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by Timothy A. Pychyl

Biased Planning and Procrastination

By Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. on March 20, 2009 in Don't Delay

Successful pursuit of our goals begins with goal setting. The thing is, we're overly optimistic, often setting unrealistic time estimates for goal completion. One form of this optimism is known as the "planning fallacy." Read More

I suspect the results would

Submitted by Anonymous on September 24, 2009 - 12:50pm.

I suspect the results would have been more in line with his predictions had he run his experiment at the beginning of the fall semester, when optimism abounds :)

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Timothy A Pychyl, Ph.D.

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.

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