News tagged with procrastination


Why we procrastinate and how to stop

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

It's a new year and many of us have started thinking about various resolutions: updating that resume, cleaning out the attic, starting that exercise routine. But the sad reality is that most of us will not follow through ...





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Want to live well? Harvard experts offer pragmatic pointers on getting healthy and staying there

Want to live well? Harvard experts offer pragmatic pointers on getting healthy and staying there

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3

You are what you eat. You're also how you feel, how you exercise, how you sleep, how you handle money, how you relate to people, and what you value.


How to Set Achievable Wellness Goals

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Small decisions, made throughout the day, are reflected in overall health and wellness. These decisions help achieve countless goals every day. Wellness goals can be as small as “I’m going to get eight hours ...


Engineering stereotypes drive counterproductive practices

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 9

To engineering students, scenes like these might sound familiar: students splitting up group projects so they don't have to work together. One student bragging that he did the problem without following the directions but ...


Look before you leap: New study examines self-control

Other Sciences / Other

created May 30, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Reckless decision-making can lead to dire consequences when it comes to food, credit cards, or savings. What's the key to making good decisions? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research outlines a novel method for me ...


'Darwin's delay' the stuff of myth

Biology /

created Mar 28, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The long-held view that Charles Darwin avoided publishing his theory of evolution for 20 years because he was afraid of the reaction it would provoke is being rebutted as a myth by a Cambridge University academic.


Research into procrastination shows surprising findings

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 10, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (32) | comments 0

A University of Calgary professor in the Haskayne School of Business has recently published his magnum opus on the subject of procrastination – and it's only taken him 10 years.


Time to ready your boat for a storm is now, UF researcher says

Time to ready your boat for a storm is now, UF researcher says

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 20, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Boat owners should prepare for a hurricane now, not when a storm is bearing down on them, a University of Florida Sea Grant specialist warns.



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