Why we procrastinate has less to do with willpower than with how flexibly our brains handle stress and discomfort - and the ...

Procrastinating can be a positive thing to do. Yes, you read that correctly. People who do it and judge themselves poorly will benefit by looking at how procrastinating helps them. That said, those ...

This post is the second of two posts on answers to the questions I have been asked most frequently over the past almost 40 years of studying the causes and consequences of chronic procrastination.

The word 'procrastination' has deep historical roots. It derives from the Latin 'procrastinare' – meaning 'to put off until tomorrow' – but is also derived from the ancient Greek word 'akrasia', which ...