First of all, let me define procrastination. It is putting off for later the things you should be doing now. Procrastinators are people who focus on short-range benefits rather than long-range ...

I believe that the very first step to having a more productive life starts with a complete acknowledgement of the power that ...

As readers of my blog will know (and as my editors have pointed out), I have been away from my blog for the past three months. It’s not that I haven’t been writing; it’s just that my co-editor and I ...

Excessive concerns about making mistakes, pernicious self-doubt, harsh self-criticism, impossibly high standards or expectations for performance, a strong and chronic tendency to evaluate one’s ...

In the modern world, the pursuit of a well-deserved break from the daily grind has led to a peculiar phenomenon known as sleep revenge procrastination. Coined by the National Sleep Foundation, this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Procrastination is a self-defeating pattern of behavior to ...

Though people have struggled with procrastination since the beginning of time, the digital age has altered the nature of the procrastination beast. Distractions abound. Diversions call. Entertainment ...