How might procrastination be curbed? Mental exercises appear to help. One set is known as mental contrasting with ...

A psychotherapist explains why procrastination often traces back to childhood wounds, not laziness or discipline.

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 ...

A reader emailed saying he wants to start a business, but it seems too hard. And, since he’s keeping his full-time job – which is the best approach for most aspiring entrepreneurs – he doesn’t feel he ...

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 ...

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 ...

Information overload. From music and games to social media and endless hours of entertainment, easy access to technology has meant that humans are perpetually distracted. "The cost of living in a ...

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 ...

We often mistake kicking the can down the road for laziness, berating ourselves for delaying unchecked boxes on our to-do lists. However, procrastination isn’t mere laziness. It actually buys us ...

Acuff is a New York Times bestselling author of 12 books. He was named one of Inc.’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers, and has delivered keynotes to companies such as Microsoft, Walmart, and Comedy Central ...

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 ...