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GOOD29Whenyouareassignedanimportantpresentationforworkorschool,youprefertoworkonitrightawaysothatyoucanworkonitalittlebiteveryday,orwaituntilyouhaveagoodideaaboutthepresentation?Thoughnovelideascanhelpbetterassignments,IprefertoworkonthepresentationassoonasIamassignedit.First,thepresentationcannotbedonejustbycreativity,butbyproperarrangement.Ajobplan,manageable,preciseandrational,isnotonlythebedrockofcompletingbutalsotheguaranteeoftime-saving.Forinstance,preparingthematerialforthetopic,researchingsomeknowledgeinthetextbooksanddiscussingthetaskwiththeotherstudentsingrouparethethingsthatyoucandoevenwhenyoudonothaveanyinspiration.Soredistributingyourplancanavoidwastingyourtimewaiting.Second,goodideaisalwayslateforyourdeadline,aregretthatcanbeeliminatedbyright-awayaction.Themoretimeyouwasteonplanningandconsideringyourpresentation,thelesstimeyouwillhavetoreviseandcompleteyourassignment.TakemybrotherJimforanexample.Heisafreshmaninuniversityandquiteintothefirstpresentationintheopeningofsemester.Spendingthelast4daysengaginginassemblingtheideas,he,withbarelynothinginnovative,hasnotimetypingapracticingsothatheneedstostayuplatethelastnighttocatchupintime.Asaresult,hecannothandinthepresentationwhenthedeadlinecomesandheis“booed”byaudiences.Lastbutnottheleast,instantpreparationistheembryoofcreativeideas,whichcannotbebornwithoutpracticalexercises.What’smore,onlybypreparingtheworkbitbybitcanyouhavehighmotivationtofinishthetaskbecauseyoudonotneedtobehurry.Ifyouhadbeeninarush,youwouldhavereducedyourimpetustoastandardof“justfinishing”.Allinall,alltheevidenceconfirmsundoubtedconclusionthatwhenpeopleareassignedanimportantpresentationforworkorschool,weshouldchoosetoworkonitrightawayinordertoworkonitalittlebiteveryday.