Writer AJ Jacobs has come up with a counterintuitive approach to beating procrastination: embracing the discomfort. In the ...

Stop 7/8ths of the Way Done: Remember, we lose time with start up—procrastinating the beginnings—if we stop our work when we’ve finished one task, we’ll have to face the mountain of starting from ...

Procrastination can be a problem in our lives. It can hinder your ability to achieve the goals you set out for yourself. It can cause us to feel anxious if we wait until the last minute to work on an ...

We have a natural tendency to distract ourselves from important or difficult tasks. So, how can we recognize our triggers and overcome procrastination? Negative emotions, like self-doubt, anxiety, ...

I can’t remember the last time I did something before I absolutely had to. I don’t pay my bills until I get the second or third disconnection notice, and when my girlfriend and I took a vacation to ...

Procrastination happens when you don’t feel motivated to complete a task, so you continue pushing it back for as long as possible. You may come up with excuses to wait on getting started. While ...

Recent research shows 88% of workers procrastinate 60+ minutes daily on the job, which can ultimately cost the US economy an estimated $70 billion per year. It can personally cost us as well. A report ...

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You’re up late the day working on an assignment you absolutely have to get done, but due to exhaustion, you finally say the infamous line, “Well, I’ll just wake up early tomorrow and get it done then.

What’s a good tip to help students who procrastinate on homework? I struggled with that problem and then I stumbled onto a solution—which I wrote about recently for Character Lab as a Tip of the Week: ...