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Stand and Deliver
Do you check e-mail 100 times a day, only to answer two messages? Understanding why people really procrastinate is the key to purging that in-box and getting on with life.
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Maia Szalavitz
, published on July 01, 2003 - last reviewed on May 26, 2006
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