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Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. is an associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he specializes in the study of procrastination. See full bio

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Procrastination: A strategy for change

It's not as effective to make yourself a "to do" list of goal intentions as it is to decide how, when and where you are going to accomplish each of the tasks you need to get done. In fact, a recently published study reveals that stating an implementation intention of when and where you'll act will make it more likely that you'll keep your appointments. Read More

Just in case anyone is

Just in case anyone is looking for this paper, it's published in Journal of Applied Social Psychology (38:2), January 2008.

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