Although biology is partly to blame for foot-dragging, anyone can learn to quit.
KEY CONCEPTS
- Almost everyone occasionally procrastinates, but a worrisome 15 to 20 percent of adults routinely put off activities that would be better accomplished right away.
- A penchant for postponement carries a financial penalty, endangers health, harms relationships and ends careers. And yet perpetual foot-draggers sometimes benefit emotionally from their tactics, which support the human inclination to avoid the disagreeable.
- Research into the reasons people put off projects has led to strategies for helping all of us get and stay on task.
A fantastic article from Scientific American. Read it NOW.
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