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3. Be honest with yourself about why you’re late. If understanding your
limits and appropriately (должным образом) gauging (оценивая) how long
something will take aren't tripping you up (сыграло с тобой злую шутку)
but you're still not delivering on time, be honest about the issue at hand. Sue
Cook, counselor at Family TLC, offers some other possible explanations
(объяснения): "Are you in denial (отрицании), thinking it is not a problem?
Are you too busy? Are you easily distracted? Do you break your promise to
yourself? Once you know why you are late then you can implement
(осуществить) the how to stop it." For example, Hidek adds, if you’re late
getting out the door in the morning because you’re rushing around
inefficiently (спешите без результатов), get more done the night before.
4. Set a personal consequence (последовательность) for being late.
According to Steve Levinson, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and president
of Behavioral Dynamics, being habitually late (хронически
опаздывающим) is cultivated by a lack of consequences. "The key to breaking
this bad habit is to take deliberate (осознанный), specific, and creative action
to make it really feel necessary to be on time," he says. He gives a rather
extreme example of someone who consistently (постоянно) puts off his tax
returns (налоговые декларации) until the last minute. To be more prompt
(оперативный), the guy writes an inflammatory (подстрекательное) letter to
the IRS that would get him in trouble, seals (запечатывает) and addresses it,
and gives it to a friend with strict (строгой) instruction to mail it on March 1
– unless he replaces (заменит) the envelope (конверт) with his completed tax
return. It doesn’t need to be something that dramatic, of course, but find a way
to hold yourself to the deadlines you set.
Exercise 380. Fill in the correct translation.
to keep projects within the planned timeline
to be a stickler for due dates
to miss a deadline
to do my/his/her due diligence
to be good at/skilled at
to voice ideas/thoughts
to ask for help
to feel burnout with the workload
to keep balance between work and a personal life
to compartmentalize
to negotiate
to be out of my/his/her/our/their league

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