Procrastination has always been that naughty, lingering character flaw that seems impossible to beat. Well, there might be a reason for that. It turns out both procrastination and laziness are genetic traits that you might just be predisposed to. Dr. Sharad Paul, author of The Genetics of Health: Understand Your...
Procrastination is one of those things that always seems to be brought on by a list of excuses we tell ourselves. Sometimes it's because we are perfectionists, at other times we will blame a project's disorganization. While there might be some truth, our excuses are usually just that -- a...
You have been chalking up your bad habit of never finishing what you start to procrastination, but it goes a bit deeper than that. When you can't finish anything you start, it probably has something to do with your own fears. It's hard to get anything done these days, as...
Staring at your to-do list, you'll likely go for the tasks that are on the easier side, perhaps the ones that are more fun and don't require any heavy-duty thinking. It's procrastination at its finest -- putting off the harder (and probably more important) tasks for later. However, you're overall...
If the above ecard from someecards resounds with you, chances are you've experienced Parkinson's Law at work. Parkinson's Law states, "Work expands to fill the time available for its completion." Essentially, the time you allot to doing a given task is exactly how long it will take you to do...
Happy Monday! I've got an array of excellent productivity and motivation articles to kick off the workweek. * What separates effective individuals from busy individuals? Kentin Waits discusses 6 Habits of Highly Productive People. My favorite bit is this: "In the end, productivity is one part old-fashioned discipline and one part...
