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Understanding procrastination and how to achieve our goals.
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

Comments on "How are you managing your time?"

How are you managing your time?

Procrastination is NOT a time management problem. However, if you're procrastinating, chances are you're managing your time very poorly. Why? It's because you haven't established what's important in your life - your purpose and meaning.

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The day seems short

Sometimes it doesn't seem like there are enough hours in the day but I have found as a professional and mother of two, that time management is essential. If you don't manage your time properly you waste a lot of time unnecessarily. I found your article very helpful and was able to make some adjustments to my time managing. Thanks! When people call me at http://www.welisten2you.com, I've always suggested time management and other techniques to reduce stress greatly.

Procrastination and Time Management

The time management matrix from Stephen Covey usually highlights that we procrastinate on quadrant II tasks - the tasks that require us to be proactive and to avoid the "urgent". There are more ideas on over coming procrastination at http://www.time-management-central.net/stop_procrastinating.html

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