We're all guilty of procrastination, but finding the will to be productive comes down to two simple questions, a psychiatrist ...

We've truly reached a new level of technological time wasting, and it's called Facebook. Talk about a study in procrastination! So, study it we are. Jena Roy has begun this research with me at ...

In his new book, Wait: The Art and Science of Delay, Frank Partnoy claims that when faced with a decision, we should assess how long we have to make it, and then wait until the last possible moment to ...

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 ...

It is sometimes difficult to recognize the exact moment when your harmless habit of procrastination mutates into a full-blown compulsion. If you have been asking yourself the following questions ...

There is no doubt that procrastination is a shallow grave in which life-changing opportunities are buried. Procrastination is the lack of taking action. We often prefer to do something else rather ...

At the end of July, when NPR's Robert Siegel set off on the longest vacation since his honeymoon 39 years ago, he packed a few books, including the new book The Art of Procrastination by John Perry, ...

With all the advice out there about how to stop procrastinating, it's fair to say most of us think of procrastination as a barrier to success. But as Adam Grant, a professor of management at Wharton ...

Maybe you’ve put off washing dishes or walking the dog. Maybe you’ve got a hill of paperwork teetering on your desk because you were instead poking around the Internet for items of minor interest like ...