When you scroll on your phone or watch TV in bed, you’re training your brain to think that’s what you’re supposed to do in bed, Salas says. A good rule of thumb is to reserve your bed for sleep, ...

My very first coaching client was a trained therapist who had put off taking her licensing exam for almost 10 years. She wanted to take her exam. She knew that it would open opportunities for her that ...

Procrastination is one of those habits we all recognize in ourselves, yet somehow excuse. We complain about how busy we are. We commiserate with colleagues about overloaded schedules. We answer emails ...

You don’t have to finish, or even try to finish. You just have to start.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People spend an average of 55 days per year procrastinating, and 40 percent of adults say procrastinating causes them to lose ...

A reader emailed saying he wants to start a business, but it seems too hard. And, since he’s keeping his full-time job – which is the best approach for most aspiring entrepreneurs – he doesn’t feel he ...

Lifestyle Designer Aileen Xu deconstructs the cycle of delay by sharing psychological shifts that lead to consistent and meaningful action.

Writer AJ Jacobs has come up with a counterintuitive approach to beating procrastination: embracing the discomfort. In the latest edition of his Experimental Living newsletter, AJ describes his ...

Persi Diaconis, a professor at Stanford, is one of the most important researchers on decision-making. Yet, when faced with the decision of moving with his entire family from Harvard to Stanford, he ...