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 ...
Tax season is looming — that dreaded time in March that can turn even the most productive among us into procrastinators. If you’ve been writing “taxes!” atop your to-do list every Monday morning since ...
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 ...
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I am a master procrastinator. If they were giving out Oscars for putting things off, I would be Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks and the guy who writes the Disney movie songs rolled into one. For example, I ...
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In this video, I’ll show you how to enhance your discipline to enjoy doing hard things and overcome procrastination. Learn to create a foolproof system that makes it easy to stick to good habits and ...
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 ...