Procrastination: Page 7

Growing a Business

3 Ways Your Job Could Be Turning You Into a Procrastinator

It's your responsibility to overcome dawdling but the first step is to recognize what's holding you up.

Making a Change

5 Simple Strategies for Beating Procrastination Once and for All

Being your own boss requires the discipline to start and finish work, even when nobody else cares if you don't.

Leadership

5 Bad Decision-Making Habits That Can Destroy Your Business

A deliberative, thoughtful process for making decisions doesn't guarantee a good result but it makes one more likely.

Lifestyle

Five Bad Working Habits I Kicked For A Better Work Ethic

Being a 20-something in the "professional world" for a few years now, I've come to learn that in business, there's no room for slacking off!

Productivity

Are You Ready to Start Conquering Your Dangerous Addiction to Comfort?

Defeat procrastination right now, while reading this column.

Thought Leaders

3 Dirty Little Habits That Will Kill Your Entrepreneurial Dreams

If it seems like everyone else is succeeding but you -- you might be sabotaging your success with these bad behaviors.

Productivity

Wake Up to These 3 Bad Habits Derailing Your Career

No rival can do more to undermine us than what we do unconsciously to sabotage ourselves.

Thought Leaders

5 Ways Dreamers Can Become Doers

Dreams are where all great things begin but also where too many languish.

Leadership

Why Procrastination Is Not Your Problem

Everyone procrastinates. But if you spend your life avoiding doing what matters, that's not procrastination. That's denial.

Productivity

15 Ways to Overcome Procrastination and Get Stuff Done (Infographic)

A look at what causes people to procrastinate and how they can change their habits.

Productivity

10 Steps to Change Your Life: A Step-By-Step Guide

Clear out the mental clutter and the day's distractions to focus on what you think is important.

Productivity

Students Who Turn in Work Right at the Deadline Get Worse Grades, Study Finds

Procrastinators, take note: As seductive as it often sounds, working under pressure probably isn't the best strategy for achieving stellar results.

Making a Change

Why You Should Actually Listen to Your Procrastinator 'Demons'

If you're actively avoiding a major project, your procrastination could be a signal that it's something that can move the needle for your business.

Productivity

3 Ways to Avoid Distractions and Be More Productive

Even the briefest distraction can throw us off, a new study finds. Here are a few ways to get yourself back on track and in the 'zone.'

Productivity

Procrastinators: How to Fight Your Genes and Get Stuff Done Now

Procrastination may be hereditary, but that doesn't get you off the hook: It's still possible to develop better habits and change your behavior.