I think we can all agree that achieving a goal makes a person feel successful. I think we might all be in agreement that one compelling definition, an empirical definition, of success is achieving a ...

For people who are always on time, there’s nothing worse than having to wait for the people who aren’t. Jessica’s best friend Julie is a lovely person, but there’s hardly ever been an instance when ...

A recent Wall Street Journal essay by John Perry, author of the upcoming book, The Art of Procrastination, includes some tips for being a better procrastinator. You probably missed it because you were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Once someone starts procrastinating, then you start having all these thoughts about, ‘Why can’t I get going?’ That actually makes ...

Humans are by nature rational animals. Our ability to reason is supposedly what sets us apart from other animals, so it seems we ought to be incredibly reasonable, basing each action on deliberation ...

Procrastination can be categorized as either putting off tasks habitually or delaying a specific project. While younger people face external pressures to meet deadlines, older individuals often ...

Procrastination, the tendency to unnecessarily delay or put off tasks even if this will have negative consequences, is a common behavior for many people. While occasionally delaying or putting off ...

A shamefully long time after the paper or project was first announced, you finally sit down to get it done — only because today is the due date. Now you’re sweating buckets while mentally reprimanding ...

I didn’t visit a dentist for years in my 20s. I periodically considered setting up an appointment but relocated so frequently that it never quite happened. When, after years of procrastination, I ...

While procrastination is generally deemed a self-inflicted practice of inaction and delay, there's a great deal of research, according to a Frontiers in Psychology study, that suggest it may actually ...