Do you have high standards? Do you expect a lot from yourself, day-in and day-out? Do you love it when life is organized and orderly? Do you try to do your best at everything you do? There is a word ...

Mark Twain once said, “Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow.” As an antidote to that Ralph welcomes Professor Piers Steel, author of “The Procrastination Equation: How ...

In his absorbing first book Steel looks closely at the oft-misunderstood habit of procrastination. Usually seen as laziness, procrastination stems from the mismatch between human evolution and modern ...

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When’s the last time you put off doing something that you had to get done? Procrastinating is extremely common, and we’ve all done it from time to time. You may even be procrastinating while reading ...

In the beginning, many of us working from home may have found it to be just as productive as working in the office. But as we continue to work remotely, it's easy to get distracted by things around ...

Perhaps you’re checking Facebook — you know, just one more time before you get started with your work. Then it’s email. Then it’s some other obscure to-do that suddenly seems pressing (and isn’t); or ...

A life without goals is like a sailor losing his bearings. We can all imagine that he'll end up steering his ship onto a reef. So having goals is something that gives a reason to live and brings ...

In the midst of midterms here at Princeton, you have likely heard the word “procrastination” casually strewn throughout conversation with ever-increasing frequency. Although procrastination is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When's the last time you put off doing something that you had to get done? Procrastinating is extremely common, and we've all done ...