Exam 15: Developing Good Work Habits

A leading task that is used in the anti-procrastination technique is to:

The best time to devote to paperwork and e-mail is when you:

Visualization is a recommended technique for remembering where you put things.

A strong work ethic may lead to even higher productivity than goal setting alone.

As a result of reengineering, work processes are:

A non-productive attitude to maintain is that overwork can be counterproductive and lead to negative stress and burnout.

Effective people have a well-developed capacity to concentrate on the problem or person facing them; however surrounded they are with potential distractions.

A recommended approach to taking care of items in the in-basket is to handle each request or piece of correspondence in the order in which it was received.

The tactic "become self-employed psychologically" refers to:

Unless you handle paperwork and email efficiently, you may lose control of your job or home life, which could lead to heavy stress.

You are better off getting your work day off to a slow start because this gives you a relaxed, fresh approach.

Goals improve time management because they:

Putting your "to do" lists on slips of paper is still considered to be the ideal way to keep track of tasks to be accomplished.

The following statement would probably help an individual minimize procrastination on a report: "I hope to have this report to you by Friday."

If a corporate employee can develop the mental set of being self-employed, his or her work habits and time management are likely to improve.

Streamlining work is a way of adding tasks to a work process yet not increasing the amount of time needed to do the entire task.

Internet surfing for matters unrelated to the job itself has surprisingly proved to be a productivity booster for many companies.

Fear of success may lead to procrastination because the individual:

A task is often procrastinated because it:

Procrastination refers to putting off doing a task for any reason at all.