Procrastination is often described as a failure of emotional regulation. There’s more than that going on when someone avoids ...

Is procrastination a good thing? I just finished doing a TV interview on Al Jazeera's Riz Khan show, and that was one of the questions I and co-panelist Professor George Ainslie were asked. Dr.

Can you only start a boring admin task once your house is clean? Do you leave the trickiest emails to the end of the day? Delaying a goal or task – usually to do something less important instead – is ...

Putting off an important task in a long to-do list might be because you fear failure. Or maybe it is success that scares you? You have full access to this article via your institution. Simon May ...