"I work best under pressure" is the typical response of a procrastinator. Is there truth to this statement, or does it just perpetuate anxiety and stress?
Why do you sabotage rour own best intentions?
Psychology Today reports that everyone procrastinates at times, but 20 percent of people chronically avoid difficult tasks and deliberately look for distractions—which, unfortunately, are increasingly available.
Procrastination in large part reflects your continual struggle with self-control and motivation as well as your inability to accurately predict how long something is going to take to do and what mood you are going to be in while doing it.
Author of, Solving the Procrastination Puzzle, Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl, PhD, shares how you overcome and eliminate procrastination from your life -- with minimal effort. Based on current psychological research and supplemented with clear strategies for change, his concise guide will help you finally break free from self-destructive ideas and habits and move into freedom and accomplishment.