Procrastination Articles
No discipline lectures — real evidence on why we procrastinate and what actually works to change it.
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The 4 Real Causes of Procrastination (Temporal Motivation Theory, Steel 2007)
It's not a lack of discipline. Piers Steel reviewed 691 studies and found four measurable variables that explain why we postpone.
11 min 🎯
Implementation Intentions: The If-Then Technique That Reduces Procrastination
Specifying when, where, and how — not just what — multiplies follow-through rates 2-3x. Gollwitzer 1999, d=0.65 across 8,461 participants.
10 min 🌱
Self-Compassion vs. Self-Blame: Why Punishing Yourself Doesn't Work
Self-punishment after procrastinating generates more procrastination — not less. The evidence from Sirois (2014) and Wohl et al. (2010).
9 min