Maña Mañana na Habit Habit is a behav behavior ior that that ma many ny Filipino ilipinos s share share,, it encou encourag rages es procrastination and with it the practice of cramming and sometimes even leads to the failure to accomplish tasks. Every time you hear the all too familiar words “Mamaya na or “Bukas na,” that!s Mañana Habit. "his behavior can perhaps be traced back to the #paniards who occupied our country for over $%% years. "he #panish word “Mañana directly translates to “tomorrow. &hen we talk about Mañana Habit, we refer to the practice of putting o' work to be done in the near future when it can be done in the “now, which is why we (nd ourselves working until the last minute )ust so we can meet the deadline when we had more than enough time to do the work. "his Filipino habit is one that a'ects productivity because consciously or not, most of the time, we bring this habit with us to the workplace or in school. *eople, tend to work harder when there!s something in it for them, this is where positive reinforcement comes in. +n additi addition, on, close closerr mo monit nitor oring ing may be anothe anotherr tool tool to get Filipino ilipinos s to overcome this habit. "his has something to do with what we know as observer e'ect, people are generally more productive when they know they are being watched
