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"Procrastination" Blog Posts

March 20, 2018

Busting Self-Sabotaging Behavior – #MTtalk Roundup

The Good Wolf or the Bad Wolf? There's an age-old Native American story about the battle between the bad wolf and the good wolf inside each of us. A grandfather tells his grandson that the bad wolf feels sorry for itself. It is also angry, proud, greedy, dishonest, and feels guilty and inferior. The good […]

December 4, 2017

Will Your Holidays be Christmas Chaos or Christmas Calm?

"’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…" – from The Night Before Christmas, or A Visit From St. Nicholas So goes the much-loved poem that will be read to countless excited children all round the world this Christmas Eve. If only reality matched the […]

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June 1, 2017

Drudgery: How to Take it Out of Your Day

If there is one thing that we all share in this life, it is recurring moments of drudgery. As universal as drudgery is, our tolerance for it varies. Sometimes we might actually look forward to it. And, if things aren't going right, the annoying processing of detail can help us to shed some light on what is […]

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April 18, 2016

An Experiment in Productivity

When I first made contact with Chris Bailey, his reply to my email was immediate – and automated. Bailey would be checking email just once a day, it said, at 3pm EST. Ah ha! I thought. That must save a bit of time. This is just one of the techniques he's implemented since completing a […]

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February 27, 2015

Think Like a Pro...crastinator

I can honestly say that writing this blog is the best part of my job.  As an editor, I spend much of my time tinkering about with other people’s words to make sure that they’re true to the Mind Tools style. But the blog is my time to write, and a chance to bring a […]

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