things on his/her plate, they subconsciously feel overwhelmed by the tasks that must be done. To avoid this feeling, break down your tasks part by part. Prioritize the task that must be done first to the least that must be done. With this you can focus one task at a time and you will realize that the task is easy and also you will not feel so stress. Lastly, eliminate all the distractions. Right now, there are so many distractions around. There are the computer, cellphone, and television. http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/11-practical-ways-to-stop-procrastination.html Celestine chua http://www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2013/03/25/why-you-procrastinate-and-how-to-stop-it-now/ Margie...
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...Megan Major Essay 1 ENC 1101 October 14, 2014 Valencia 1275 words How to Not Procrastinate Perfectionism and procrastination go together like peanut butter and jelly. By people expecting too much of themselves, they tend to become scared of writing and the essay not meeting their expectations and therefore procrastinating until the last minute. Although many more elements come into play, priorities and organizational skills are a big role in the way you may procrastinate. Many people may just need help in the organization department in order to not procrastinate and others may need help dealing with many more issues they have with the issue of procrastination. I believe in order to help prevent or totally eradicate procrastination from your work method; you must first look at yourself. Are you struggling with confidence or is it simply that you are too much of a perfectionist and nothing you seem to write is up to par? Well, the first step would be to stop over thinking everything you decide to put down on paper; it probably isn’t as bad as you think it is. When you stop over thinking, writing will come a lot easier and less forced than before and you may feel that you don't have to wait until the last minute to write your assignments. Also, with putting less pressure on yourself and constantly forcing yourself to rewrite the assignment over and over again; you’ll feel the weight of an elephant being lifted off your chest. Good organizational skills have been...
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...Overcoming The Working Struggle | Ghelarducci – Stephanie Ghelarducci – Stephanie Table of Contents Time Management Strategies 2 Procrastination 3 Defeating Procrastination 4 Overview 4 Time Management According to the article A Personal Approach to Organizational Time Management written by Peter Bregman, “The biggest and most destructive myth in time management is that you can get everything done if only you follow the right system, use the right to-do list, or process your tasks in the right way” (Bregman, 2013). This statement is false because there is so much that must be done and there is not enough time in a day to finish all of the tasks we have at hand. Living in a world filled with all this technology is still not enough to finish our day to day tasks even if we work for every single hour in the day and night (Bregman, 2013). We would still not be able to keep up with our work load along with our personal tasks that must be done, too. Thus, having minimal time in a day is why individuals stress over their work which causes more problems. Mastering time management strategies will help individuals tremendously in their work and personal lives, and decrease the amount of problems that arise in their days due to poor time management skills. Time Management Strategies It takes practice to manage one’s time and there are a number of steps one can take to help him or her in completing their everyday tasks. According to Wood Tobé-Coburn college students...
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... Abstract “Time is valuable - perhaps a fairly obvious thing to say, but if we all know it, why does anyone ever procrastinate? (Brian, 2000, p.14). Majority of graduate students procrastinate and if we do a survey to inquire why graduate students procrastinate, we would discover that the major reasons would be fear of failure, overwhelming school tasks or unclear task. The habit of procrastination, which is common and gradually being cultivated over time has become a big factor hindering academic success of graduate students. Many times students procrastinate because they lack motivation and fail to prioritize their daily activities, but the biggest culprit of procrastination is and will always be poor “Time Management”. The Role of Time Management in Graduate Student Success What then is Time Management? According to Foley “Time management may be defined as the discovery and application of the most efficient method of completing assignments of any length in the optimum time and with the highest quality” (Foley, 2007, p.733). With the work load associated with graduate studies, a lot of confusion usually arise on prioritizing: “what to do first and how to do it”, this state of confusion lead many students to procrastination which has a ripple effect on a students’ academic performance. Time management plays a major role by helping students...
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...self. The world has long regarded procrastination as a self-handicapping and dysfunctional behaviour but if we look into the books of history, procrastination was not considered a bad thing. The Greeks and Romans considered it as a noble thing and the rulers/Kings were expected to sit around and literally do nothing till something needed their attention. The idea of procrastination being a bad thing developed in the Puritanical era and is still considered the same. In the present study, the authors proposed that not all procrastination behaviours either are harmful or lead to negative...
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...But where most of us do this only occasionally, procrastinators do it most of the time, and that's where the problems start. Procrastination is a stress factor Procrastination is a behavior that leads to stress, because it makes plans and wishes fail at what should be the point of fulfillment: theater tickets and vacation packages sell out before procrastinators get around to calling. Planes take off, deadlines pass, jobs go to other applicants--the ones who got their resumes in on time. Procrastination has negative effects The Procrastination Research Group at Carleton University in Canada did an online survey. They received 2,700 responses to the question, "To what extent is procrastination having a negative impact on your happiness?" Almost one person in two (46%) said "quite a bit" or "very much," and around one person in five (18%) reported an "extreme negative effect." Procrastination threatens happiness Though procrastination is often trivialized, procrastinators suffer when their careers crash or when they otherwise fail to reach their potential. Long term and wide scale, "the big P" can become more than just a threat to personal health, happiness, and productivity of individuals: it can carry that threat into our companies and communities. Traits of the procrastinators How can you spot a chronic procrastinator? Procrastinators avoid revealing information about their abilities, they make poor time estimates, they tend to focus on the past and do not...
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...responsibilities on our shoulders. We even procrastinate and overextend our limits. Sometimes, it seems that we experience a “time famine”. But in reality, we have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Albert Einstein, Michelangelo, Helen Keller, and all the other great men. If they were able to create masterpieces and move the world, then why can’t we? Responsibility overload is simply explained as being burdened by too many responsibilities and commitments. It may be in the form of an overbooked schedule or a greater number of responsibilities than one person can reasonably handle. In reality, responsibility overload is also equal to lack of time management. Managing our time wisely is not a mystery, but it is indeed an ability that all of us must learn. What is amiss with our time management skills? Why do we experience the problem of responsibility overload? Upon assessment of this matter, reasons such as lack of balance in life, deficiency of organization, and procrastination emerge. These are more commonly referred to as time management mistakes. Therefore, we must vigilantly avoid these errors in order to be more productive in life. As children, our only concerns were studying and playing. Balancing time was definitely not an issue worth merit then. Growing up, we realize that we live in a fast-paced, complex, and highly technological society. Now, a sundry of factors make up the formula of our lives. Not only do we have to excel as students...
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...their life has been or will be a procrastinator. As a whole we put things off for several reasons. Some of them are because we just don’t want to do it, think or assume that we don’t have the time to do it or we just don’t like doing it. It’s a part of being human and the purpose of this paper we will try and determine what we can do to overcome being procrastinators. What exactly is procrastination? Don Marquis, an American writer, poet and playwright said, “Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday”. You can find this quote at thinkexists.com. I like to think he was saying that we have a tendency of thinking that we have lots of time before something is due. According to “Webster’s college dictionary”, it is to put off taking action, to postpone or delay something that has to be done. This can be very detrimental to one’s private and daily life as long as with their professional settings also. The outline of procrastination can be started in many different manners. We will examine the actions of why one procrastinate, and come up with a course of action to prevent, minimize, or correct the art of procrastination. We will do in a series of steps. Chapters 2-4 of Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen’s Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About. Reading, MA; Addison- Wesley Publishing Company, 1983.) says one reason we do it is because we are afraid. We naturally have a fear of failure when things aren’t going well, so we avoid doing something. Another is because...
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