Procrastination: Ten Things To Know [Ian's Messy Desk]
There a good article on procrastination at the Psychology Today website. The author spoke with two experts on procrastination: Joseph Ferrari, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago, and Timorthy Pychyl, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
As one of the “20 percent” that would qualify as a chronic procrastinator, I can say that there is a great deal of truth the points listed. For example,
Procrastination is not a problem of time management or of planning. Procrastinators are not different in their ability to estimate time, although they are more optimistic than others. “Telling someone who procrastinates to buy a weekly planner is like telling someone with chronic depression to just cheer up,” insists Dr. Ferrari.
If you’re frustrated by your inability to make time-management systems work, the problem my not be the system. If you are a serious procrastinator, you might need a behavioural approach to change things.
Read the article: Psychology Today: Procrastination: Ten Things To Know
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Original post here: Ian McKenzie
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