Vocabulary【Common Mistakes】

Here are some factors that can make it difficult to manage your time.

stress
Stress can cause people to become anxious.
Instead of focusing on their work, they may worry about what could happen if they fail.
As a result, they may get distracted and rush through their work, which leads to mistakes.

rush through: 迅速處理

procrastination
Procrastination is the act of putting off doing something until a later time.
People may procrastinate because they think their work is unpleasant or boring.
But if you have waited too long to do your work, you may get stressed and rush through it.

procrastination: 拖延
put off: 推遲

multitasking
To multitask means to work on more than one thing at the same time.
Multitasking causes you to divide your attention between tasks, rather than focus on each one.
As a result, it may take you longer to finish individual tasks.

perfectionism
Perfectionism means to want everything to be as good as possible.
It can cause people to focus on minor details and ignore more urgent or important work.

perfectionism: 完美主義

Question

1. Which of the following is likely to cause stress?
   > a tight deadline
2. Why may someone get stressed if they have been procrastinating?
   > They have little time left to finish their work
3. People often get stressed when they need to finish work on a tight deadline.
4. Employees may be motivated by a little stress, but too much stress can be distracting.
5. Worrying about what could go wrong if a project fails can cause someone a lot of stress.
6. He had a week to finish his project, but he procrastinated until the last day.
7. Her work has greatly improved since she learned to stop procrastinating.
8. What is an example of multitasking?
   > making a phone call while writing an Email
9. Why can perfectionism cause someone to manage their time poorly?
   > They focus too much on unimportant details.
10. While multitasking may seem efficient, it actually means your work takes longer to complete.
11. By splitting your attention between tasks, you'll probably make mistakes because you aren't focusing.
12. You need to stop multitasking and focus on completing one thing at a time.
13. Perfectionists have high standards, but sometimes they can be unrealistic.
14. She has gotten frustrated with his perfectionism because he spends too much time on unimportant details.
15. Perfectionism can cause people to confuse their priorities and waste time on minor details.

perfectionists: 完美主義者