Stop 7/8ths of the Way Done: Remember, we lose time with start up—procrastinating the beginnings—if we stop our work when we’ve finished one task, we’ll have to face the mountain of starting from ...

Procrastination isn’t about time — it’s about emotion. Here’s how to work with your brain to navigate emotions and overcome procrastination. Procrastination is not a time management problem. Every act ...

"I know I have to do it."And yet, for some reason, I can't start.I have to work, but I look at social media.I have to clean ...

Set your “future self” up for success by removing productivity obstacles. By Jancee Dunn Is there a more postponable task than getting a Real ID driver’s license? I know I have to do it. I’ve made ...

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 ...

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 ...

Explains how the creator hacked their discipline to enjoy hard tasks and stop procrastinating. Presents a core idea: build a foolproof system that makes it easy to stick to good habits and hard to ...

Faced with a task or project, do you repeatedly tell yourself that you'll do it "tomorrow," "soon" or "after watching just a few more videos"? If so, as someone who has studied the science of ...

Staying productive at work can be a real challenge with so many distractions and interruptions, especially during the busy holiday season. From constant email and Microsoft Teams notifications to ...

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 ...

Okay, so there’s only one thing you told yourself you have to do today. It’s already afternoon and you haven’t made a lick of progress on it. You’ve done all sorts of other things. You’ve even been ...