When it comes to decluttering, we all relish how clear our homes (and minds) feel at the end. But sometimes, the hardest part is just getting going - if this rings true for you, you need these expert ...

Virtually everyone has a mental list of those things they’ll get to “eventually.” It might be annoying chores, like vacuuming or organizing your leggings drawer. Or it might be bigger goals you have ...

Which is why you put off firing an underperforming employee; while your neocortex realizes he’s dragging the rest of your team down, your limbic system hates the thought of confrontation. (Because ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you are a procrastinator, you are not alone. In fact some estimate, 88% of the workforce tends to procrastinate for at least an hour a day. Nikki Karnowski of Metamorphosis Coaching, Consulting, ...

(CNN) -- You had every intention of starting that work report first thing Monday, but now, the deadline looms large. Sound familiar? You might have a problem with procrastination. "We procrastinate ...

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In an ideal world, me-time wouldn’t need to interfere or compete with sleep, and vice versa, but here we are. Since so many have trouble conking out on their revenge bedtime procrastination habits—and ...

<br>Thanks to e-mail, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, Facebook, and countless other modern-day distractions, it's easier than ever to find excuses to not be getting work done. But procrastination leads to ...

Persi Diaconis, a professor at Stanford, is one of the most important researchers on decision-making. Yet, when faced with the decision of moving with his entire family from Harvard to Stanford, he ...

It’s natural to procrastinate when things seem too difficult or intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be. A reader emailed saying he wants to start a business, but it seems too hard. And, since he’s ...