Piers Steel, one of the world's leading researchers on the science of procrastination, explains how to think about procrastination, what really causes it, and the changes we can make to do it a little less.

Show Notes

Meta-analysis
David Hume, An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding
The four factors in procrastination:
1. Values
2. Self-confidence
3. Impulsiveness
4. Reward delay
Task aversiveness
Subjective Expected Utility Theory
The Procrastination Equation
The Marshmallow Test
Steven Covey
Aldus Huxely, Brave New World Revisited
Roy Baumeister and willpower research
Presatiation
Drive Theory
Learned Helplessness
SMART Goals
The Attention Economy
Procrastination vs Laziness
How to help kids with procrastination

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The Science of Procrastination with Piers Steel