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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 ...

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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 ...

Below, Jon Acuff shares five key insights from his new book, Procrastination Proof: Never Get Stuck Again. Acuff is a New York Times bestselling author of 12 books. He was named one of Inc.’s Top 100 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are you stuck in a procrastination rut? Clinical psychologist Dr. Ali Mattu has tips to help you overcome the cycle of putting ...

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 ...

Is there a simple and easy way to start making that critical self-change you’ve put off? Perhaps there is, but you’ll have to work at it. I’ll share a five-step staircase technique to combat ...

Procrastination is one of those habits we all recognize in ourselves, yet somehow excuse. We complain about how busy we are. We commiserate with colleagues about overloaded schedules. We answer emails ...

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