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Time pressures, often due to poor time management skills
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Lack of interest in an assignment, course, or task
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Inability to recognize the importance or value of the task, perhaps because the relationship of the task to the goal is unclear
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Uncertainty about how to approach the task
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Fear of the size and duration of task
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Lack of prerequisite skills to complete the task
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Lack of confidence in your ability to do the task
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Fear of failure
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Lack of willpower or self-discipline
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Failure to complete a task
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Failure to reap the rewards, both tangible and intangible, of a task
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Lowered self-worth
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Tendency to avoid participation in future activities
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An increased tendency to procrastinate in the future
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Reduced academic, professional or personal success in the future.