Avoiding procrastination

Last year I read a book by Andrew Mellen, called "Calling Bullsh*t on Busy" (2023).  Most of the book was pretty straight-forward,...

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Perfect is the enemy of done or done is better than perfect

I first encountered Inger Mewburn when doing my Masters, and quickly became a big fan. I liked her realism, her ability to talk straight, an...

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Procrastination Stoppers

Carol Lieberman wrote a very interesting piece for the New York Times on procrastination, where she outlined an argument that procrastinat...

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Feeding the Noble Horse

Imagine a chariot drawn by two winged horses. Imagine that one horse is a noble steed with impeccable breeding and manners; and the other ...

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Feel the procrastination and do it anyway

Getting past procrastination is a key factor for good time management. I have written about procrastination before ( here , here , here a...

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Ten Questions to Circumvent Over-Thinking

Ruminating too much on things can catch us all at times, usually when we are feeling vulnerability due to a change of some sort. To compen...

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Six procrastination-beating tips

Procrastinating? Can't get started on a project? Try these strategies for getting moving when you are stuck. I was just reading a H...

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Recovering project enthusiasm

I was talking to my research students the other day about the doldrums; that patch of equatorial still air, where sailing ships stalled i...

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A strategy to overcome procrastination

I read some excellent advice on a Guardian emailer about a strategy for overcoming procrastination. Harriet Minter, who chairs the Guard...

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Procrastinating? Ask Five Questions...

This is a great tip, from Blake Thorne, via Kristin Wong at LifeHacker. Apparently, procrastination can be beneficial. It arises from a ...

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