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The Real Reason You Procrastinate

WorkLife with Adam Grant

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How to Stop Procrastinating

When you're tweeding, how often does that happen while you're writing? Do you actually interrupt yourself or get distrown? It can help to schedule specific tasks in your calendar. Even scheduling 15 minutes a day was enough to make some progress. That's time management. You can also think about timing management. Procrastinators tend to be night owls. The start of the workdays out of sink with their circatian rhythms. Try moving a task where you procrastinate later in the day when the wants might be less tempting.

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