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

Virtually everyone has a mental list of those things they’ll get to “eventually.” It might be annoying chores, like vacuuming or organizing your leggings drawer. Or it might be bigger goals you have ...

Which is why you put off firing an underperforming employee; while your neocortex realizes he’s dragging the rest of your team down, your limbic system hates the thought of confrontation. (Because ...

At some point, I must do something about my procrastination habit,” is a thought I’ve had at periodic intervals, before deciding to do something else instead. It was last year that I first began 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 ...

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, ...

SLEEP PROCRASTINATION Why You Delay Bedtime and How to Fix It Sleep procrastination is becoming increasingly common in our ...

A reader emailed saying he wants to start a business, but it seems too hard. And, since he’s keeping his full-time job – which is the best approach for most aspiring entrepreneurs – he doesn’t feel he ...

Key points Procrastination is less about avoiding a task than avoiding the negative emotions associated with that task. Procrastination is rooted not in laziness, but in perfectionism, anxiety, or ...

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 ...

Planning a time to do things we’re putting off in the presence of others makes them more pleasant – and less difficult ...