Not taking active measures to rein in the self-sabotage during the formative years of early adulthood can have repercussions ...

Procrastination doesn't have to be a source of shame, according to Anne-Laure Le Cunff, PhD. Instead, "get curious" about the problem.

Procrastination, the tendency to unnecessarily delay or put off tasks even if this will have negative consequences, is a common behavior for many people. While occasionally delaying or putting off ...

I think we can all agree that achieving a goal makes a person feel successful. I think we might all be in agreement that one compelling definition, an empirical definition, of success is achieving a ...

The common thread here is simple: stop thinking, start doing. Procrastination thrives in the gap between intention and action. It feeds on perfectionism, fear of incompetence, and the comfortable ...

A recent Wall Street Journal essay by John Perry, author of the upcoming book, The Art of Procrastination, includes some tips for being a better procrastinator. You probably missed it because you were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Once someone starts procrastinating, then you start having all these thoughts about, ‘Why can’t I get going?’ That actually makes ...

Procrastination can be categorized as either putting off tasks habitually or delaying a specific project. While younger people face external pressures to meet deadlines, older individuals often ...

A shamefully long time after the paper or project was first announced, you finally sit down to get it done — only because today is the due date. Now you’re sweating buckets while mentally reprimanding ...

When I mentioned to people that I was working on an article about procrastination, not a soul missed the opportunity to confide that he or she is truly a procrastinator. Could this be? Sure, this was ...

Can you only start a boring admin task once your house is clean? Do you leave the trickiest emails to the end of the day? Delaying a goal or task, usually to do something less important instead, is ...