Why You Should Start Every Day by Accomplishing One Small Task
Photo: TierneyMJ (Shutterstock) When you have a lot of tasks to accomplish on a given day, there are a few different approaches you can take to kick-start your productivity. You…
How to Tell What Kind of Procrastinator You Are (and What to Do About It)
You have a big test or project looming, but can’t seem to force yourself to prepare for it at all. You’ll even do other things—like clean your room or call…
How to Stop Being a Financial Procrastinator
Do you chronically put off mundane financial tasks like tracking expenses, paying bills, and filing taxes? Does even checking your bank account balance fill you with dread? If so, you…
Use Productive Procrastination to Start a Daunting Task
Everyone has certain tasks that we dread more than others, but have to get done eventually. It could be something from our personal or professional life, but in most cases,…
Defy Parkinson’s Law to Be More Productive
Photo: Lazy_Bear (Shutterstock) Parkinson’s law is an observation that suggests the longer you give yourself to do something, the longer you’ll take to actually get it done. But it’s always…
Use the Two Minute Rule to Stop Procrastinating
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) Even when you’re overwhelmed by looming tasks, there’s an easy way to knock out several of them to gain momentum. It’s called the “two-minute rule” and it…
How to Stop Being an Overachiever at Work (and Why You Should)
Photo: amenic181 (Shutterstock) So you consider yourself the opposite of a quiet quitter (which is a major misnomer, if you haven’t heard). Instead, you’re an overachiever—always striving to accomplish more…
How to Never Miss a Deadline, With Journalist Christopher Cox
Photo: Micaela Heck/Elena Scotti Are you constantly adjusting your project timelines? Do you wait until the last minute to get started on something with a hard deadline? Well, stress no…
Solve Your Procrastination Problem by Dividing Your Day Into Quarters
Photo: G-Stock Studio (Shutterstock) We tend to think of a day as this single block of time, a finite period during which you can either triumph or fail. But you…