Some research from psychologists has challenged conventional thinking about procrastination, suggesting that it’s not a matter of willpower or focus. Mood and emotion regulation are the main culprits ...

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 ...

Sonia Jhas is a speaker, author, and coach who helps clients set and achieve New Year's resolutions. She says the first step in reaching your goals is not relying on your future self to handle it.

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 ...

There are times when work can become all-consuming. You get up in the morning, rush out of the house (or hop on your computer at home) and get to work. The day whizzes by in a jumble of meetings, ...

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 ...

Writer AJ Jacobs has come up with a counterintuitive approach to beating procrastination: embracing the discomfort. In the latest edition of his Experimental Living newsletter, AJ describes his ...

All the way back in the 1930s, famed Harvard psychologist B.F. Skinner developed a unified theory of procrastination. You may recall Skinner’s name from psychology 101. He was the guy who bribed rats ...

Over the past few months, I felt overwhelmed by all the changes going on in my life—and the things I need to do because of and for them. I've been providing administrative help to my partner as he ...

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Not in the mood. Not feeling it. Spring or summer fever, then winter blues. There’s always something more interesting to do. These are just a few of the ways you may find yourself putting work ...