Around 20% of adults procrastinate regularly. Yet a lot of what we hear about this common behaviour is wrong.
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Learning to recognize thought patterns that lead to avoidance, and breaking tasks down into small parts, can help people overcome the mental barriers that often accompany ADHD.
Why we procrastinate has less to do with willpower than with how flexibly our brains handle stress and discomfort - and the good news is, flexibility is trainable.
Procrastinating can be a coping mechanism for anxiety, but usually only works in the short term.
College students can benefit from not taking math courses in their freshman year, new research shows.
Students who scored high on procrastination were found to have worse health nine months later.
Procrastination is linked to a preference for the status quo.
If you think you have ADHD, getting a diagnosis can be a long, frustrating and often expensive process. But it can give you access to treatments and change how you see yourself.
Understanding the why of procrastination is key to breaking the habit.
New research demonstrates that it is more difficult to learn something new if the information had been rewarded in the past. In fact, the higher the reward, the worse the future learning.
More than 70% of college students engage in some form of procrastination, research shows.
Rehearse how you will respond to interruptions.
Research on proactive behavior shows it can help people perform better at their jobs. A failure to do so can be even more consequential.
Thanks to a burgeoning procrastination economy, developers are creating content that can be consumed in short spurts. What does it mean for productivity?
Wasting time on the internet at work could be putting your company’s cyber-security at risk.
An intense night of study won’t help you remember information in the long-term – and the stress of revising under pressure will likely impact on your sleep and thus your exam performance.
Don’t delay. Read about why we procrastinate, and some tricks to overcome it.
Do you procrastinate about taking care of financial matters in your life? Recently a fascinating article about financial procrastination appeared online. The author publicly admitted that “after years…
Our minds have always adapted to their environment but advertisers are exploiting opportunities for distraction like never before.
The vast majority of us will get a refund from the federal government, while the odds of an audit or worse are akin to getting struck by lightning.
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