Humans are by nature rational animals. Our ability to reason is supposedly what sets us apart from other animals, so it seems we ought to be incredibly reasonable, basing each action on deliberation ...

Perhaps you are the kind of person that always waits until deadline to hand in a report. You might tend to put off a difficult conversation or be reluctant to start a piece of work because you don’t ...

Call it, "procrastivity," or engaging in activities that amount to procrastination. After it gripped one Southland graduate student so tight that she ignored a looming deadline, she decided to turn ...

London - A fortnight ago I hauled four bulging carrier bags up to my loft and tipped tens of thousands of receipts, invoices and phone bills all over the floorboards. I stood amidst the flotsam of ...

Procrastination refers to the avoidance of any task or its deferral to a later, often unspecified, time. For example, you may well know that you need to pay your tax bill or mail your passport ...

There is nothing quite like the sensation of soaring blood pressure and sleep deprivation that college students get in the last two weeks of the semester. While most of us — and I won’t claim all, ...

I logged onto the Internet to look for information on procrastinating and found dozens of fascinating sites, including one I bookmarked that sells great used hiking gear and another that features an ...

It seems that no one is immune to the tendency to procrastinate. When someone asked Ernest Hemingway how to write a novel, his response was “First you defrost the refrigerator.” But putting off tasks ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the ever-changing workforce and leadership. The definition of procrastination, according to Merriam-Webster, is to ...